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Venice

Venice is a seaport in North Adriatic Sea in Northeast Italy, and built on numerous small islands in the Lagoon of Venice. Commercial, passenger and other terminals form the Ports of Venice and Chioggia. They handle any kind of traffic, from containers, to liquid and solid bulk, steel products, Ro-Ro/Ro-Pax, general and project cargo. It has a developed cruise ship industry which is having to change after large cruise ship were banned from the lagoon for environmental reasons. The two ports are managed by Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (AdSPMAS – Northern Adriatic Sea Port Authority).

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...

Ministry approves Fusina terminal in the Port of Venice

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) August 16, 2022 – The Ministry of Ecological Transition has approved the commissioning of the South dock of the Fusina...

Terminal Rinfuse Venezia announces new solar system

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) August 12, 2022 – Terminal Rinfuse Venezia (TRV) has announced the commissioning of a new solar system. It will generate...

Italy: Veneto, exports up 20% in the first quarter

News release – Confartigianato – July 1, 2022 Exports in the first quarter of 2022 in Veneto grew by 20%, for a total value of 18.6 billion euros,...

Port of Venice sees a 10.5% rise in cargo in the first half of 2022

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) August 4, 2022 – The port of Venice recorded a 10.5% increase in the tons handled in the first half of 2022. There was...

Venice and Chioggia ports sign agreement

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) July 18, 2022 – Venice and Chioggia ports sign agreement regarding the areas of the port which fall under the responsibiity...

Port of Chioggia welcomes the Viking Sky cruise ship

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) June 22, 2022 – Last week, the Viking Sky cruise ship arrived in the Port of Chioggia on Isola dei Saloni with its...

FHP Holding Portuale has ordered a Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbor Crane for their Multi Service Terminal in Marghera Port

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) June 14, 2022 – FHP Holding Portuale has ordered a Generation 6 Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbor Crane for their Multi...

Italian ports targeted by Russian cyber hackers

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) June 7, 2022 – Italian ports have been targeted by “Legion”, an offshoot of the pro-Russian activist...

Port of Venice sees cargo recovery in first quarter

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) June 1, 2022 – In the first quarter of 2022, the Port of Venice registered total cargo traffic of over 6.37 million tonnes,...

Terminali Italia to manage the Marghera VINT terminal (Venezia Intermodale)

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) June 1, 2022 – Terminali Italia (TI), the Italian railway network company, is to manage Marghera VINT (Venezia...

NAPA ports meet to discuss development

Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) May 25, 2022 – The North Adriatic Port Association (NAPA) has met with European Coordinator of the Baltic-Adriatic...

Grimaldi adds Ro-Ro vessel to Venice-Bari-Patras route

Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) May 2, 2022 – The Grimaldi Group will add a Ro-Ro vessel to the Venice-Bari-Patras route, bringing the total to three such...

Port Authority of Venice presents new road and rail link

In recent days, the President of the Port System Authority of the Northern Adriatic Sea (AdSPMAS), Fulvio Lino Di Blasio, and the Secretary General of the...

Italy: “The government will find new funds for the Pnrr construction sites. We will act on high prices”

Interview by Minister Giovannini released to the Corriere del Veneto 7 April 2022 – Below is the text of the interview that Minister Enrico Giovannini...

Minister Giovannini inaugurates the new large ship terminal in Marghera, Venice

News Release – Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (Italy) – April 6, 2022 “I am particularly pleased to be here today, because it is...

Port of Venice to redevelop industrial area into container terminal

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) March 29, 2022 – The Port of Venice will start a project to redevelop the abandoned industrial areas of Montefibre and...

Port Authority of Venice will receive €21.7 million for nine projects relating to energy efficiency

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) March 28, 2022 – As part of the Green Ports program, the Port Authority of Venice will receive €21.7 million ($23.8...

PSA International has published its final results for 2021

Singapore (PortSEurope) March 18, 2022 – PSA International has published its final results for 2021 showing revenue up +11.7% to $4.67 million compared...

Work set to restart on MoSE barrier in Venice lagoon

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) March 15, 2022 – The Bankruptcy Court of Venice has approved the certified recovery plan presented by the Consorzio Venezia...

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