Catania
Catania is a port in Eastern Sicily, Italy, located at the base of Mount Etna. The port of Catania has a total surface area of approximately one million square meters (land areas and stretches of water). The land areas cover an area of 470,000 square meters, the goods storage yards 280,000 square meters, the total length of the berths of the 26 operational docks is 4,200 ml.The port of Catania is located in the center of the Mediterranean basin, in an equidistant position between the Suez Canal and Gibraltar and between European and African ports.
The port is operated by Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Sicilian Sea Port Authority).
Europea Servizi Terminalistici to utilise Circle product for the port terminal of Catania
Catania, Italy (Ports Europe) March 10, 2022 – Europea Servizi Terminalistici (EST) will implement the the Milos® suite of products of Circle Spa to...
Italy to identify three pilot projects for mobility
The Minister for Technological Innovation and Digital Transition and the Minister for Sustainable Infrastructures and Mobility are involved in the...
Maersk to cease use of Port of Catania
Catania, Italy (PortSEurope) November 26, 2021 – A P Moller has announced that its Maersk shipping line will cease using the Sicilian port of Catania...
Grimaldi strengthens the Ravenna-Brindisi-Catania with Eco Catania and Eco Livorno
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) November 1, 2021 – The Grimaldi group is including two new super Ro-Ro vessels on its Ravenna-Brindisi-Catania service. The...
Eco Catania vessel of Grimaldi christened
The christening ceremony of the Eco Catania – the new ro-ro vessel delivered to the Grimaldi Group in early June – ended just a little while ago at the...
Port Authority of Augusta-Catania to receive central funds
Catania, Italy (Ports Europe) May 24, 2021 – The Italian government has signed the decree of allotment of €115 million ($140 million) for the design of...
Italy’s Port of Augusta seeks national fund financing for “last mile” rail connections
Augusta, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) May 12, 2021 – As part of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (Pnrr – Il Piano nazionale di ripresa e...
Italy’s Minister Giovannini renews top management of the port authorities and defines the strategic objectives
The Minister of Sustainable Infrastructures and Mobility, Enrico Giovannini has started the completion of the procedures for the renewal of the presidents of...
Total cargo handled by Italian ports – 2019/2020
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) February 22, 2021 – The Italian port association, Assoporti, has published the total cargo figures for 2019/2020 for the...
Alberto Chiovelli appointed commissioner of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Orientale (Augusta)
Catania, Italy (PortSEurope) February 9, 2021 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has appointed Alberto Chiovelli, 57, commissioner of...
Management changes at the top of Italy’s port system
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) February 4, 2021 – There have been various changes at the top of Italy’s network of state-owned Autorita’ di Sistema...
EU agrees to maritime territorial continuity proposal from Rome
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) December 1, 2020 – After a long dialogue with the EU, the European Commission has agreed a path proposed by the Ministry of...
AdSP del Mare di Sicilia Orientale (Augusta) plans over €145 million
Catania, Italy (PortSEurope) November 24, 2020 – Following approval of its business plan for 2021, Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia...
Italy: Total port cargo 2018/2019 by AdSP and port
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) April 25, 2020 – Assoporti has published total tonnage in ports in 2018/2019 by Autorità di Sistema Portuale (AdSP) with...
Italy: Total port traffic handled in 2019; by AdSP and port
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) April 25, 2020 – Assoporti has published total tonnage in ports in 2019 by Autorità di Sistema Portuale (AdSP) with...
Mercitalia hub: new “multifiliera” service Padua-Bari-Catania
Catania, Italy (Ports Europe) April 7, 2020 – Polo Mercitalia (FS Italiane Group) has started a new freight service connecting Interporto di Padova to...
Chinese interested in ports of Catania and Augusta in Sicily
Catania, Italy (Ports Europe) January 23, 2020 – The local FocuSicilia has reported that a delegation of Chinese investors has visited has visited the...
Andrea Annunziata suspended from AdSP del Mare di Sicilia Orientale (Augusta)
Catania, Italy (PortSEurope) October 7, 2019 – The President of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Orientale (AdSP – Eastern...
Europea Servizi Terminalistici invests in Catania port
Catania, Italy (PortSEurope) October 6, 2019 – Europea Servizi Terminalistici (EST) has provided its container terminal in Catania port with a new...
Global Ports Holding seeks duty free and travel retail partner in four of its cruise port terminals
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 18, 2019 – Following the announcement of a strategic group review on July 5 this year, Istanbul-based Global Ports...