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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.

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...

Fincosit starts construction of western quay of the port of Gioia Tauro

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) March 18, 2021 – Grandi Lavori Fincosit SpA has started construction work on the western quay of the port of Gioia...

Port Authority of Gioia Tauro has 2021 budget and three-year plan approved

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) March 17, 2021 – The Ministry of Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility has approved the 2021 Budget and the related...

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...

Andrea Annunziata sees cruise industry as vital to Naples port

Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) February 11, 2021 – Andrea Annunziata, new president of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale...

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...

Gioia Tauro port has 2021 budget and 3-year plan approved

Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) December 23, 2020 – The Board of Auditors of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale dello Stretto (AdSP – Strait Port...

Centro Studi Fedespedi publishes Italian container terminal report for 2019

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) December 22, 2020 – Centro Studi Fedespedi has published its annual “Container terminals in Italy: an economic-financial...

Rail services to Gioia Tauro port resume

Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) December 16, 2020 – For the first time snce 2015, rail services are now operating between the port of Gioia Tauro and...

Stefano Corsini speaks at Vaccine Transport Commission

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) December 4, 2020 – Stefano Corsini, President Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP –...

Court of Auditors approved 2019 accounts of the Port Authority of Gioia Tauro

Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) November 10, 2020 – The Court of Auditors (La Corte dei conti) has approved the 2019 financial report of the Port...

Coronavirus pandemic impact on European Mediterranean ports

Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) September 15, 2020 – Italian port of Gioia Tauro, a Mediterranean Sea transshipment hub, is showing strong growth in Q1,...

MSC strengthens short sea and intermodal offering for Italian cargo market

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has consolidated its leading position in the Italian cargo market by offering the fastest transit times around the...

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...

Italian government proposes investment in transport in the south

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) March 25, 2020 – The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has published in the Official Journal details of an allocation...

Italian ports seek government support

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) March 25, 2020 – The sixteen presidents of the Italian ports system (AdSP – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale) have...

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