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Messina

Messina is a city on the Northeast corner of Sicily on the Strait of Messina opposite Reggio Calabria. the port is operated by Autorità di Sistema Portuale dello Stretto (AdSP – Strait).

EU ports handled 395.3 million passengers in 2023

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) December 9, 2024 – In 2023, ports in the European Union handled 395.3 million passengers, up 5.8% increase on 2022...

Uniontrasporti presents cost benefit analysis for Messina bridge project

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – Just over 9 billion euros in investments versus benefits of almost 11 billion euros with a net result of...

Florida ports association visits Rome

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) November 12, 2024 – Florida (USA) ports met with Italian ports yesterday in Rome, thanks to the coordination of Assoporti and...

Finance allocated for redevelopment work at Falcata zone, Messina

Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) October 15, 2024 – The CIPESS-Inter-ministerial Committee for Economic Planning and Sustainable Development is to...

Caronte & Tourist group signs contract for Villa San Giovanni landing stage

Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) September 11, 2024 – The Caronte & Tourist group has signed a contract with Autorità di Sistema Portuale dello...

Tender to operate Milazzo ferry terminal reissued

Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) September 3, 2024 – The local AdSP dello Strait (port authority) has issued another tender to manage the ferry and...

EU commissioner comments on proposed bridge over Messina Strait

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) July 14, 2024 – Adina-Ioana Vălean, European Commissioner for Transport, has answered a parliamentary question:...

Villa San Giovanni seeks progress with new passenger terminal

Villa San Giovanni, Italy (Ports Europe) July 5, 2024 – The ferry company Caronte & Tourist S.p.A. contacted the Ministry of Infrastructure and...

Sicilian Port of Milazzo short of work

Milazzo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) July 5, 2024 – The Sicilian Port of Milazzo is seeing decreased employment and there is a sense of a lack of...

Italy: Total cargo by port 2023 – ranking

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) June 30, 2024 – Industry association Assoporti has published seaport cargo figures for 2023. In 2023, the ports handled 473...

Strait of Messina bridge: municipal & seismic delays

Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) June 4, 2024 – The observations on the proposed Strait of Messina bridge that the municipalities of Villa San...

Record day for cruises in Messina, Italy

Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – Today was a record day for cruise ships in Messina with four vessels docking at the Sicilian port....

Strait of Messina bridge, start of worked delayed another 4 weeks

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) May 12, 2024 –  Società Stretto di Messina has said that as part of the ongoing environmental impact assessment procedure,...

Tall ships will pass under the proposed Messina strait bridge

Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) May 6, 2024 – The world’s tallest ships will be able to pass under the future bridge over the Strait of...

Further questions for the bridge over the Strait of Messina project

Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) May 4, 2024 – The executive project of the bridge over the Strait of Messina will arrive “not before...

Does the EU support the bridge over the Strait of Messina?

Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) April 28, 2024 – In the past few months, the Italian government, especially Matteo Salvini, has been making much...

Rome questions Strait of Messina bridge documentation

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) April 18, 2024 – The società Stretto di Messina, the project manager to build a bridge over the Strait of Messina, has been...

Strait of Messina bridge, Services Conference begins

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) April 16, 2024 – The preliminary services conference begins today at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport in Rome, a...

Port of Messina opens cruise ship season

Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) April 10, 2024 – The Port of Messina has officially opened its cruise ship season, with considerable business...

Strait of Messina Bridge – land expropriation notices published

Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) April 4, 2024 – The notice for the expropriation of land and property for the project to build a bridge over the...

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