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Piombino

Piombino is an Italian port town in the province of Livorno on Italy’s Western coast. The port was traditionally based on local steel industries and has a developed ferry service with local islands including Elba. The port is managed by Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP – North Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority).

FSRU can only stay in Piombino port for three years

Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) June 5, 2023 – Italian energy company Snam has said that at its Golar Tunda floating storage and regasification...

Piombino LNG FSRU terminal to start operations in June

Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) May 30, 2023 – Italian energy company Snam has said that at its Golar Tunda floating storage and regasification...

Snam receives its first LNG at its FSRU docked at the port of Piombino

Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) May 7, 2023 – Italian energy company Snam has received its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo at its Golar Tunda...

Port of Livorno presents plan for dock electrification

Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) December 13, 2022 – The Port of Livorno has presented its plan for dock electrification which will also include the port of...

Italy must have more LNG regasifiers – Eni

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) December 11, 2022 – Italy must have more regasifiers for liquefied natural gas (LNG). This is the view of Claudio Descalzi,...

Government supports LNG terminal in Piombino port, against city’s wishes

Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) November 28, 2022 – The government is to challenge a court appeal by the city of Piombino to stop an liquefied natural gas...

Port of Piombino makes plans for Snam FSRU

Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) November 24, 2022 – The Port of Piombino is making plans for the reception of the Snam FSRU “Golar Tundra“. The...

New LNG terminal in Italy’s Port of Piombino to receive green light in days

Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) October 24, 2022 – The new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the Port of Piombino to set to receive the green light...

Italy: Ranking – Top container ports – January-June 2022

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) September 6, 2022 – Assoporti, the Italian port association, has reported cargo figures for the first half of 2022, including...

AdSP del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (Livorno) sees 1H 2022 traffic slightly down

Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) August 3, 2022 – AdSP del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (Livorno) sees 1H 2022 traffic slightly down – 19 million tons of...

Port of Piombino reports record passengers and vehicles

Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) June 29, 2022 – Last weekend, the Port of Piombino received 72,000 passengers and more than 24,000 vehicles. On one day,...

Port of Livorno sees cargo down over 14% in first quarter

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) May 31, 2022 – The port system of Livorno-Piombino ended the first quarter with a total handling of 9.5 million tons of...

Port of Piombino selected for LNG regasifier

Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) April 14, 2022 – The Port of Piombino is set to be a site for one of Italy’s new liquefied natural gas (LNG)...

Intesa Sanpaolo is to lend €5.5 million to Piombino Industrie Marittime srl

Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) February 25, 2022 – The Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo is to lend €5.5 million to Piombino Industrie Marittime srl, a...

Livorno, Piombino and the Elban ports handle 41.2 million tonnes of goods in 2021, +10%

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) February 21, 2022 – The ports of Livorno, Piombino and the Elba Livorno handled 41.2 million tonnes of goods in 2021, an...

Port of Livorno reports increased Jan-Sep cargo traffic

Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) November 11, 2021 – Whilst the ports of Livorno and Piombino have yet to recpver cargo handling to pre-Covid levels, the...

AdSP del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (Livorno) set to receive central funds for investment

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) August 7, 2021 – The Ministry of Infrastructures and Sustainable Mobility has approved funding for Autorita’ di Sistema...

Port of Piombino reports record weekend for passengers

Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) August 17, 2021 – The weekend immediately preceding the August bank holiday weekend was a record one for the port of...

Port of Livorno reports improved Q1 2021 cargo numbers

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) May 24, 2021 – The port of Livorno sees signs of recovery after the effects of the pandemic on commercial traffic in 2020...

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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