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Trieste

Trieste is a seaport in Northeast Italy on the Northern Adriatic Sea. Located in the heart of Europe, at the meeting point between the maritime routes and the European, Adriatic-Baltic and Mediterranean corridors, the port is an international hub for land-sea interchange flows affecting markets in Central and Eastern Europe. It is part of a well-developed intermodal transport network reaching most of Central and Northern Europe. The port is managed by Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Adriatic Sea Port Authority).

Gas Natural ends Trieste port LNG facility plans

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) May 30, 2018 – Spanish energy company Gas Natural has ended long-standing plans to build a liquefied natural gas facility in...

Trieste Marine Terminal welcomes visitors for Port Open Day

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) May 30, 2018 – Trieste Marine Terminal SpA (TMT) has joined in Port Open Day at the port, and event organised...

SUPAIR meeting takes place in Venice

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) May 27, 2018 – A focus group of the SUPAIR project has met in Venice to discuss how to make port-logistics operations greener...

Trieste Marine Terminal sees increased rail traffic in Q1 2018

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) May 24, 2018 – In January-March 2018, rail traffic connecting Pier VII with Italy and Europe increased by 65%, in relation...

Italian ports represented by Assoporti at Transport & Logistic Fair in Shanghai

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 23, 2018 – The Transport & Logistic Fair in Shanghai, one of the most important global events in the port and...

MSC start Graz-Trieste port service to reduce transit times from Asia

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) May 15, 2018 – MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. has introduced the new weekly MSC Graz-Trieste Runner shuttle train,...

Unions call for day of action at Italian ports

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) May 13, 2018 – The Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti trade unions called for a national strike on May 11, 2018, of...

Event: A Natural Connection for China in Europe – May 16, 2018, Shanghai

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) May 12, 2018 – On May 16, 2018, at the Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC), a round table will be held...

Event: The logistics system of the port of Trieste and commercial relations with Austria – May 23-24, 2018, Trieste

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) May 12, 2018 – On May 23-24, 2018, the convention entitled “The logistics system of the Port of Trieste and commercial...

Italy receives European Commission letter regarding taxing port authorities

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) May 5, 2018 – Zeno D’Agostino, President of Assoporti, has received a letter from the European Commission which...

Italian port workers to stage strike on May 11

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 2, 2018 – On May 11, there will be a 24-hour national strike of Italian port workers on issues of security. According to the...

Italy’s Confindustria hopes next government will have Ministry of the Sea

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 2, 2018 – Italian business confederation Confindustria hopes that the next government will establish a Ministry of the Sea...

Trieste port to develop cooperation with China’s Zhuzhou

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) May 1, 2018 – Zhuzhou, a metropolis of about 4 million inhabitants located in southern China, and the Italian Friuli Venezia...

Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport publishes information on “Connecting Italy”

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) May 1, 2018 – The Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport (MIT) has published the an annex to “Connecting Italy: the...

Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport launches open data on maritime state property concessions

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) May 1, 2018 – The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MIT) has made a huge data set publicly available for anyone...

Trieste port cargo traffic rises in Q1 2018

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) April 27, 2018 – The growth of the port of Trieste continues, driven by the constant performance of railway traffic which in the...

Debora Serracchiani calls for protection of Italian port system from EU tax demand

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) April 19, 2018 – Deputy of the Democratic Party, Debora Serracchiani, has called for the government to protect the...

Relaunch of Italian port system at risk from EU tax claim, Federation says

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) April 19, 2018 – Federazione del mare (Federation of the Sea) has said that recent claims by the EU Competition Authority (DG...

Trieste Marine Terminal sees increased TEU traffic in first quarter of 2018

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) April 18, 2018 – Trieste Marine Terminal (TMT) SpA handled in March 2018 over 58,500 TEU, an all-time monthly recorded. The...

EU says Italy should pay taxes on port income

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 17, 2018 – The EU DG Competition authority has warned Italy to pay taxes on the proceeds of port concessions...

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