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.
Venice port handles export of 4 hydrotreating reactors to Iran
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) April 20, 2018 – An exceptional transport consisting of four hydrotreating reactors, for a total of 1,532 tonnes, has passed...
Debora Serracchiani calls for protection of Italian port system from EU tax demand
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) April 19, 2018 – Deputy of the Democratic Party, Debora Serracchiani, has called for the government to protect the...
Relaunch of Italian port system at risk from EU tax claim, Federation says
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) April 19, 2018 – Federazione del mare (Federation of the Sea) has said that recent claims by the EU Competition Authority (DG...
La Spezia port set for LNG cruise ships visits
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 19, 2018 – The La Spezia Panigaglia regasification plant is moving towards a phase of work with the arrival of the...
New Genoa port breakwater will host a park dedicated to renewables
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 18, 2018 – The new Genoa breakwater will have facilities dedicated to renewables with next-generation wind turbines...
Toulon meeting discusses telematization of Sardinian ports
Toulon, France (Ports Europe) April 19, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Di Sardegna (AdSP – Sardinian Sea Port Authority) is...
Ancona parliamentarians meet with port authority
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) April 19, 2018 – Parliamentarians from the Marche region have met with officials from Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del...
Barletta port starts project for removal of sediments from entrance channel
Barletta, Italy (Ports Europe) April 17, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSP – Southern Adriatic Sea Port...
Genoa port calls breakwater design tender
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 17, 2018 – The €14 million ($17.3 million) tender for the design of the largest port work in Italy after World War Two,...
EU says Italy should pay taxes on port income
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 17, 2018 – The EU DG Competition authority has warned Italy to pay taxes on the proceeds of port concessions...
Event: 6th MED Ports 2018 Exhibition and Conference – Livorno, April 17-19
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) April 17, 2018 – The 6th MED Ports 2018 Exhibition and Conference will be hosted by Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del...
Genoa port needs more cruise docks
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 16, 2018 – Genoa port needs new docks dedicated to cruise ships, if it wants to continue to grow in this sector, the CEO of...
ALIS association members to meet in Sorrento on April 27, 28
Sorrento, Italy (Ports Europe) April 16, 2018 – The members of Associazione Logistica dell’Intermodalità Sostenibile (ALIS – Logistic Association...
Genoa, Savona ports cargo traffic rises in Jan-Feb 2018
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 16, 2018 – The first two months of 2018 indicate an increase in commercial traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona....
Dredging of the port of Barletta commences
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) April 16, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSP – Southern Adriatic Sea Port...
Reefer Terminal S.p.A. – March 2018 container terminal statistics
Vado Ligure, Italy (Ports Europe) April 16, 2018 – Reefer Terminal S.p.A., operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported March 2018...
New breakwater construction to have limited effect on Genoa port activities
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 15, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP – Western Ligurian Sea Port...