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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).

PSA Venice awarded new concession

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) June 2, 2023 – PSA Venice has been awarded a new concession in the Port of Venice. The client is Autorita’ di Sistema...

Port of Venice cargo down -3.6% on annual basis

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) May 18, 2023 – Between April 2022 and March 2023, the Port of Venice handled 24,220,555 tons of cargo, down -3.6%...

Italian port funding: Trieste, Ancona, Marghera and Termini Imerese

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) May 4, 2023 – The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (Italy) is to allocate €9.5 million to four ports of strategic...

Italian seaports’ cargo returns to pre-Covid levels

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) May 3, 2023 – Italian seaports handled a total of 490.1 million tons of goods, up +1.8% on 2021, +10.4% on 2020 and just below...

Cereal Docks to add six silos to Porto Marghera, Venice

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) April 17, 2023 – Cereal Docks Spa is to add six silos to its operations in Porto Marghera in the Port of Venice. This will...

Sapio Group to develop Venice port hydrogen project

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) April 5, 2023 – The Sapio Group to develop Venice port hydrogen project in Porto Marghera, venice. The Veneto Region has...

Italy plans transport corridor with Ukraine

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) March 6, 2023 – The Italian government is set to propose the establishment of a transport corridor linking its North...

General Sistem concession in Venice port receives first vessel

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) January 12, 2023 – The new General Sistem concrete terminal in Porto Marghera, Venice port, has received its first vessel....

New Venice, Far East container service starts

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) January 3, 2023 – Italian Rif Line is a container service operating between Venice and the Far East. The MV Rijnborg, a...

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,...

Grimaldi increases services from Bari, Brindisi ports

Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) December 8, 2022 – The Grimaldi shipping group is to increase services from the Southeastern Italian ports of Bari and...

Fusina terminal to host cruise ships for Venice

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) December 6, 2022 – Venice Ro-Port Mos, concessionaire of the Autostrade del Mare terminal, and Venezia Terminal Passeggeri...

Ranking: Italian container terminal TEU traffic 2019-2021

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) November 24, 2022 – Fedespedi, the national federation of international shipping companies, has published its study...

Fedespedi publishes “Container terminals in Italy: an economic-financial analysis”

Milan, Italy (PortSEurope) November 23, 2022 – Fedespedi, the national federation of international shipping companies, has published its study...

Port of Venice reports improved January-September 2022 cargo traffic

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) November 17, 2022 – Venice port handled total cargo in January-September 2022 of 18.64 million tons (mt), up +3.5% on the...

Venice Passenger Terminal issues passenger transfer tender

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) November 15, 2022 – Venice Passenger Terminal (VTP) issues a passenger transfer tender for the transfer of passengers from...

Enel starts tour to promote the electrification of ports and marinas

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 4, 2022 – Enel has started a tour to promote the electrification of ports and marinas. Under the banner “Sali a...

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