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Gioia Tauro

The Port of Gioia Tauro is a large seaport in southwest Italy and the largest port in Italy for container throughput. Gioia Tauro is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria, on the Tyrrhenian coast. It has an important port, situated along the route connecting Suez to Gibraltar, one of the busiest maritime corridors in the world. The port is managed by Autorità di Sistema Portuale dei Mari Tirreno Meridionale e Ionio (AdSP – Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas) which also manages the smaller ports of Corigliano, Crotone, Palmi and Vibo Valentia.

Cruise terminal of port of Crotone to be managed by Port Operation Holding srl

Crotone, Italy (PortSEurope) December 21, 2021 – The cruise terminal of the port of Crotone it will be managed by Port Operation Holding srl, a...

In the first nine months of 2021 Italian ports handled a total of 345.9 million tons of cargo, up + 9.5%

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) December 9, 2021 – The Italian port association Assoporti has reported that in the first nine months of 2021 Italian ports...

Port of Vibo Marina seeks investment from Gioia Tauro

Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) November 29, 2021 – The mayor of Vibo Valentia, Maria Limardo, has visited President Andrea Agostinelli of Autorità di...

Italian container terminals: an economic-financial analysis – Federspedi Study Center

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) November 5, 2021 – Federspedi Study Center has published its report Container terminals in Italy: an economic-financial...

Port of Gioia Tauro to extend period of fee reductions

Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) October 22, 2021 – The Port of Gioia Tauro has extended the reduction in concession fees, due for the year 2021, to last...

Gioia Tauro’s Medcenter to receive €6.2 million from Invitalia

Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) October 19, 2021 – Invitalia, the National Development Agency, is to provide a grant of €6.2 million ($7.2 million) to...

Ranking: Top 10 Italian ports – Container tonnage – first semester – 2020/2021

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) October 3, 2021 – In the first half of 2021, Italian ports handled 58.08 million tonnes (mt) of container cargo, compared to...

Ranking: Top 10 Italian ports – Cargo traffic – First semester 2021

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) October 3, 2021 – In the first half of 2021, Gioia Tauro was the leading port in Italy by cargo volumes, of 18.09 million...

Port of Gioia Tauro agrees development works

Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) October 1, 2021 – The management committee of Autorità di Sistema Portuale dei Mari Tirreno Meridionale e Ionio (AdSP...

Handling of MSC container vessel highlights Gioia Tauro’s capacity

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) September 15, 2021 – The MSC Gulsum, which until last year held the record as the largest container ship in the world,...

Port of Crotone’s future under discussion

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) September 6, 2021 – Today sees the start of a two-day discussion on the future of the port of Crotone. The port is...

Port of Gioia Tauro increases container traffic in pandemic 2020

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) August 9, 2021 – In the year of Covid-19, 2020, the port of Gioia Tauro reported a 26% increase in container traffic....

Kalmar to deliver 12 straddle carriers to Medcenter Container Terminal in Italy

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) July 30, 2021 – Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT) has ordered 12 diesel-electric straddle carriers from Kalmar of...

Italian Minister Enrico Giovannini: “Let’s open the debate on the Bridge over the Strait”

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) May 5, 2021 – The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MIT) has published the text of an interview given by Minister...

About €111 million in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan to support the port of Gioia Tauro

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) April 30, 2021 – Extraordinary commissioner of the Port Authority of Gioia Tauro, Andrea Agostinelli, has said that...

Government representative visits port of Gioia Tauro

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) April 27, 2021 – The Undersecretary for the South and Territorial Cohesion, Dalila Nesci, has visited the Port...

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...

Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Mobility Alessandro Morelli visits port of Gioia Tauro

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) April 19, 2021 – Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Mobility Alessandro Morelli, has visited the port of Gioia Tauro...

Proposed extension to Port of Crotone breakwater subject to environmental assessment

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) April 6, 2021 – The Ministry of Ecological Transition has said that any extension to Port of Crotone breakwater be...

Algeria’s El Hamdania deep-water port construction start

Cherchell, Algeria (Ports Europe) March 23, 2021 – The construction of the Algeria’s new commercial port of El Hamdania (between the cities of Cherchell in...

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