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.
4 tonnes of cocaine seized in Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 28, 2024 – More than 4,000 kg of cocaine were seized in Spain’s Barcelona port on July 26. The drug was hidden in rice...
AdSP Sardinia revises infrastructure investments
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) July 26, 2024 – The Port System Authority of the Sea of ​​Sardinia has approved the update to the three-year...
Rome invites applicants to manage nine leading port authorities
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe), July 26, 2024 – The Italian government has invited applicants for the job of president of nine of the country’s port...
Salerno cruise passenger terminal concession extended
Salerno, Italy (Ports Europe) July 25, 2024 – The concession to operate ‘Stazione Marittima’ building – Port of Salerno” has been...
Arrival of floating dock in La Spezia starts cruise terminal work
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) July 25, 2024 – Last week, a floating dock moored at the Enel dock. Last November, a contract for the construction of the...
Port of Augusta to build new Border Control Post
Augusta, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) July 25, 2024 – The Port System Authority of Eastern Sicily has awarded a contract for the construction of a Border...
Management buyout could save Cantiere Navale Vittoria
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) July 25, 2024 – Earlier this year, Cantiere Navale Vittoria, a shipbuilding company, filed a restructuring plan with the...
Fincantieri signs order with Carnival for three mega-cruise ships
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) July 24, 2024 – Fincantieri has signed a contract with Carnival Corporation & plc for the design, engineering, and...
Port of Livorno receives migrants
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) July 23, 2024 – The Geo Barents ship docked today around 0645 at the Alto Fondale dock, of the port of Livorno. The ship...
Port of Naples to start repairing breakwater
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) July 22, 2024 – The Central Tyrrhenian Sea Port System Authority (AdSP) is about to start work on the extension and...
Infrastructure: 545 million EU co-financing for Italian projects
News – Among the 16 proposals also the Tav and the executive design of the Bridge. Satisfaction of the minister – July 22, 2024 The...
Snam’s Ravenna offshore regasifier on schedule for Q1 2025
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) July 16, 2024 – Work on Ravenna’s offshore regasifier are proceeding according to schedule. It will land 8.5 km from...
EIB lends €90 million to Port of Livorno
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) July 15, 2024 – A €90 million financing agreement was signed today in Livorno by European Investment Bank (EIB)...
Port of Augusta awards contract for new entrance gate
Augusta, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) July 15, 2024 – The Port of Augusta has awarded a contract to Delta Costruzioni srl to construct a new entrance...
EU commissioner comments on proposed bridge over Messina Strait
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) July 14, 2024 – Adina-Ioana Vălean, European Commissioner for Transport, has answered a parliamentary question:...
Tender for drifters, integrated sensors, jolly smart buoys for Venice
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) July 13, 2024 – Italy’s Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR) launched a tender for the supply...
Draft agreement should ends strikes in Italian port sector
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) July 12, 2024 – Today, at the Confitarma headquarters in Rome, the draft agreement for the renewal of the single national...
Port of Venice purchases land for new maritime passenger station
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) July 12, 2024 – Crociere Venezia, AdSP del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (AdSPMAS) and APV Investimenti SpA have signed a...
Funds available for coastal fishing and aquaculture, Sardinia
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) July 12, 2024 – The Region of Sardinia is to make 10.5 million euros available to support coastal fishing and...
Cantieri di Puglia to take over Belleli year in Port of Taranto
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) July 12, 2024 – Cantieri di Puglia has signed an agreement with the Ferretti group, to take over its project to build a new...