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Naples

Naples is a seaport in Southwest Italy. The port is located in the center of the Mediterranean Sea, along the ideal route between Suez and Gibraltar, is one of the main stopovers in commercial traffic and records consistent increases in passenger traffic. It handles cargo, cruise and passenger ships and has shipbuilding yards. It is managed by Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP – Centre-North Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority) which includes Castellammare di Stabia and Salerno.

The new Italian port authority system explained

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) June 25, 2017 – On September 2, 2016, new legislation on the Italian Port Authority (AdSP) was issued, regulating not only the...

TEN-T – Connecting Europe – Core network corridors

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – TEN-T (Trans-European Transport Networks) envisages coordinated improvements to primary roads, railways,...

Event – SRM to present its fourth annual report “Italian Maritime Economy” – Naples.

Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) June 12, 2017 – On Wednesday June 21, 2017, Studi e Ricerche per il Mezzogiorno (SRM) will present its fourth annual...

Italy’s Caronte & Tourist to build ten LNG-fuelled ferry ships

Messina, Italy (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – Italian company Caronte & Tourist S.p.A. plans to invest a total of €200 million ($225.53 million) in the...

Finnlines Group – Financial Review January–March 2017

Helsinki, Finland (PortSEurope) June 5, 2017 – Finnlines group, owned by the Napoli-based Grimaldi Group, has published its financial review for the...

Grimaldi to invest in upgrading fleet

Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) May 12, 2017 –  Italian shipping company Grimaldi Group has designed an ambitious investment programme for a period of ten years...

Event – ConferenzaGNL 2017 – Naples, May 10-11

Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) May 9, 2017  – ConferenzaGNL 2017  is the key event in the Mediterranean area on direct uses of LNG that, over the last...

SRM and Assoporti produce Mediterranean ports connectivity study

Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) April 30, 2017 – SRM and Assoporti have produced an overview to the operators on the Mediterranean and on the meaning of the...

MedCruise welcomes European Blue Growth report

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 20, 2017 – MedCruise, the Association of Mediterranean Cruise Ports, has welcomed yesterday’s announcement by...

Naples port dredging to begin in July

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) April 20, 2017 – The dredging of Naples port seabed will start in July and will last for two years or so, the president of the...

EU: Western Mediterranean – Actions for the sustainable development of the blue economy

Brussels, 19 April 2017 Today the European Commission launches a new initiative for the sustainable development of the blue economy in the Western...

Naples port starts LNG bunkering project

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) April 11, 2017 – Naples port will launch later this year an expression of interest for a liquefied natural gas bunker. This was...

Naples, Salerno and Castellammare present at Mediterranean Tourism Exchange

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) March 24, 2017 – For the first time, the integrated range of port and tourist services of the ports of Naples, Salerno and...

Rimorchiatori Napoletani buys two tugboats from Sanmar

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 12, 2017 – Sanmar A.S.’s faith in their latest design cooperation with Robert Allan Ltd has been well rewarded....

Italy’s Grimaldi to focus on mainland cabotage

Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) March 10, 2017 – Italian shipping group Grimaldi plans to focus its development strategy on “mainland...

Naples port cargo traffic rises 6.7% in 2016

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) February 7, 2017 – Naples port handled 22.4 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, up 6.7% on the year, with imports edging up...

Naples port container traffic rises in 2016

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) January 12, 2017 – After nearly three years of and strikes, container traffic at Naples port recorded growth, up 10.3% on the...

Naples port to open San Vincenzo dock to public in summer 2017

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) January 12, 2017 – San Vincenzo dock in Naples will be open to the public as of the summer of 2017, as the port authority of the...

The Greens praise dialogue with Naples port president

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) January 11, 2017 – Italian political movement The Greens has praised the dialogue started with the president of Naples port...

Central Tyrrhenian Sea port system board to meet on Jan 13

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) January 3, 2017 – The first meeting of the management committee of the Central Tyrrhenian Sea Port System will be held on...

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