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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).

Friuli Venezia Giulia awards Monfalcone port consultancy contract 

Monfalcone, Italy (PortSEurope) April 26, 2018 – The regional government of Friuli Venezia Giulia (FVG) has awarded the tender for the technical service for...

Call for investment in Venice port shipyards

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) April 8, 2018 – The Carnival Horizon cruise ship was built at the Fincantieri shipyard in Porto Marghera, but was presented...

Italy approves inclusion of Monfalcone port into Eastern Adriatic Sea Port System

Monfalcone, Italy (Ports Europe) March 22, 2018 – Italy’s government has given the green light to the inclusion of the port of Monfalcone into...

Monfalcone port sees widespread investment

Monfalcone, Italy (Ports Europe) March 13, 2018 – The north Adriatic port of Monfalcone has seen substantial investment in recent years, and Regional...

Costa Cruises starts sales for inaugural cruise of Costa Venezia ship

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Costa Cruises has opened sales for the inaugural cruise of Costa Venezia, the new ship of the Italian company...

Italy’s parliament approves integration of Monfalcone port into Trieste-based port authority

Monfalcone, Italy (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – The Chamber of Deputies of Italy’s Parliament has given the green light to the integration of...

Fincantieri and Monfalcone sign school-work development agreement

Trieste, Italy, January 17, 2018 – The mayor of Monfalcone, Anna Maria Cisint, and the CEO of Fincantieri S.p.A., Giuseppe Bono, has signed two agreements,...

Fincantieri signs cooperation protocol with Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia

Trieste, Italy, January 17, 2018 – Fincantieri S.p.A., the Italian shipbuilder, has signed an agreement with the autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia...

Friuli Venezia Giulia Region approves financing of projects to transport slabs on rail and ship

Monfalcone, Italy (PortSEurope) January 14,2018 – On January 3, 2018, the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region allocated €1.222 million to Fratelli Cosulich...

Friuli Venezia Giulia to invest 1.13 million in port waterways maintenance

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – Friuli Venezia Giulia regional government has awarded a €1.13 million ($1.33 million) contract for...

Trieste port increases intermodal traffic to Budapest

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – “Hungary is becoming Trieste’s first reference market, as for port railway container traffic”,...

Fincantieri to build ‘next-generation’ Cunard cruise ship

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 27, 2017 – Fincantieri, the Trieste-based shipbuilder including cruise vessels, has signed a memorandum of...

Friuli Venezia Giulia and Fincantieri to create cruise industry academy

Monfalcone, Italy (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – The region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Fincantieri S.p.A. plan to sign a Memorandum of...

Monfalcone to in integrated into port system in 2018

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) August 12, 2017 – The operational integration of the port of Monfalcone in Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare...

Event – Transport Logistics – Munich, May 9-12, 2017

Munich, Germany (PortSEurope) May 3,2017 – “transport logistics” is the world’s leading trade fair for logistics, mobility, IT and...

Liebherr delivers equipment to Italian ports

Monfalcone, Italy (Ports Europe) February 7, 2017 – Liebherr has said that it has delivered a LHM 550 crane to Compagnia Portuale, in Monfalcone and two...

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