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.
Trieste Marine Terminal updates Navis terminal operating system
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – Trieste Marine Terminal S.p.A. (TMT) has updated its operating system with Navis, one of the most...
Public consultation over expansion of Livorno port
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – A meeting, which brought together a large number of local stakeholders, associations, professionals and...
Vado Ligure terminal to be opened in March 2019
Vado Ligure, Italy (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – APM Terminals Italy’s CEO Paolo Cornetto has said the terminal under construction at Vado Ligure...
Trieste Marine Terminal growing trend confirmed on nine-month 2017 basis
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) October 29, 2017 – Trieste Marine Terminal SpA (TMT) has confirmed the positive volumes trend recorded during the summer....
Solutions sought for Manfredonia port issues
Manfredonia, Italy (PortSEurope) October 29, 2017 – Several steps have been taken to address a number issues of concern to users and operators of...
Venezia Terminal Passeggeri cleared of ICI tax charge
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) October 29, 2017 – With a judgment published on 3 October, Venezia Terminal Passeggeri SpA, assisted by GBA’s law and...
COSCO Shipping Ports announces Q3 2017 traffic results – European operations
Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) October 28, 2017 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, a leading global ports operator, has announced third quarter results of...
CIRCLE S.R.L. to coordinate “DocksTheFuture”
Genoa, Italy, 27 October 2017 CIRCLE S.R.L. will coordinate “DocksTheFuture”, the European Project selected by INEA under Horizon 2020 Programme that will...
Pesaro port receives €900,000 EU funding for infrastructure works
Pesaro, Italy (PortSEurope) October 27, 2017 – Pesaro port has received a financing of €900,000 ($1.05 million) from the European Union (EU) for...
Italy’s logistics system should be promoted as single platform, transport minister says
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) October 26, 2017 – Italy’s logistics system should be promoted as a single system to investors, in order to attract more of...
Italy has finances to complete MOSE project in Venice
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) October 26, 2017 – Italy’s infrastructure minister Graziano Delrio has said the government has the required finances to...
Cimolai Technology to supply Cantiere Rossini with new port lifting equipment
Pesaro, Italy (PortSEurope) October 26, 2017 – Cantiere Rossini has contracted Cimolai Technology to supply a new 560 tons travel lift to be delivered...
Italy’s Lisa Group to invest €15 million in factory at Pesaro port
Pesaro, Italy (PortSEurope) October 25, 2017 – Italian company Lisa Group S.r.l. plans to invest €15 million ($17.7 million) in the reconstruction of a...
Ex-Piaggio land available for renewal in Genoa
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – An area of 47,000 square meters, almost completely covered by buildings in Genoa-Sestri Ponente, is...
Genoa-based port authority to renew services contract with CULMV
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – Genoa-based port authority plans to sign on October 31 an agreement that delays the expiry of the contract with...
Road transport associations to block truck traffic at Genoa port on Nov 2, 3
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) October 23, 2017 – Italian freight road transport associations Cna-Fita, Confartigianato Trasporti, Fai-Conftrasporto and...
Estonia and Italy to develop transport corridor via Odessa
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) October 20, 2017 – EVR Cargo, the Estonian state-owned rail cargo operator, is in negotiations with the port of Trieste to...
D’Amico to invest $131 million in construction of three LR1 tankers
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) October 20, 2017 – d’Amico International Shipping plans to invest $131 million (€111 million) in the construction of its...
MSC Cruises upgrates Mediterranean offer with Venice itinerary
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) October 20, 2017 – MSC Cruises has enriched its offer in the Eastern Mediterranean for the summer of 2018 with a new itinerary of...
Italy’s Fincantieri starts building sixth cruise ship for Viking
Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) October 20, 2017 – Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri S.p.A. has started the construction in Ancona of the sixth unit of a series of...