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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.

Oristano province calls for recognition of local port’s role

Oristano, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 22, 2019 – Oristano Province Industrial Consortium, Oristano province, Oristano Chamber of Commerce and the...

Corsica Sardinia Ferries to launch Trapani-Toulon service on April 21

Trapani, Italy (Ports Europe) April 19, 2019 – Italian company Corsica Sardinia Ferries plans to launch a service linking Sicily’s Trapani port to...

Livorno port attracts cruise companies at Seatrade Global

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) April 19, 2019 – Livorno port has attracted companies that are already booking cruise calls for 2020 at the...

Italian company signs €880,000 contract for Livorno port rail reorganisation

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) April 19, 2019 – D.R. Ferroviaria Italia Srl has signed a €880,000 ($989,500) contract for the redevelopment of the railway...

Italian deputy transport minister discusses Cagliari port crisis

Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) April 17, 2019 – Italy’s deputy transport minister Edoardo Rixi has held a meeting with the management of...

Genoa port not threatened by Chinese investment

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 17, 2019 – Genoa and Savona ports are not threatened by a potentially dominant position of China in the Italian ports...

Onorato and ARS Altmann to relaunch auto logistics hub at Piombino port

Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) April 17, 2019 – The Onorato Group is to build a 300,000 m² terminal for storing cars on the north dock of Piombino port....

Snav signs “Ancona Blue Agreement”

Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – Italian ferry company Snav has signed the “Ancona Blue Agreement” aimed at improving the quality of...

Venice port’s VTP names president

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) April 15, 2019 – Venice port passenger terminal operator Venezia Terminal Passeggeri (VTP) has appointed Fabrizio...

Trieste port launches Comodalce intermodal project

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) April 15, 2019 – The Comodalce project “Enhancing COordination on multiMODAL freight transport in CE” has started...

Italian trade unions suspend talks on renewal of national contract for port workers

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 15, 2019 – Italian trade unions Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti has suspended the negotiations for the renewal of the...

Italy’s Barilla Group starts operating logistics hub at Cagliari port

Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) April 15, 2019 – Italian food company Barilla Group has started operating a logistics hub at Cagliari port, located in the...

Civitavecchia port faces a dramatic crisis

Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 15, 2019 – Civitavecchia port is facing a dramatic crisis, the vice president of dockworker firm Compagnia Portuale...

Italy’s Technital wins tender for design of Genoa port’s breakwater

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 12, 2019 – A consortium led by Italian company Technital S.p.A. has won the tender for the design of a breakwater...

La Spezia port’s cruise traffic to soar 48% in 2019

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 11, 2019 – La Spezia port expects to handle about 700,000 cruise passengers in 2019, up 48% compared to last year,...

Genoa, Savona ports to handle 2.1 million cruise passengers in 2019

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 10, 2019 – Genoa and Savona ports expect to handle a total of 2.1 million cruise passengers in 2019, up 13%, according to...

Messina port to issues cruise terminal contract worth almost €7 million

Messina, Italy (Ports Europe) April 9, 2019 – Messina Port Authority is set to issue a tender for a new cruise terminal worth €6.75 million ($7.61...

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