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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).

Luka Koper – 1H 2021 – Cargo throughput in selected competitor European ports

Luka Koper – Ljubljana Stock Exchange announcement – August 27, 2021 In the first half of 2021, Luka Koper Group achieved good business results....

“Norwegian Prima” floated out in Marghera

Trieste, August 13, 2021 – “Norwegian Prima”, the first of six vessels of Norwegian Cruise Line’s (NCL) new Prima Class of ships was...

Technical Roundtable for Venice starts work

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) August 6, 2021 – The Minister of Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility Enrico Giovannini has hosted the first meeting of the...

Meetings with the port cluster continue at Assoporti

The meetings between Rodolfo Giampieri, President of the Association of Italian Ports, and representatives of the Italian Ports and representatives of the port...

Italy bans cruise ships from the Venice lagoon

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) July 14, 2021 – Minister of Sustainable Infrastructures and Mobility, Enrico Giovannini, said yesterday that from 1 August...

CMA CGM launches weekly service from Turkey to Koper

A new maritime bridge between Turkey and Adriatic – 30.06.2021 As from 7th July 2021 CMA CGM is starting a new short-sea service, connecting three...

Italian ministry issues tender for Venice port cruise ship solutions

Cruise ships: Giovannini – the tender is a decisive step for a structural solution to safeguard Venice and its lagoon – June 30, 2021 “The...

Press conference to announce president of Adsp del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (Venice) Fulvio Lino di Blasio

The President of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (AdSP – Northern Adriatic Sea Port Authority) Fulvio Lino di Blasio...

Grouping headed by Rina Consulting won the tender for the design of the terminal in Marghera

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) June 2, 2021 – The consortium headed by the company Rina Consulting of Genoa has won the tender for the design of the...

Port of Venice sees Q1 cargo traffic down -4.9%

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) May 6, 2021 – In the first quarter of 2021, for the tenth consecutive quarterly period, the traffic of goods handled by the...

Assoporti supports port investments in Italy’s national economic recovery plan

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) April 27, 2021 – Assoporti (the Association of Italian Ports) has welcomed the latest draft of the national recovery and...

Italy’s Minister Giovannini renews top management of the port authorities and defines the strategic objectives

The Minister of Sustainable Infrastructures and Mobility, Enrico Giovannini has started the completion of the procedures for the renewal of the presidents of...

Sapio and the Port of Venice to create a ‘hydrogen valley’ in Marghera

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) April 20, 2021 – A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between the Sapio group, Autorita’ di Sistema...

Port of Venice management committee meets

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) April 6, 2021 – The Management Committee of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (AdSP –...

Government agrees to relocation of large ships to Margera from Venice

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) March 29, 2021 – The Italian government has agreed to temporarily divert the traffic of large ships from Venice to Marghera...

Port of Venice starts customs clearance at sea for bulk goods

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) March 24, 2021 – The first customs clearance at sea of bulk goods for single customer ships was carried out at the port of...

Port of Venice completes excavation of section of the Malamocco-Marghera canal

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) March 14, 2021 – The Port of Venice has completed the excavation of the section of the Malamocco-Marghera canal at the...

Work to start on Decal’s new Venice LNG storage facility

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) March 9, 2021 – Preliminary has started on the construction of the new Venice liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage facility...

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...

Management changes at the top of Italy’s port system

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) February 4, 2021 – There have been various changes at the top of Italy’s network of state-owned Autorita’ di Sistema...

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