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.
Taranto port signs agreement to improve energy efficiency
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) September 21, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ionio (AdSP – Ionian Sea Port Authority) has signed a...
Genoa port uses 58th International Boat Show to drive investment
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – Today, the 58th International Boat Show was inaugurated in the presence of the Minister Toninelli, the...
La Spezia port promotes new Silk Road opportunities in Egypt
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Ligurian Sea Port...
Voltri Terminal Europa of Genoa port takes delivery of Chinese electric gantry cranes
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – The Voltri Terminal Europa of the port of Genoa Pra has taken delivery of 21 new electric gantry cranes,...
Livorno port promotes cruise business at Seatrade Cruise Med event
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – A delegation for Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP – North...
Four leading cruise line companies to increase Livorno port presence
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – Livorno port is forecasting that around 900,000 passengers on 400 cruise ships will visit the port in...
European Commission finds Italy granted incompatible aid to Naples port authority but no aid involved in delayed collection of concession fees by port authority
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 European Commission, Press Release, Brussels, 20 September 2018 The European Commission has found that...
Sardinia, Corsica, Liguria, Tuscany set up cluster to promote LNG as maritime fuel
Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) September 19, 2018 – Sardinia focuses on the increase of the usage of liquid natural gas (LNG) not only to reduce carbon...
Risposte Turismo presents large yachts study to Naples port
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) September 19, 2018 – Risposte Turismo, a tourism consultancy, has presented a report entitled “I grandi yacht e i...
Reefer Terminal S.p.A. – August 2018 container terminal statistics
Vado Ligure, Italy (Ports Europe) September 18, 2018 – Reefer Terminal S.p.A., operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported August...
RFI to reopen Genoa rail link
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 18, 2018 – Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) has announced that the railway line, blocked by the collapsed Morandi...
AdSP Genoa publishes anti-corruption plan for public comment
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 18, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP – Western Ligurian Sea Port...
Italy’s state aid to Tirrenia illegal EU says
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 17, 2018 – The state aid that Italian ferry company Tirrenia benefited from, and which allowed it to apply excessively...
Parliamentary commissions to visit AdSP Genoa
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 17, 2018 – On September 19, 2018, Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP –...
Undersecretary of State to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers Giancarlo Giorgetti visits Trieste port
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 17, 2018 – The governor of Friuli Venezia Giulia (Fvg) region, Massimiliano Fedriga, will join undersecretary of...
AdSP Ravenna to attend RemTech
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) September 17, 2018 – Ravenna-based Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP –...
Valle 3.0 consortium wins Palermo port design tender
Palermo, Italy (Ports Europe) September 14, 2018 – A group headed by the Roman company Valle 3.0 srl has won the contract issued by Autorita’ di...