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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).

Docks The Future will be presented to the audiences at BILOG 2019

September 25, 2019 BILOG is an agreement signed by La Spezia Port Authority (Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern...

Contship concludes U.S. roadshow in Houston

Contship Italia Group, Italy’s leading intermodal transport and terminal operator, together with the Port Authority of La Spezia and in cooperation with the...

Contship Italia embarked the second U.S. roadshow in New York

Contship Italia Group together with Port System Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Sea have gathered with the cargo owners and international freight forwarders...

La Spezia Port Authority and Contship Italia to showcase intermodal connectivity is USA

Contship Italia Group, a leading maritime container terminal operator and intermodal services provider, in partnership with La Spezia Port Authority, will...

CIRCLE organizes new edition of BiLOG – Logistics and Maritime Forum in La Spezia on October 16-17, 2019

CIRCLE: organizes the new edition of BiLOG – Logistics and Maritime Forum in La Spezia on October 16-17, 2019, together with Blue Hub Genoa, July 29th...

Circle announces cooperation with the ports of La Spezia and Casablanca

Milan, July 9, 2019 Circle S.p.A., leading its own Group specialised in process and management consulting services and in providing innovative technological...

Alfredo Scalisi appointed General Manager of Contship Italia’s La Spezia Container Terminal

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 3, 2019 – Alfredo Scalisi has been appointed new General Manager of Contship Italia’s La Spezia Container Terminal...

Contship Italia signs agreement to expand La Spezia Container Terminal’s Garibaldi pier

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) May 31, 2019 – The Contship Italia Group has signed an agreement with Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale...

La Spezia port’s cruise traffic to soar 48% in 2019

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 11, 2019 – La Spezia port expects to handle about 700,000 cruise passengers in 2019, up 48% compared to last year,...

Royal Caribbean, MSC Cruises, Costa Cruises to build €41 million cruise terminal in La Spezia

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 9, 2019 – Royal Caribbean, MSC Cruises and Costa Cruises plan to invest a total of €41 million ($46.2 million)...

Contship responds to statements by Italian deputy transport minister

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – Contship Italia has intervened following a press release launched during the presentation of the project for...

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...

La Spezia Container Terminal receives “Felix Industry” Award

The award was given to Contship’s Terminal in La Spezia for being one of the top-performing businesses in the region. La Spezia Container Terminal’s 2017...

Carrara port to handle export of four large turbines to Kazakhstan

Carrara, Italy (Ports Europe) April 1, 2019 – Carrara port will handle four mega turbines with destination the Tengiz oil field in Kazakhstan on April...

La Spezia Container Terminal upgrades to Fluidmesh for TOS Connectivity

News – Contship Italia – La Spezia Container Terminal (LSCT) upgrades to Fluidmesh for TOS Connectivity – March 27, 2019 With the aim of...

La Spezia port handles project cargo exported to ITER project in France

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) March 15, 2019 – La Spezia port has handled a project cargo weighing over 200 tonnes, shipped by Master...

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...

La Spezia port supports upgrade of Pontremolese railway line

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) March 3, 2019 – Carla Roncallo, president of Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP –...

La Spezia port joins initiative for Pontremolese railway upgrade

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) March 1, 2019 – Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Ligurian Sea Port Authority) has...

Italy’s Council of State delays decision on legitimacy of La Spezia port decisions

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – Italy’s Council of State has decided to delay a decision on the legitimacy of acts of La Spezia...

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