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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).

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...

La Spezia Container Terminal set for more sustainable future

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) November 28, 2023 – The Commander of the Harbour Office in the Port of La Spezia, Alberto Battaglini, has authorised the...

Axpo delivers LNG to Piombino port and Panigaglia, Italy

Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) November 8, 2023 – Swiss energy trader and renewable energy company Axpo has delivered liquefied natural gas (LNG) to...

Enel plants in La Spezia port to be pulled down

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) October 12, 2023 – Starting today, Enel plants linked to the Vallegrande power plant will be pulled down, a project that...

Port of La Spezia boosts luxury yachting sector

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) October 4, 2023 – The Port System Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Sea has approved the requests for state maritime...

Ports of La Spezia, Marina di Carrara ends 2022 positively

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) September 22, 2023 – The Ports of La Spezia and Marina di Carrara have ended the financial year of 2022 positively. In...

Port of La Spezia cargo traffic down -4.2% in first half of 2023

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) August 16, 2023 – In the first six months of the year, 6,445,618 tons of goods passed through the La Spezia terminals,...

Port of La Spezia receives first 24,000 TEU vessel

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) August 10, 2023 – The Port of La Spezia has received the MSC Nicola Mastro, the first 24,000 TEUs container ship to touch...

La Spezia Container Terminal welcomes the MedGulf service

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 28, 2023 – Starting in early August, Contship’s La Spezia Container Terminal (LSCT) will be added to the...

La Spezia cruise businesses join Blue Flag agreement

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 27, 2023 – A new voluntary “Blue Flag” agreement was signed yesterday at the cruise terminal in La...

Concerns over reduced cargo at Port of La Spezia

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 16, 2023 – In the first four months of 2023, the port of La Spezia recorded a cargo reduction of -20% compared to the...

Port of La Spezia publishes tender for recreational area

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 12, 2023 – Last week, Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSPMLO – Eastern Ligurian Sea...

Italy: Total containers (TEU) handled in 2022 – ranked by port

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) July 4, 2023 – Assoporti, Italy’s port industry organisation, has published detailed container (TEU) figures for Italian...

Contship Italia sees TEU traffic down over -16% in Q1 2023

Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) May 29, 2023 – In the first three months of 2023, Contship Italia’s terminals handled 358,402 containers (TEU), down...

EUROKAI sees TEU handling down over 16% in Q1 2023

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) May 17, 2023 – In the first quarter of 2023 the container terminals in the EUROKAI Group saw an overall decline in...

Port of La Spezia to electrify the Garibaldi Pier

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) April 6, 2023 – The Port of La Spezia has signed an agreement to electrify the Garibaldi Pier, a dock presently used by...

Cinque Terre Ferries seeks La Spezia port concession

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) March 28, 2023 – Cinque Terre Ferries has requested a state property concession for the commercial/recreational tourist...

Fedespedi report looks at port performance in 2022

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) March 21, 2023 – Industry federation Fedespedi has published a report on foreign trade on 2022 with details about ports...

Port of La Spezia tests drones to boost safety

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) February 21, 2023 – The Port of La Spezia has tested drones as a method to boost transport safety wthin port areas. This...

MSC to restart DRAGON service

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) February 10, 2023 – MSC is to restart its DRAGON service that will connect Asia to Israel, Italy and South of France, and...

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