Italy
Italy is a republic in southern Europe, comprising a peninsula south of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands; member of the European Union (EU); by tonnage, its leading ports are Trieste, Genoa and Gioia Tauro. In September 2016, the government reorganised the port system into 16 new port system authorities (AdSP – Autorità di Sistema Portuale). The 57 ports of national importance are coordinated by 16 AdSPs with the task of planning, coordinating and regulating the port system in the reference area. The AdSPs are members of the Italian port association – Assoporti.
Terminal Container Ravenna invests €7 million in Liebherr port crane
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) September 7, 2021 – Terminal Container Ravenna (TCR) has invested €7 million in a new latest generation dock crane to...
Port of Trieste opens office in Budapest
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 7, 2021 – Port of Trieste has opened a representative office in the Hungarian capital of Budapest in order to...
RFI reconnects Trieste port with Servola and Aquilina stations
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 6, 2021 – Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), the Italian railway infrastructure manager, has completed a €7.5...
Port of Arbatax set to join Sardinian port system
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) September 3, 2021 – The port of Arbatax, on the Eastern coast of Sardinia, is set to join Autorita’ di Sistema...
MSC to start new, direct rail service connecting Trieste and Ludwigshafen, Germany
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 2, 2021 – MSC has announce the launch of a new, direct rail service connecting Trieste,...
Yilport Holding’s 2021 half year business results confirm strong growth
Yilport Holding’s 22 owned terminals across the world handled 2.506.000 TEU containers in the first half of 2021, recording 18% growth compared to H1 2020...
Port of Gioia Tauro awards contract to build multifunctional border inspection structure
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) September 1, 2021 – The Port of Gioia Tauro has awarded a contract a €2.7 million contract to FMB Tubes srl to...
Yilport Holding sees strong growth in first half
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 1, 2021 – In January-June 2021, terminals owned by Yilport Holdings handled 2.5 million TEU containers, up 18%...
“Norwegian Prima” floated out of port of Marghera
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) August 30, 2021 – The “Norwegian Prima” ship is the first of six vessels of Norwegian Cruise Line’s (NCL)...
Port of Marghera, Venice, prepares temporary cruise ship facility
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) August 29, 2021 – The Port of Marghera, located next to the suburb of Mestre on the mainland shore west of...
Leida completes optical fiber project at Port of Ravenna
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) August 27, 2021 – The Lepida company has completed the works for the laying and activation of the optical fiber at the port...
COSCO Shipping Ports – Overseas Terminals throughput – July 2021
Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) August 27, 2021 – In July 2021, COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited registered global container throughput of 8.9 million TEU,...
RINA Consulting to manage new breakwater project at Port of Genoa
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 26, 2021 – RINA Consulting has been awarded the contract to project manage the new breakwater project. Its work will...
Proposed fast catamaran service between Malta and the Sicilian port of Augusta delayed
Augusta, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) August 25, 2021 – A proposed fast catamaran service between Valletta in Malta and the Sicilian port of Augusta has...
F2i acquires Compagnia portuale di Monfalcone from TO Delta Grop
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) August 24, 2021 – T.O. Delta Group of Trieste has sold Compagnia portuale di Monfalcone to F2i – Fondi italiani per...
Ports of Genoa reports July total traffic up over 22%
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 24, 2021 – In July 2021, the Ports of Genoa reported total cargo traffic of 5.83 million tons, up 22.8% on 4.74...
Kombiverkehr to increase services between Italy, Germany and Benelux
Frankfurt, Germany (Ports Europe) August 20, 2021 – Kombiverkehr KG, an intermodal transport business, is to increase the number of trains operating...
Italian government allocates €112.2 million for port development
Minister Enrico Giovannini has signed the decree that allocates and makes usable for priority interventions on ports, already identified but so far not...
Ports of Ancona and Ortona: recovery of freight and passenger traffic in Q2 2021
Clear recovery of traffic in the port of Ancona in the first half of 2021. The traffic of ro-ro goods (2.63 million tons) surpasses the pre-pandemic trend of...
AdSP del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (Livorno) set to receive central funds for investment
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) August 7, 2021 – The Ministry of Infrastructures and Sustainable Mobility has approved funding for Autorita’ di Sistema...