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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.

Lease agreement between Sapir and Terminal Container Ravenna

Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) January 28, 2021 – Sapir SpA and TCR (Terminal Container Ravenna) SpA have signed an extension to TCR lease at Ravenna port....

Taranto port set for offshore wind farm

Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) January 27, 2021 – Renexia SpA has contracted China’s Ming Yang Smart Energy Group Ltd to provide equipment a 30-MW wind...

La Spezia Container Terminal and ARMS srl test automation for refrigerated containers

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) January 26, 2021 – LSCT (La Spezia Container Terminal) and ARMS srl have carried out a test on an automated system to...

River transport: an opportunity for the ports of Venice and Chioggia

After the bonus aimed at developing rail transport, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MIT) aims to strengthen the river mode by allocating...

Konecranes and Calata Bettolo container terminal in Genoa port sign port equipment contract

Konecranes is providing a container handling solution for TiL’s re-activated Calata Bettolo container terminal in Genoa, Italy. Konecranes and Bettolo have...

La Spezia port to invest in rail link to Parma

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) January 25, 2021 – After years of requests for attention to the strategic works necessary for the development of La Spezia...

Genoa, Livorno, Palermo ports to see investment

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) January 25, 2021 – The Italian government has issued a DPCM and appointed extraordinary commissioners to accelerate the...

TCR obtains UNI EN ISO 45001 certification

On November 11th world leading certification company SGS qualified the TCR Integrated Management System as compliant with requirements set by new legislation...

Start of a new intermodal connection between Italy and Germany for Arcese

The intermodal freight service between Bologna and Cologne operating from mid- January will pass through the new Ceneri Base Tunnel, directly linking central...

MSC Cruises announced today that MSC Grandiosa will return to sea starting on 24 January.

19/01/2021 Latest ministerial decree of the Italian government confirms that cruises can return to operation under the protection of their unique health and...

Taranto port sees increase in Q4 2020 cargo traffic

Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) January 19, 2021 – In the fourth quarter of 2020, Taranto port handled 4.11 million tons of cargoes, up +5.0% on the same...

Civitavecchia port sees container traffic down over 5% in 2020

Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) January 19, 2021 – In 2020 the port of Civitavecchia handled a container traffic equal to 106,305 TEU, down 5.3% on...

COSCO Shipping Ports Limited – Overseas terminals see quarterly increase in 2020

Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) January 19, 2021 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited’ overseas terminals reported a Q4 2020 increase in container...

Sergio Prete appointed head of AdSP del Mar Ionio (Taranto)

Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) January 18, 2021 – The Minister of Infrastructure and Transport and Transport, Paola De Micheli, has appointed Prof. Sergio...

Musolino: “From the Region, maximum attention is paid to asignificant growth of the Ports of Rome and Lazio”

Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) January 18, 2021 – The President of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP...

New AdSP del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale president meets with Civitavecchia port commander

Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) January 14, 2021 – The first working meeting between the new President of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar...

Venice LNG obtains the Authorization Decree for the construction and operation of LNG storage terminal in Porto Marghera

An investment of over 100 million euros co-financed by the European Union for the storage of low-emission fuel for automotive and maritime transport Gian Luigi...

Dynamism of the Asian market and the rise in fuel prices increase freight rates in Valenciaport

Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) grows by 4.19% in December The Index reaches a record high of 1,423.2 points, up 42.33% from the start of the...

Gas storage facility at port: Feasibility study and EIA procedure is needed

Brindisi, Italy (PortSEurope) January 15, 2021 – Environmental organisations have requested the execution of a feasibility study and an environmental...

Port community representatives of La Spezia port meet new AdSP president

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) January 15, 2021 – Yesterday, a delegation of the port community met the new president of Autorita’di Sistema Portuale...

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