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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.

Italy’s GNV urges Genoa port to build more LNG supply facilities

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 14, 2018 – Italian shipping company Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) has called on Genoa port to accelerate its adoptation to...

Assoporti to promote city-port relations with Ente Nazionale Italiano del Turismo

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) September 14, 2018 – Assoporti (Associazione Porti Italiani) has signed a memorandum of understanding with ENIT (Ente...

Assoporti signs agreement with trade agency

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) September 14, 2018 – Agenzia ICE, Assoporti (Associazione Porti Italiani) and UIR-Unione Interporti Riuniti have signed a...

AdSP Livorno meets with CS Group spa and Zhidou Electric Vehicle

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) September 14, 2018 – President of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP – North...

La Spezia port and Contship Italia delegation visits New York

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) September 13, 2018 – At the Italian Trade Agency, the Secretary General of Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure...

La Spezia port aims to strengthen links with New York business

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) September 13, 2018 – La Spezia port seeks to strengthen its link with the business in New York by participating in a...

Apulian ports, banks to cooperate in developing free trade zones

Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) September 13, 2018 – Italy’s Apulia port authority, Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSP...

Event: 17th Western China International Fair – Chengdu, Sichuan Province, September 20-24, 2018

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 12, 2018 – Italy will be the “Guest Country of Honor” at the...

Region Friuli Venezia Giulia to send delegation to the Western China International Fair

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 12, 2018 – Enhancing and promoting Friuli Venezia Giulia (Fvg), encouraging incoming tourism from China,...

Genoa authorities meet to discuss bridge collapse and infrastructural upgrades with transport corrodr

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 12, 2018 – Representatives of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP – Western...

Italy’s Macchi to export three boilers to Kazakhstan through Marghera port

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 11, 2018 – Italian company Macchi SpA plans to export a total of three boilers to Kazakhstan through Marghera port...

Meeting in Piombino between AdSP president Corsini and the mayor Giuliani

Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) September 10, 2018 – Last week, Mayor Massimo Giuliani and the President of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar...

Derrick container depot extends the opening hours

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 10, 2018 – The Derrick company, which manages container depots in the Genoa airport and Bolzaneto areas, has...

APM Terminals relaunches Vado Ligure-Rivalta Scrivia reefer railway link 

Vado Ligure, Italy (Ports Europe) September 10, 2018 – APM Terminals has said that the railway connection between the reefer terminal of Vado Ligure and the...

Trieste port to handle more than 10,000 trains in 2018

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 10, 2018 – Trieste port is expected to handle more than 10,000 trains in 2018, a figure that was unthinkable until...

Porto Vecchio, Trieste port, to receive €14 million investment

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 10, 2018 – Expenditure of €14 million ($16.2 million) will provide Porto Vecchio with new sewers,...

Spinelli increases gate opening times in Genoa port

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 8, 2018 – The Spinelli Group (Spinelli srl and VTR srl) has announced that the Genoa, Erzelli and VTR deposit...

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