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La Spezia

La Spezia is a seaport in Northwest Italy overlooking the northern Tyrrhenian Sea. It is a natural port that offers many advantages for maritime and land transport. It is one of the most important commercial ports in the Mediterranean and one of the strategic nodes in the European Union’s TEN-T Core network, the central trans-European transport network, as the core port of the priority Scandinavia-Mediterranean Corridor. It is managed by Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Ligurian Sea Port Authority).

Contship has issued the tender for building the new Ravano terminal

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) June 6, 2024 – Contship has issued the call to tender for the construction of the new Ravano terminal, part of the...

Port of La Spezia handled 2.91 mln tonnes of cargo in Q1 2024

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) May 30, 2024 – In the first quarter of 2024, the Italian Mediterranean Sea port of La Spezia handled 2.91 million tonnes of...

Green Bay – a new European port certification

Toulon, France (Ports Europe) May 28, 2024 – The Var Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIV) has launched a new environmental standard for certification...

Ferretti Group officially opens its Riva shipyard in La Spezia

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) May 17, 2024 – Today, Ferretti Group officially opened its Riva shipyard in La Spezia. A ceremony attended by Chairman...

Port of La Spezia approves 2023 balance sheet

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) May 9, 2024 – At the end of April, the Management Committee of the Eastern Ligurian Sea Port Authority met and approved...

La Spezia hosts Scandinavia-Mediterranean rail freight event

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) May 9, 2024 – On April 29, 2024, the Port of La Spezia hosted representatives of the Scandinavia-Mediterranean rail...

DEPORTIBUS – the Festival of Ports connecting the world

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) May 3, 2024 – “DEPORTIBUS – the Festival of Ports connecting the world” is the first European...

Tarros, Messina in new connections with Italy, Libya and Egypt

Salerno, Italy (Ports Europe) May 2, 2024 – Tarros group launches the new LEX service, connecting the ports of Salerno, Genoa, La Spezia, Tripoli,...

EUROKAI confirms Contship Italia investment

Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) April 18, 2024 – During meetings in Italy, Tom Eckelmann, member of the management board of EUROKAI, and shareholder of...

Mercitalia Logistics and Port of La Spezia sign hydrogen contract

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe)- March 27, 2024 – Mercitalia Logistics and the Port of La Spezia have signed an agreement to use hydrogen as an...

Port of La Spezia to proceed with solar energy plan

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) March 22, 2024 – The Port of La Spezia has commissioned a feasibility study and a project’s technical and economic...

COSCO SHIPPING calls Port of La Spezia, with 20,000 TEU on regular basis

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) March 17, 2024 – Starting this month, COSCO SHIPPING’s 20,000 TEU container ships will begin regular calls at the...

Construction has begun on a new cruise pier at the Port of La Spezia

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) March 5, 2024 – The construction site for the new cruise pier in La Spezia will be delivered today. It will take 710...

FS Group, Port of La Spezia sign digitalisation MoU

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 29, 2024 – The Logistics Hub of the FS Group and Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale...

Former Enel pier to be returned to Port of Spezia

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 22, 2024 – The now-decommissioned Enel coal power station was served by its own pier, and this will now be...

Port of La Spezia signs cyber agreement with state police

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 1, 2024 – A memorandum of understanding has been signed between Eastern Ligurian Sea Port Authority and the...

La Spezia Container Terminal plans expansion

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) January 16, 2024 – The La Spezia Container Terminal (LSCT) is planning an expansion which has the authorisation of...

Contship set to develop Ravano Terminal, La Spezia

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) December 15, 2023 – Contship is set to develop Ravano Terminal, La Spezia, following the signing of an agreement between...

Port of La Spezia inaugurates new control room

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) December 7, 2023 – A new control room was inaugurated today at the headquarters of the Port System Authority in La...

Port of La Spezia new cruise pier contract awarded to consortium

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) November 30, 2023 – A contract for the construction of the new cruise pier in La Spezia has been awarded to a...

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