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.
Reefer Terminal S.p.A. – July 2018 container terminal statistics
Vado Ligure, Italy (Ports Europe) August 16, 2018 – Reefer Terminal S.p.A., operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported July 2018...
Genoa port contemplates options to avoid blockade after Morandi bridge disaster
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 16, 2018 – After the collapse of the Morandi bridge – crossed by about 2,000 lorries traveling to the port on a...
Morandi bridge collapse puts Genoa port at risk
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 15, 2018 – Italian logistics industry association Federlogistica has asked for the immediate establishment of a crisis...
Trieste-Munich rail link increases frequency
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) August 15, 2018 – The Bavaria Express block train, which operates between Trieste port and Munich-Riem it set to increase...
Trieste Marine Terminal increase container volumes in July 2018
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) August 15, 2018 – In July 2018 Trieste Marine Terminal SpA handled over 62,000 TEU, the highest monthly performance...
Gioia Tauro port employees to strike on Aug 14, 15, 16
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) August 14, 2018 – Gioia Tauro port’s trade unions committee has confirmed the strike of the employees of...
Taranto port development plan approved
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) August 12, 2018 – An intelligent and integrated system at the service of port areas and areas with industrial vocation...
Tuscany to launch council on improving Piombino, Portoferraio port management
Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) August 9, 2018 – Tuscany’s regional government has approved the launch of a technical council to identify a coordinated...
AdSP Civitavecchia traffic in the first half year up
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) August 8, 2018 – In the first half of 2018 the traffic of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno...
AdSP Civitavecchia promotes port and regional cruise sector development
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) August 8, 2018 – A working group was convened for the third time, by the president of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale...
Italy’s Fincantieri to acquire ICT company Vitrociset
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) August 8, 2018 – Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri SpA has said it signed an agreement to acquire a 98.54% stake in the capital of...
Minister of the South visits Gioia Tauro port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) August 8, 2018 – The Minister for the South, Barbara Lezzi, is in Calabria, and visited the port of Gioia Tauro, a...
Costa Crociere presents upgrade proposals for cruise buildings in Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 7, 2018 – Functional improvements and a new restyling of the maritime station are part of the plans submitted by Costa...
Delegation of Chinese state TV visits the port of Civitavecchia
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) August 8, 2018 – A Chinese delegation has visited Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno...
Indonesian delegation visits Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 7, 2018 – As part of the training project on port management of the delegation of the province of West Papua of the...
Ravenna port sees slight increase in cargo handled in first half 2018
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) August 7, 2018 – In the first six months of 2018, the port of Ravenna handled 13,112,304 tons of goods, up 0.8% on the...
APM Terminals Vado Ligure names COO
Vado Ligure, Italy (Ports Europe) August 6, 2018 – APM Terminals Vado Ligure, the company that manages the Reefer Terminal and is building the new container...