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.
Bari, Brindisi ports to strengthen links with Israel’s Haifa
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Haifa port authority representatives have completed a visit to the southern Italian region of Apulia to sign...
Trenitalia to start operation of line linking Rome to Civitavecchia port
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Italian company Trenitalia plans to start the operation of a cruise passenger service...
Pescara approves €552,000 port overhaul tender
Pescara, Italy (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Centrale (Central Adriatic Sea Port Authority) has...
Liguria’s regional government to complete Genoa Prà port electrification in 2020
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) February 12, 2019 – Liguria’s regional government plans to complete the electrification of the docks in the Prà area of...
Eurogate’s traffic in Italy declines in 2018, dragged by Cagliari, Gioia Tauro ports transshipment
Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) February 12, 2019 – Germany’s Eurogate Group has reported a 6% decline in the handling of cargo traffic in Italy, with...
Italy’s Fincantieri launches Seven Seas Splendor ship
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) February 12, 2019 – Italian shipping group Fincantieri SpA has launched the Seven Seas Splendor ship at its Ancona port...
COSCO signs agreement with another Mediterranean port
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 12, 2019 – As well as high profile contracts to manage entire ports and port terminals around the Mediterranean...
Memorandum of Understanding between Piraeus and ports of Venice and Chioggia to strengthen cargo flows
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 11, 2019 – The CEO of Piraeus Port Authority Sa (PPA), Captain Fu Chengqiu, and the President of Autorita’ di...
Trieste Marine Terminal starts Bavaria rail service for Sägewerk Schwaiger GmbH
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 11, 2019 – Trieste Marine Terminal srl (TMT) has announced a new train service to Hengersberg, south-eastern...
Genoa port’s main cargo traffic partner in 2018 is Taranto
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) February 8, 2019 – Genoa port’s largest cargo traffic partner for 2018 was Taranto, followed by Milazzo and Singapore, an...
Italy’s GNV to operation of resume Genoa-Olbia line in spring-2019
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) February 8, 2019 – Italian shipping company Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) plans to resume the operation of a ferry line linking Genoa...
AdSP del Mare Adriatico Orientale (Trieste) reports record cargo in 2018
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 8, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Adriatic Sea Port...
Trieste port executing 22 EU-funded projects worth €130 million
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 7, 2019 – Trieste port is currently carrying out 22 projects with financing from the European Union (EU), with a total...
EU: Agreement on first ever multi-annual fisheries management plan in Western Mediterranean
February 2, 2019 – European Commission The European Parliament and the Council have reached an agreement on the Commission’s proposal establishing a...
AdSP del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (Naples) reports strong growth in maritime traffic in the Tyrrhenian Sea ports in 2018
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) February 7, 2019 – In 2018, the traffic in containers in the ports of AdSP del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale increased...
Morandi bridge disaster limits Genoa port’s cargo traffic in 2018
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) February 6, 2019 – Genoa port has faced a major impact of the Morandi bridge disaster in August, which limited its cargo traffic...
Venice port reports record year in 2018
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) February 5, 2019 – The total movement of goods at the end of 2018 increased by 5.4% over the previous year from 25.134...