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.
Fedespedi publishes 2018 container terminal report
Milan, Italy (PortSEurope) November 5, 2019 – Fedespedi, the National Federation of International Shipping Companies, has published “Container...
Pietro Preziosi appointed general secretary of Port Authority of Gioia Tauro
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) November 1, 2019 – Pietro Preziosi has been appointed general secretary of the Port Authority of Gioia Tauro. The term...
Gioia Tauro port future threatened by absenteeism
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) August 2, 2019 – The future of Gioia Tauro port has been looking up recently with MSC taking over as operator and there...
Redevelopment of Gioia Tauro port continues with crane removal
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) July 5, 2019 – Following the development plan of new operator MSC, the demolition of three obsolete quay cranes has...
Banca d’Italia looks at future of Gioia Tauro port
Rome, Italia (PortSEurope) June 18, 2019 – Banca d’Italia has published the annual report “The Economy of Calabria”, the region of...
Gioia Tauro port officially welcomes the new terminal operator
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) June 9, 2019 – Swiss-based MSC – Mediterranean Shipping Company, the new terminal operator of the port of Gioia...
Gioia Tauro port awards €2.5 million maintenance dredging contract
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) June 3, 2019 – Gioia Tauro port has awarded a €2.5 million ($2.8 million) three-year maintenance...
Italy to entrust Gioia Tauro port management to extraordinary commissioner
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) May 21, 2019 – Gioia Tauro port’s management needs to be assumed by an extraordinary commissioner who...
Gioia Tauro optimistic with start of port developments
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) May 17, 2019 – Gioia Tauro Port Authority commissioner, Andrea Agostinelli, has reported a number of developments which...
Kalmar to supply 32 diesel-electric straddle carriers to Gioia Tauro port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) April 30, 2019 – Kalmar, part of Cargotec, is to supply a total of 32 diesel-electric straddle carriers to...
Eurogate announces 2018 results; Mediterranean terminal performance
Bremen, Germany (Ports Europe) April 5, 2019 – The EUROGATE Group has announced results for the financial year 2018. The group generated a net...
Italy’s Filt Cgil welcomes agreement on Gioia Tauro port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) April 4, 2019 – Italian trade union Filt Cgil has welcomed the agreement reached between Contship Italia S.p.A. and...
Agreement reached between Contship Italia and TiL for the control of Medcenter Container Terminal S.p.A. in Gioia Tauro
Press Release – Agreement reached between Contship Italia and TiL for the control of Medcenter Container Terminal S.p.A. in Gioia Tauro – April 1,...
Bank of Tokyo Italy director visits Gioia Tauro port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – The director of the Italian branch of Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd, Kaneyuki Iseda, accompanied by...
Calabria’s Gioia Tauro port misses a role in the new Silk Road
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – President of the Calabria Region Mario Oliveiro has written to Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte,...
Reggio Calabria entrepreneurs place bid to acquire stake in Gioia Tauro’s MCT
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) March 18, 2019 – A group of entrepreneurs from Reggio Calabria presented a formal offer to buy shares of Medcenter...
Contship in talks to sell 50% in Gioia Tauro port’s container terminal operator
Press Release – Contship Italia S.p.A. has entered into negotiations for sale of MCT – March 15, 2019 Contship Italia S.p.A. has entered into...
Italy suspends process for termination of Contship’s Gioia Tauro port concession
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) March 14, 2019 – Italy’s Ministry of Infrastructure & Transport (MIT) has received a list of commitments by Gioia...
MSC to update service linking Mediterranean to Australia
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) March 7, 2019 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) plans to update its service between Australia, the Indian...
Gioia Tauro port launches proceedings for termination of MCT concession
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – Gioia Tauro port has communicated to the shareholders of the Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT)...