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.
MSC Cruises to implement next-generation air sanitation system developed by Fincantieri for the cruise industry
Trieste, Italy and Geneva, Switzerland 21st October 2020 – Fincantieri, in close cooperation with the virology lab of the International Center for...
Grimaldi group takes delivery of the Eco Valencia and Grande Florida
Naples, 20 October 2020: Great news for the Grimaldi Group fleet. On 16 October, the Neapolitan company took delivery of the Eco Valencia, the first of 12...
Gruppo FS Italiane and Snam collaborate to promote study in hydrogen rail transport
Rome, 21 October 2020 – FS Italiane and Snam have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to evaluate the technical and economic feasibility and...
MSC Magnifica docks at port of Livorno
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) October 21, 2020 – Yesterday, the cruise ship MSC Magnifica arrived a Livorno port, the first cruise ship to dock at the...
La Spezia port to handle first LNG bunkering operation
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) October 20, 2020 – In the coming weeks, La Spezia port will carry out its first liquified natural gas (LNG) bunker...
More controversies about the LNG terminal at Brindisi port
Brindisi, Italy (PortSEurope) October 19, 2020 – Gazzetta del Salento has reported on the controversies facing a new liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal...
AIDA Cruises restarts cruise service from Civitavecchia port
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) October 19, 2020 – Last Saturday, the AIDAblu cruise ship started a seven-day trip visiting only Italian destinations...
COSCO Shipping Ports – September 2020 container throughout
Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) October 16, 2020 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has reported September 2020 container throughout for its terminals...
Livorno port seeks to double cellulose storage capacity
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) October 15, 2020 – The port authority of Livorno is to issue a tender to build a cellulose storage facility which will...
Civitavecchia port ready to tender railway and ferry works
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) October 15, 2020 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP – Centre-North...
Ports of La Spezia and Casablanca are getting closer with FENIX project
Thanks to European project FENIX, through which an International Fast & Secure Trade Lane will be realized, trade between this two ports will be...
AdSp del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (Venice) sees budget approved and dredging to start
The Extraordinary Commissioner of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (AdSP – Northern Adriatic Sea Port Authority) Pino...
Genoa port’s Calata Bettolo container terminal set to become operational today
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) October 12, 2020 – The new container terminal of Calata Bettolo in the port of Genoa is set to become operational today. It is...
Cruise activity resumes at Savona port
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) October 12, 2020 – Costa Smeralda, the flagship of the LNG-powered Costa Cruises fleet, sailed last Saturday from the port of...
Genoa port hosts presentation of “Report 2019. Concessions for infrastructures in the transport sector – concessions in the port sector”
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) October 9, 2020 – Next Friday, October 16, Genoa will host a seminar for the presentation of the “Report 2019....
Green choices and smart management: recognition for the Ravenna Port Hub project
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) October 8, 2020 – During the fourteenth edition of RemTech Expo fair dedicated to environment and sustainable development,...
MSC explores use of hydrogen fuels as future power source for container shipping
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, a global leader in transportation and logistics, said it is further exploring the viability of hydrogen and fuels derived...
Tender issued for dredging of Termini Imerese port
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) October 7, 2020 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale (AdSP – Western Sicilian Sea...
Turkish foreign minister visits Italy
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu visited Italy on 2 October 2020 upon invitation of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Luigi...
Dredging of the Malamocco-Marghera canal in Venice port to start
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) October 2, 2020 – The relevant authority (PIOPP) has given permission to Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico...