Italy
Italy is a republic in southern Europe, comprising a peninsula south of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands; member of the European Union (EU); by tonnage, its leading ports are Trieste, Genoa and Gioia Tauro. In September 2016, the government reorganised the port system into 16 new port system authorities (AdSP – Autorità di Sistema Portuale). The 57 ports of national importance are coordinated by 16 AdSPs with the task of planning, coordinating and regulating the port system in the reference area. The AdSPs are members of the Italian port association – Assoporti.
Catania port’s logistics complex tender declared void
Catania, Italy (Ports Europe) May 3, 2019 – The tender for the concession of the operation of Catania port’s logistics complex has been...
Ancona port to host Adriatic Sea Forum in May
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) May 3, 2019 – Ancona port will host the Adriatic Sea Forum – cruise, ferry, sail & yacht, an international...
Contship Italia Group names general manager of La Spezia Container Terminal
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) May 3, 2019 – Contship Italia Group has named Cecilia Eckelmann-Battistello general manager of La Spezia...
Harren & Partner sets up Genoa-based maritime agency
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 2, 2019 – The SAL Heavy Lift shipping company, a subsidiary of German group Harren & Partner, has established the...
Italy’s Moby Group reports loss in 2018
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 2, 2019 – Italy’s Moby Group recorded a loss of €62.6 million ($70.2 million) in 2018, versus a net profit...
Italy to examine authorisation for Chioggia port LPG storage complex
Chioggia, Italy (Ports Europe) May 1, 2019 – The study that led to the signing of the inter-ministerial authorisation decree in May 2015 for the Punta...
Moby Group reports positive cargo traffic results in 2018
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 1, 2019 – Moby Group closes 2018 with revenues in line with the previous year and an increase in operating costs caused...
Italy’s Uiltrasport warns of potential strike at ports
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 30, 2019 – Italian trade union Uiltrasporti has warned agains a potential strike at ports in the country agains the slow...
Kalmar to supply 32 diesel-electric straddle carriers to Gioia Tauro port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) April 30, 2019 – Kalmar, part of Cargotec, is to supply a total of 32 diesel-electric straddle carriers to...
Livorno port to launch Europa platform design surveys in June
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) April 30, 2019 – In June, Livorno port plans to launch in a geognostic, geophysical and environmental survey for the design of...
APM Terminals’ Vado gateway to open in December 2019
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 29, 2019 – The “Vado gateway”, the container terminal of APM Terminals, will open on 12 December 2019, said...
U.S. ambassador to Italy visits Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 29, 2019 – The United States Ambassador to Italy, Lewis Eisenberg, has visited Genoa port and met with Paolo Emilio...
TEN-T Rhine-Alps Corridor coordinator to take part in ESPO conference in Livorno
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) April 29, 2019 – The coordinator of the TEN-T Rhine-Alps Corridor, Pawel Wojciechowski, and Deputy Executive Director Marketing...
C. Steinweg-GMT applies for extension of Trieste Adriaterminal concession
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) April 29, 2019 – Dutch company C.Steinweg-GMT S.r.l., the current operator of Adriaterminal, the only operational quay in the...
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte in Beijing
Beijing, China (Ports Europe) April 28, 2019 – Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has attended the second Belt and Road Forum for International...
Taranto port recovers part of lost bulk traffic, backed by steel industry stabilisation
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) April 26, 2019 – Taranto port’s bulk cargo traffic rose 19.2% in 2018 to 1.5 million tonnes, while the number of bulk...
“BaLab in Porto” launched in Taranto port
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) April 24, 2019 – Today will see the inauguration of the new headquarters of the BaLab of Taranto, the creativity laboratory...