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.
Friuli Venezia Giulia region to support port sector’s labour market
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 3, 2019 – Friuli Venezia Giulia will become the first region in Italy to support the local port authority in...
E.R. London container ship arrives in Piombino for repair works
Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) February 4, 2019 – The E.R. London container ship has arrived at Piombino port for necessary maintenance activities a few...
Civitavecchia port and CAR of Rome to develop Memorandum of Understanding
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 3, 2019 – Fabio Massimo Pallottini, Director General of CAR (Centro Agroalimentare Roma) and Francesco Maria...
Trieste, Monfalcone ports to play vital role in China’s New Silk Road
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 1, 2019 – Italy’s Trieste and Monfalcone ports will play a vital role in the New Silk Road project launched by...
Salerno port to handle 69 cruise ships in 2019
Salerno, Italy (Ports Europe) February 1, 2019 – A total of 69 cruise ships will dock in the port of Salerno in 2019, Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar...
Italy’s La Dragaggi wins tender for handling of marine sediments in Pescara port
Pescara, Italy (Ports Europe) February 1, 2019 – Italian company La Dragaggi srl has won a tender for a project for the handling of marine...
Livorno port to commence demolition of dangerous crane on Feb 7
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) February 1, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP – North Tyrrhenian Sea Port...
Work has begun on securing the port of Termini Imerese, Palermo
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) January 29, 2019 – The construction of infrastructures and plants necessary for the implementation of the Port...
Contship’s Melzo RHM rail terminal set to receive trains from Chengdu in China
Milan, Italy, January 24, 2019 The first westbound train connecting RHM terminal in Melzo with China, operated by FELB, left Chengdu on Saturday January 26,...
Italy’s GNV names new finance director
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) January 29, 2019 – Italian shipping company Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) has appointed Pietro Di Maio as financial director. Di...
Rail freight traffic drives Trieste port’s growth in 2018
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 29, 2019 – Trieste port was the largest Italian harbour in terms of cargo traffic in 2018, backed by the rail freight...
Re-launch of Genoa port with over €1 billion in investment
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) January 29, 2019 – An extraordinary investment plan of €1.61 billion ($1.84 billion) has been announced to fund the...
CIRCLE: supporting European Commission (DG MOVE) and Motorways of the Sea Coordinator in the development of the MoS Implementation Plan 2019-2022
Genoa, January 28, 2019 CIRCLE: supporting European Commission (DG MOVE) and Motorways of the Sea Coordinator in the development of the MoS Implementation Plan...
Grimaldi ships on Barcelona-Civitavecchia port route will generate zero emissions
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 26, 2019 – The Italian shipping group Grimaldi is to install lithium batteries and gas filters (scrubbers) in...
AdSP del Mar Ligure Orientale (La Spezia) reports improved 2018 traffic figures
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) January 26, 2019 – Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Ligurian Sea Port...
AdSP del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (Livorno) produces Elba development plan
Portoferraio, Elba, Italy (Ports Europe) January 26, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP – North Tyrrhenian...
Livorno port management analyses labour situation
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP – North Tyrrhenian Sea Port...