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.
Scuola Italiana Logistico Portuale is adopt new purpose
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 8, 2018 – The recent reform of Italy’s national port system (Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale – AdSP) does...
EU official warns against slow progress of European transport corridor
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 8, 2018 – The European Coordinator for the Rhine-Alpine core network corridor, Paweł Wojciechowski, has expressed his...
New intermodal link connects Interporto Group’s Bologna depot with Trieste Marine Terminal
A new intermodal connection in Italy will now link Trieste Marine Terminal with an intermodal logistics platform in Bologna. Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June...
Pantelleria, Navy divers in action to ‘free’ the port
Trapani, Italy (PortSEurope) June 7, 2018 – A navy operation has destroyed a huge boulder that prevented the docking of the ferries at Pantelleria port....
Grimaldi Lines, Blu Navy sign commercial agreement
Olbia, Italy (PortSEurope) June 7, 2018 – Italian companies Grimaldi Lines and Blu Navy have signed a commercial agreement to guarantee their customers...
Sicily port workers plan Palermo protest
Palermo, Italy (PortSEurope) June 6, 2018 – The port workers of Sicily plan to protest today, in front of the Palermo offices of Autorita’ di Sistema...
Calabria president meets unions to review investment progress
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) June 6, 2018 – “The President of the Calabria Region
Mario Oliverio has presided a meeting with...
Brindisi and Bari ports look to rail link with Interporto of Bologna
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) June 6, 2018 – Plans have been announced for rail links between the ports of Brindisi and Bari, and the Interporto di Bologna...
Liguria region’s president to propose new reform of Italy’s port management system
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 6, 2018 – The president of the regional government of Liguria, Giovanni Toti, has proposed to the new government of the...
Venice port authority signs research study with Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) June 5, 2018 – Venice, 6 June – The maritime-port culture is to become the theme of study and research in Venice,...
Piombino port announces road construction projects
Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) June 5, 2018 – Municipality of Piombino and the local Port Authority have signed an agreement concerning projects for...
Augusta and Catania ports face labour disruptions
Catania, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) June 6, 2018 – The provincial secretariats of Syracuse and Catania of Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti have...
Sardinian ports to develop its bunkering services
Cagliari, Italy (PortSEurope) June 5, 2018 – The future growth of Sardinian ports also includes activities for the supply of natural gas to ships. Not only...
MSC Cruises new flagship to use Barcelona as home port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 5, 2018 – MSC Cruises has officially received, its new flagship, the “MSC Seaview”, in the Fincantieri de...
AdSP del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (Livorno) to update prevention and corruption document
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) June 5, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP – North Tyrrhenian Sea Port...
Genoa port’s SECH terminal to handle 355,000 TEUs in 2018
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 4, 2018 – The Southern European Container Hub (SECH), a container terminal of Genoa port, plans to handle about 355,000 TEUs...
Trieste ports reports improved traffic figures for Jan-Apr 2018
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 4, 2018 – In the first four months of 2018 Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Orientale (AdSP –...