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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.

Naples port starts rail service with China

Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) November 2, 2020 – Naples port has announced that the the railway connection between Shunde, in Southern China, and the Nola...

Naples port traffic down over 3% in August 2020

Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) November 2, 2020 – In August this year, the ports if Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale...

Grimaldi group takes delivery of the Eco Valencia and Grande Florida

Naples, 20 October 2020: Great news for the Grimaldi Group fleet. On 16 October, the Neapolitan company took delivery of the Eco Valencia, the first of 12...

Edison and Q8 to develop small scale LNG coastal storage in Naples port

Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) October 2, 2020 – A joint project by Italy’s Edison Spa and Kuwait Petroleum Italia (Q8) for a Small Scale LNG...

Naples port sees cargo traffic down over 4% compared to last year

Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) September 21, 2020 – In the month of July, Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP...

Grimaldi Group receives new PCTC vessel

Naples, 7 September 2020: The Grimaldi Group has further expanded its fleet with the arrival of the new Pure Car & Truck Carrier (PCTC) Grande New Jersey....

Italy’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport receives approval for port investment

Green light from Conferenza Unificata al Decreto to the Decree proposed by the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Paola De Micheli which allocates €906...

MSC Cruises returns to service in the Mediterranean offering full-experience cruising this summer

MSC Cruises announced today that flagship MSC Grandiosa and MSC Magnifica will resume operations in the Mediterranean starting from 16 and 29 August 2020...

MSC strengthens short sea and intermodal offering for Italian cargo market

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has consolidated its leading position in the Italian cargo market by offering the fastest transit times around the...

RINA certifies Grimaldi Covid-19 measures

Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) July 15, 2020 – The Grimaldi Group has reported on organizational procedures on board its ships aimed at minimizing risk of...

AdSP del Mar Tirreno Centrale (Naples) sees first quarter total tonnage down over 2%

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) April 30, 2020 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP – Centre-North Tyrrhenian...

Italy: Total port cargo 2018/2019 by AdSP and port

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) April 25, 2020 – Assoporti has published total tonnage in ports in 2018/2019 by Autorità di Sistema Portuale (AdSP) with...

Italy: Total port traffic handled in 2019; by AdSP and port

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) April 25, 2020 – Assoporti has published total tonnage in ports in 2019 by Autorità di Sistema Portuale (AdSP) with...

Italferr awards tender for the Bari Centrale-Bari Torre a Mare railway

Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) April 7, 2020 – Italferr, part of FS Italiane Group, has been awarded the tender for the construction of the Bari...

AdSP del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale President Spirito writes on effects of the pandemy on the maritime economy

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) April 2, 2020 – Pietro Spirito, President of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP...

Italian government proposes investment in transport in the south

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) March 25, 2020 – The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has published in the Official Journal details of an allocation...

Grimaldi Group: Coronavirus prevention: we protect traffic in the Mediterranean

News – Coronavirus (COVID-19) prevention: we protect traffic in the Mediterranean – Grimaldi Group – March 18, 2020 The Grimaldi Group has an...

Italy stops passenger ships: no more cruises

Coronavirus. Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport stops passenger ships: no more cruises. Decree signed by Minister De Micheli, with the Minister of...

From Sagunto port to Naples: Grimaldi Group takes new Neapolitan metro wagons

From the port of Sagunto to Naples: The Grimaldi Group takes the wagons of the new Neapolitan metro to the Italian city – March 9, 2020 The Grimaldi...

Franco-Italian summit: governments give full support to Naval Group and Fincantieri cooperation

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) March 3, 2020 – The port of Naples has hosted the XXXV Italian-French intergovernmental summit, where the governments...

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