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Vado Ligure

The Vado Port System is made up of two well integrated terminals: APM Terminals‘ existing Reefer Terminal and its new semi-automated terminal, the Vado Gateway.

With the launch of Vado Gateway in 2019, Vado Ligure became the first semi-automated port in Italy with a fully-automated gate and stacking yard The Vado Ligure Port Complex is one of the most competitive terminals in Europe, combining innovation, automation, intermodal connectivity and the ability to offer fully integrated and complex services such as cold storage, project cargo, Ro-Ro and intermodal transport.

Bucci: In Vado Ligure, the FSRU makes no sense

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 30, 2024 – Marco Bucci, current mayor of Genoa and future president of Liguria, has said that the FSRU in Piombino...

Blue Agreement signed in the port of Savona-Vado

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 16, 2024 – The Blue Agreement was signed in the port of Savona-Vado. It is a voluntary agreement between public...

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...

Container Port Performance Index 2024 – Top Italian ports – Ranking

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) June 10, 2024 – The World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence have published the fourth edition of Container Port...

Container Port Performance Index 2024 – Top Europe/N Africa – Ranking

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) June 6, 2024 – The World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence have published the fourth edition of Container Port...

APM Terminals automates gate lifts in Vado Ligure

Vado, Italy (Ports Europe) May 20, 2024 – APM Terminals has announced that all gates at the Vado Gateway port system have now been automated. Optical...

Corruption charges set to end Vado regasification terminal project

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 13, 2024 – Last Tuesday, Giovanni Toti, the centre-right governor of Italy’s northwest Liguria region, was placed...

APM Terminals’ Vado Gateway reports 284% auto imports in 2023

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 24, 2024 – APM Terminals’ Vado Gateway has reported a 284% increase in vehicle imports in 2023, and a good start...

New vehicle logistics company set up in Vado, Genoa

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 4, 2024 – The Fratelli Cosulich Group and XCA have set up VLV – Vehicle Logistic Vado in Vado Ligure, a logistics...

Maersk diverts ME2 service around Cape of Good Hope, ports change

Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) January 25, 2024 – Maersk has announced that its ME2 service will no longer transit the Red Sea and Suez Canal. Its...

Paolo Cornetto resigns as CEO, Vado Gateway & Reefer Terminal

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) September 29, 2023 – Paolo Cornetto will leave his position as CEO of Vado Gateway and Reefer Terminal from November 16....

More protests against Snam LNG facility in Vado

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 25, 2023 – There has been a further protest against the proposed Snam LNG facility in Vado, Genoa. A protest began...

LNG controversy moves to Vado Ligure, Genoa

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 7, 2023 – The EU energy plan calls for increased imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and ports have been...

Cocaine found on two ships in Vado Ligure

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 8, 2023 – Local law enforcement and customs officials have seized two quantities of cocaine in ships in Vado Ligure....

Gioia Tauro is the main seaport for drug smuggling in Italy

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) July 31, 2023 – The annual report on drug addiction in Italy in 2022, drawn up by the department for anti-drug policies, has...

Port of Vado Ligure receives a loan to develop agri-food logistics

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) July 25, 2023 – The Port of Vado Ligure, part of the Genoa port system, will receive a €9.5 million non-repayable loan to...

Italy’s Liguria region considers second LNG terminal

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) July 14, 2023 – The region of Liguria would like to the location of a second liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, the local...

Renantis provides first fast reserve service in Vado Ligure, Genoa

The electrochemical storage system of Vado Ligure’s port is the first Italian plant to provide the Fast Reserve service, thanks to the cooperation between...

Ports of Genoa returns to pre-Covid cargo numbers in 2022

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) March 10, 2023 – The Ports of Genoa returns to pre-Covid cargo numbers in 2022, with significant gains in container and...

Italy: Top 10 container ports by TEU traffic – Jan-Sep 2022

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) December 16, 2022 – Assoporti, the Italian ports organisation, has published total cargo figures for January-September 2022,...

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