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Monfalcone

The Port of Monfalcone is the most northern port place of the Adriatic Sea and, consequently, the closest one to central Europe. It is a major industrial centre for manufacturing ships, airplanes, textiles, chemicals, and refined oil. It is the home of the Fincantieri cruise ship building company. It is part of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Adriatic Sea Port Authority).

Port of Monfalcone to take key development step

Monfalcone, Italy (Ports Europe) May 18, 2022 – The Port of Monfalcone has taken a significant development step with the introduction of the Monfalcone...

The ‘Trieste & Monfalcone Blue Agreement’ was signed today

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) May 11, 2022 – The ‘Trieste & Monfalcone Blue Agreement’ was signed today. It is a voluntary agreement...

Port of Trieste reports positive cargo performance in Q1 2022

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) April 27, 2022 – For the ports of Trieste and Monfalcone, the traffic report for the first for the first quarter of 2022...

EU Commission approves €30 million Italian aid scheme to promote intermodal freight transport in Friuli Venezia Giulia region

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 4, 2022 – The European Commission has approved an Italian aid scheme to encourage freight traffic to shift from road...

Port of Monfalcone concerned about cargo from Ukraine

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 23, 2022 – The Port of Monfalcone in the North Adriatic Sea is an importer of steel from the Ukrainian port of...

Port of Monfalcone takes a step forward with new concessions

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 28, 2022 – The Port of Monfalcone has awarded 12-year concessions to CETAL, Compagnia Portuale Monfalcone,...

Port of Monfalcone records total cargo handling of 3,279,833 tonnes (+11.39%) in 2021

Monfalcone, Italy (Ports Europe) January 25, 2022 – The port of Monfalcone has shown signs of recovery, with a total handling of 3,279,833 tonnes...

Port of Trieste approves three-year plan

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) December 22, 2021 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Adriatic Sea Port...

North Adriatic Ports Association to promote inter-port cooperation

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) December 6, 2021 – Members of the North Adriatic Ports Association (NAPA) have signed an agreement to increase cooperation...

Port of Trieste sees improvement in 10-month cargo traffic

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) November 26, 2021 – In the first 10 months of the year, the Port of Trieste handled 45.59 million tons of cargo, up +0.42%...

MSC Crusies and Fincantieri mark float out of the line’s next flagship MSC Seascape

MSC Seascape is one of three MSC Cruises ships currently under construction, two of which will be delivered in 2022 following the two that already came into...

NAPA holds general assembly in Venice

The first general assembly – post Covid 19 – of the NAPA (North Adriatic Port Association), which includes the Ports of Venice and Chioggia,...

Ports of Trieste and Monfalcone agree to reduce emissions

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) October 8, 2021 – The Ports of Trieste and Monfalcone have agreed with Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico...

Italian ports see steel import delays

Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) September 8, 2021 – Italian ports are experiencing delays in processing steel imports due to EU import quotas and a lack of...

F2i acquires Compagnia portuale di Monfalcone from TO Delta Grop

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) August 24, 2021 – T.O. Delta Group of Trieste has sold Compagnia portuale di Monfalcone to F2i – Fondi italiani per...

Fincantieri starts building new-concept luxury cruise ships for MSC Cruises

The first steel of “Explora I”, the first of four new-concept luxury cruise ships that Fincantieri is building for Explora Journeys, the new luxury brand...

Port of Trieste reports increased traffic in first four months of 2021

The recent incident in the Suez Canal and the ongoing pandemic have not broughtnegative repercussions on container traffic at the port of Trieste in the first...

AdSP del Mare Adriatico Orientale (Trieste) to acquire rail connection to Monfalcone port

Monfalcone, Italy (Ports Europe) April 28, 2021 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Adriatic Sea Port...

F2i completes acquisition of MarterNeri

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) March 19, 2021 – F2i Holding Portuale (Fph) has concluded the acquisition of MarterNeri and appointed the new CEO of Fph,...

Total cargo handled by Italian ports – 2019/2020

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) February 22, 2021 – The Italian port association, Assoporti, has published the total cargo figures for 2019/2020 for the...

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