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.
Livorno port starts handling car transport railway link to Slovakia’s Trnava
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) March 19, 2018 – Livorno has started handling a direct railway link with Slovakia’s Trnava for the transport of new...
Taranto, Durrës, Kotor ports launch project for promoting Motorways of the Sea
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) March 19, 2018 – The ports of Taranto, Durrës and Kotor have launched a project to promote the launch of a Motorway of the Sea...
Livorno port-Vespucci dry port rail link construction to start in October
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) March 19, 2018 – The Tuscany regional government expects the construction of the rail link that will connect Livorno port to...
New railway overpass at Livorno port to improve logistics
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) March 19, 2018 – An agreement for the construction of a railway overpass connecting l’interporto Amerigo Verspucci with...
Container train service starts between Bologna and Livorno port
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) March 17, 2018 – The first train from Interporto Felsineo, Bologna, has arrived at the terminal of Lorenzini Terminal Srl...
Dredging of Marina di Carrara port harbour expected to start in summer
Marina di Carrara. Italy (Ports Europe) March 17, 2018 – The entrance of the port of Marina di Carrara will be “lightened” by 100,000 cubic...
Genoa, Savona ports strengthen ties with Switzerland
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 16, 2018 – Genoa and Savona ports are deepening their cooperation with Switzerland during a visit of their managers to...
Reefer Terminal S.p.A. – February 2018 container terminal statistics
Vado Ligure, Italy (Ports Europe) March 16, 2018 – Reefer Terminal S.p.A., operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported February 2018...
Genoa port organises “Un mare di Svizzera” summit
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 16, 2018 – The “Un mare di Svizzera” summit took place on March 14, 2018, in Lugano, Switzerland....
Ignazio Messina & Co relocates to Naples from Salerno
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) March 16, 2018 – The shipping company Ignazio Messina & Co is leaving the city of Salerno to return to Naples after...
Polo Mercitalia launches Livorno port maritime transport service
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) March 16, 2018 – Polo Mercitalia has started a new maritime transport service linking Padua airport and Livorno port. The...
Increased cruise business forecast at Piombino port in 2018
Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) March 15, 2018 – Piombino port expects more cruises to visit the port in 2018, compared to the previous year. The news was...
Italy creates “partnerships for logistics and transport”
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) March 15, 2018 – The Partnership for Logistics and Transport is born. In implementation of the Budget Law 2018, in fact, the...
Italy provides €2.05 million financing to Ancona port for infrastructure works
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) March 15, 2018 – Italy’s Ministry of Infrastructures has decided to provide €2.05 million ($2.53 million) to Autorita’...
Italian associations to cooperate in promoting usage of LNG at ports
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 15, 2018 – Italian sector associations have signed an agreement to cooperate in the expansion of the use of liquefied...
Taranto port promotes cultural heritage at Seatrade Cruise Global fair
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) March 14, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ionio (AdSP – Ionian Sea Port Authority) participated in the...
Agreement signed for central investment in Italian port LNG facilities
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) March 14, 2018 – The Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport has signed an agreement with various relevant associations to...