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.
Maersk Line eliminates call in La Spezia port to improve US service
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 5, 2018 – Danish shipping company Maersk Line has announced the modification of its export and import services to...
PSA Voltri-Pra to Expand its Reefer Park in Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) February 5, 2018 – Refrigerated container traffic continued to grow at the PSA Voltri-Pra Terminal and 2017 ended with a...
Plan announced to develop waterfront at Naples port
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) February 5, 2018 – Plans have been presented for the redevelopment of Calata Beverello, the waterfront area of the port of...
Livorno AdSP issues tenders for new platform
Livorno, 3 February 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP – North Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority) has issued...
AdSP del Mare Adriatico Meridionale achieves targets in 2017
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) February 4, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSP – Southern Adriatic Sea Port...
National customs chief Giovanni Kessler visits Venice port
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) February 4, 2018 – Giovanni Kessler, director of Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli (Italian Customs and Monopoly Agency),...
Civitavecchia looks to speed up port operations
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 4, 2018 – A coordination meeting was held yesterday morning at the headquarters of Autorita’ di Sistema...
La Spezia Container Terminal plans for annual 2 million TEU
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 4, 2018 – On 1 February 2018, a meeting was held in La Spezia between the Port Community and the top management...
Antonio Davide Testi appointed general manager ad interim at La Spezia Container Terminal
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 4, 2018 – Contship Italia Group has announced that Antonio Davide Testi, has been appointed General Manager ad...
Fincantieri purchases TSX France for €59.7 million
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 4, 2018 – Fincantieri S.p.A., via subsidiary Fincantieri Europe S.p.A., has signed the share purchase agreement...
La Spezia port community, LSCT target 2 million TEUs of container traffic in 2020
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 2, 2018 – La Spezia Port Community and La Spezia Container Terminal (LSCT), owned by Contship Italia, have joined...
Ravenna port cargo traffic edges up 0.1% in 2017
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) February 2, 2018 – Ravenna port handled a total of 25.99 million tons of cargo in 2017, up 0.1%, while the traffic of cruise...
Labour organisation questions raised about Sicilian port system
Palermo, Sicily (Ports Europe) February 2, 2018 – The secretary of the Federazione Italiana Lavoratori Trasporti (FILT) of Syracuse, Vera Uccello, has...
Management Committee of AdSP del Mar Ligure Occidentale has held the first session of 2018
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) February 2, 2018 – The Management Committee of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (Western Ligurian...
Rail Cargo Group plans increased Italian port services
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) February 1, 2018 – Since Rail Cargo Group started rail operations to and from Trieste in 2012, operations have increased...
Genoa port approves ro-ro, container handling activities at Terminal Rinfuse
Genoa, Spain (Ports Europe) February 1, 2018 – The Authority of the Western Ligurian Sea Port System (Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure...
Italy’s CULMV to present development plan to Genoa port management by Mar 31
Genoa, Spain (Ports Europe) February 1, 2018 – Compagnia Unica Lavoratori Merci Varie (CULMV) will have until March 31, two further months, to present the...
Erdogan visit to Rome raises issue of Turkish interests in Italian ports
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) February 1, 2018 – A visit by the Turkish president to Rome next week raises a number of issues considering the involvement of...
Trieste port plans presented at Propeller Club meeting
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 1, 2018 – President of Propeller Club Port of Trieste, Fabrizio Zerbini, speaking at a meeting attended by various...
Cagliari sees challenging cruise traffic figures
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 1, 2018 – In 2017, Cagliari hosted 163 cruise ships in port, transited 430,000 passengers who arrived...