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.
DocksTheFuture: 50 initiatives selected to shape the Port of the Future in Europe
Press release: DocksTheFuture: 50 initiatives selected to shape the Port of the Future in Europe, July 12, 2018 DocksTheFuture finished its first rounds of...
Consenza hosts “Smart port management & efficiency” event
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) July 12, 2018 – Making the ports “greener” during the stop of the ships and other issues will be discussed...
Governor of Friuli Venezia Giulia visits Wärtsilä Italia
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) July 12, 2018 – Governor of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Massimiliano Fedriga, has visited the production site of Wärtsilä...
Calabrian ports allocated central development funds
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) July 12, 2018 – An agreement between administrations for the port infrastructure system of national and international...
BLG Logistics visit Gioia Tauro port to consider further investment
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) July 12, 2018 – The extraordinary commissioner of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale dello Stretto (AdSP – Strait...
Italy’s CNA proposes usage of silo area at Ancona port for cargo terminal expansion
Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) July 11, 2018 – Italian association of road transport operators CNA has proposed the allocation of the area of the silos of...
Maersk starts operating container line linking Salerno to Canada
Salerno, Italy (PortSEurope) July 11, 2018 – Maersk Line has started operating a container line linking Italy’s Salerno port to Canada via Spain. The...
Genoa port’s road hauliers to strike July 12-14
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) July 10, 2018 – Italian trade unions Filt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl and Uiltrasporti have confirmed a three-day strike by hauliers, from July...
Italy’s Enel says coal handling tender at Civitavecchia port complies with rules
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 10, 2018 – The tender underway for the coal unloading of the Torrevaldaliga Nord plant in Civitavecchia was called...
AdSP Bari and Interporto Bologna to sign rail expansion agreement
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) July 9, 2018 – Ugo Patroni Griffi, president of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSP –...
Grimaldi Lines increases Bari port capacity
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) July 9, 2018 – Two new vessels of the Grimaldi group have replaced Eurocargo-Patrasso and Eurocargo-Trieste, in service in the...
Naples port to develop new passenger terminal at Beverello dock
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) July 9, 2018 – Pietro Spirito, president Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP...
AdSP Trieste to take ownership of Ursus pontoon
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) July 9, 2018 – By the end of the month, the Ursus pontoon will become the property of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del...
AdSP Naples approves 2018-2020 Triennial Operating Plan
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) July 9, 2018 – The Management Committee of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP...
Italy’s Ignazio Messina returns to Naples port
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) July 9, 2018 – Italian shipping company Ignazio Messina & CSpA, a Group Messina SpA company, has restarted container...
Marina di Carrara port awards 10-year tender to Dario Perioli SpA
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 7, 2018 – Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Ligurian Sea Port...
Because the marriage between ports and airports does not have to be done
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) July 7, 2018 – Stefano Corsini, president of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP –...