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Olbia (Sardinia, Italy)

Olbia is a city located on the northeastern coast of Sardinia, an island located in the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the province of Olbia-Tempio and is home to a population of around 50,000 people. Olbia is a major port and transportation hub, with a busy airport and ferry terminal. The port is part of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Di Sardegna (AdSP – Sardinian Sea Port Authority).

30 kg of cocaine seized in Port of Olbia, Sardinia

Olbia, Sardinia. Italy (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – On November 29, 2024, the Guardia di Finanza seized over 30 kg of cocaine in the port pf Olbia....

AdSP Sardinia revises infrastructure investments

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) July 26, 2024 – The Port System Authority of the Sea of ​​Sardinia has approved the update to the three-year...

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...

70 kg marijuana seized in Sardinia’s port of Isola Bianca

Olbia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 11, 2024 – Some 70 kg of marijuana were seized by Italy’s Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) during loading...

AdSP del Mare Di Sardegna, 3-year operational plan approved

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) January 15, 2024 – The management committee of the Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Di Sardegna (AdSP...

Dock electrification planned for ports in Sardinia

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) December 27, 2023 – The port authority for Sardinia has awarded a contract to install dock electrification in...

Northern Sardinian ports to receive €20 mln port in investment

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (PortSEurope) October 13, 2023 – The ports of Olbia, Golfo Aranci, Santa Teresa and Porto Torres, in Northern Sardinia, are set...

Italian government to disburse €14.7 mln to ports

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) July 31, 2023 – The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has disbursed an advance of €14.7 million to the 12 Port System...

Sardinia’s Olbia plans mega-yachts facility

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 28, 2023 – The Port Authority of Sardinia has agreed to construct a new facility for mega-yachts to support...

GreenIT plan three floating offshore wind projects in Italy

Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – GreenIT and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have signed an agreement to develop three...

Tibula Energia proposes floating offshore wind farm in northeastern Sardinia

Olbia, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 23, 2022 – Tibula Energia is the name of the latest floating offshore wind farm project off the northeastern coast of...

Port System of Sardinia reports traffic figures for 2021, higher than last year, but below 2019

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) January 26, 2022 – The port system of Sardinia has reported traffic figures for 2021, which exceed the numbers...

New call for new port authority for Northern Sardinia

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (PortSEurope) November 10, 2021 – A proposal has been made to establish an official port authority to represent the ports of...

Civitavecchia-Olbia: territorial continuity service guaranteed without public charges

Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport – From May 2021 and for the next two years, the public service of territorial continuity on the...

AdSP del Mare Di Sardegna reports 2019 financials

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) March 16, 2021 – The financial year 2019, Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Di Sardegna (AdSP –...

Grendi Trasporti Marittimi receives license to operate Olbia port, Sardinia

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 26, 2021 – Grendi Trasporti Marittimi will receive a license to officially operate as a company in the...

Grimaldi Group expands the Livorno-Olbia Ro-pax connection

Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) February 1, 2021 – Following the recent launch of the Palermo-Cagliari Ro-pax line, the Grimaldi Group is expanding the...

The 2021-2023 Three-Year Operational Plan of AdSP del Mare Di Sardegna (Cagliari) approved

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (PortSEurope) January 14, 2021 – The Management Committee of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Di Sardegna (AdSP –...

Seacon awarded Olbia port dredging contract

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (PortSEurope) December 13, 2020 – Seacon Srl has been awarded the contract to design of the dredging plan for the Gulf of...

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...

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