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.
Italy’s transport minister discusses Livorno port’s problems
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) January 23, 2019 – Italy’s transport minister Danilo Toninelli has met the mayor of Livorno, Filippo Nogarin, and the...
Confitarma calls for termination of state aid to ferry operator Tirrenia
Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – The agreement between the Italian government and ferry company Tirrenia, for the services of...
Tirrenia says that Confitarma defends interests of Grimaldi
Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – The owner of Italian ferry company Tirrenia, Vincenzo Onorato, has responded to the accusations of...
Taranto port launches €15.3 million wastewater treatment tender
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – Taranto port has launched a tender for a €15.3 million ($17.4 million) project for the construction of a...
Mon Acumen environmental project launched in Cagliari port
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) January 23, 2019 – The Mon Acumen project (joint active urban-maritime noise monitoring) has been launched in...
Balearia to repair Ramon Llull ferry at Livorno port
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) January 23, 2019 – The fast ferry Ramon Llull of Spanish company Balearia will arrive on January 23 in the port of Livorno...
Ravenna port needs dredging to recover cruise traffic
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) January 23, 2019 – Ravenna port sees cruise traffic decline as a result of the draft risk it poses. The number of cruise...
Genoa port’s PSA Voltri-Pra terminal hosts Safety Day conference
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) January 23, 2019 – Genoa port’s PSA Voltri-Pra terminal hosted the seventh edition of Safety Day, an event that is held as...
LTT not to appeal against concession award at Livorno port
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) January 22, 2019 – Livorno Terminal Toscano srl (LTT) plans to abstain from appealing against the ruling on...
Italy’s environment ministry approves dredging of Monfalcone port
Monfalcone, Italy (Ports Europe) January 22, 2019 – Italy’s Ministry of the Environment has approved the dredging of Monfalcone port’s basin...
Italy to accelerate road projects at Vado Ligure port
Vado Ligure, Italy (Ports Europe) January 22, 2019 – Italy’s government plans to complete the construction of the improved road connections to Vado...
THE Alliance shipping alliance reduces use of Italian ports in 2019
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) January 22, 2019 – The shipping consortium THE Alliance, which consists of the German navigation company Hapag-Lloyd, the...
Spinelli invests €4 million in new crane for Genoa port terminal
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) January 22, 2019 – The Spinelli group has invested in €4 million in a new Maxi crane at its terminal inside the...
Livorno port completes maintenance works of two berths
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) January 21, 2019 – Livorno port has completed the maintenance of two berths after more than a year of repair works....
Trieste Marine Terminal reports increased intermodal traffic in 2018
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 21, 2019 – Trieste Marine Terminal Srl has announced that in 2018, its facility handled over 3,000 trains, a 49.75%...
Italy’s MIT inspects AdSPs of Civitavecchia, Ravenna and Taranto ports
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) January 20, 2019 – Sample inspections are underway by inspectors of the Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport on the...
Tirrenia dismisses monopoly accusations by government
Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) January 18, 2019 – Italian ferry company Tirrenia does not have a monopoly on the links to Sardinia, as four other companies...