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.
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...
Trade unions, shipowners discuss Trapani port problems
Trapani, Italy (Ports Europe) August 6, 2018 – The problems of the port sector were discussed in a meeting of trade union representatives, shipowners...
Venice port signs agreement on Chioggia port’s management transfer
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) August 6, 2018 – Venice port president Pino Musolino has said he signed an agreement with the Chamber of Commerce to transfer...
Rimorchiatori Riuniti acquires Capieci
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 4, 2018 – Rimorchiatori Mediterranei, part of Rimorchiatori Riuniti Srl, has acquired Capieci Navigazione,...
Yilport receives positive response for Taranto port concession application
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) August 5, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ionio (AdSP – Ionian Sea Port Authority) has delivered a...
AdSP Venice participates in four Interreg projects
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) August 3, 2018 – The Veneto Region, which manages the Italy-Croatia Cross-Border Cooperation Program 2014/2020, has...
AdSP Naples sees continued growth in the first half of 2018
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) August 3, 2018 -The volumes of freight and passenger traffic of the ports included in Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar...
AdSP Venice adopts three-year public works program 2019-2021
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) August 3, 2018 – A meeting of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (AdSP – Northern...
Grimaldi, Minoan Lines drive Venice port’s cargo traffic growth
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) August 3, 2018 – Venice port’s cargo traffic continues to increase. In the twelve months to June 2018,...
Pesaro port’s head to resign
Pesaro, Italy (Ports Europe) August 3, 2018 – Pesaro port’s Head of the Maritime Compartment Silvestro Girgenti plans to resign post after two...
Gioia Tauro port approves 2018 budget
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) August 3, 2018 – Gioia Tauro port authority has unanimously approved the institution’s 2018 budget. The institution,...
Italy’s Tirrenia constructing 4,200 linear metre ro-ro ship in Germany
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 3, 2018 – Italian ferry company Tirrenia is constructing a new 4,200 linear metre ro-ro ship in the German shipyard...
AdSP Ancona acquires Scalo Marotti area
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) August 1, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico (AdSP – Central Adriatic Sea Port Authority) has...
Italian port delays dredging of San Benedetto port
San Benedetto, Italy (Ports Europe) August 2, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico (AdSP – Central Adriatic Sea Port Authority)...
Italy’s Ente Bacini records decline in repair time at Genoa port’s dry docks
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 2, 2018 – Italian company Ente Bacini Srl, which operates ship building/repair activities in the six dry docks of Genoa...
Italy’s Dario Perioli SpA receives cranes for new Marina di Carrara port terminal
Marina di Carrara, Italy (Ports Europe) August 2, 2018 – Italian company Dario Perioli SpA has received the equipment of the new terminal at Marina di...
Assoporti and ENIT sign joint development agreement
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) August 1, 2018 – Assoporti, the Italian port association, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ente Nazionale...