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.
Logistics association Alsea complains of double fee charging at Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 15, 2017 – Lombardy freight forwarders and road transport operators Alsea (Associazione Lombarda Spedizionieri e...
Venice to protest against large cruise vessels in the lagoon
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 15, 2017 – On September 23-24, Venice will host a two-day event dedicated to discussion and debate about defense...
Reefer Terminal S.p.A. – August 2017 container terminal statistics
Vado Ligure, Italy (Ports Europe) September 25, 2017 – Reefer Terminal S.p.A., operated by Cosco of China, has reported August 2017 container terminal...
Naples, Bari ports sign cooperation deal
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) September 14, 2017 – Italian port authorities of the Central Tyrrhenian Sea (Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno...
Cagliari port to demolish old silos
Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) September 14, 2017 – Cagliari port management has ordered the demolition of the old silos in the area of the harbour, the...
Italy’s Costa Cruises starts construction of its first LNG-fired ship
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 13, 2017 – Italian company Costa Cruises, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation, has said it started the construction of...
Trieste port president calls on Europe to participate actively in China’s OBOR project
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 12, 2017 – Europe needs to have an active role in China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative, the president of...
Porto Marghera is not a problem but an opportunity for Venice & Veneto
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 12, 2017 – The recent transformation of a conventional refinery into a new bio-refinery could mark a new start for...
Venice port handles third lot of river intermodal operation
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 11, 2017 – Venice port has completed the handling of the third lot of an intermodal project cargo operation that...
Following its IPO in London, Global Ports Holding comments on the future
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) September 11, 2017 – Global Ports Holding (GPH) CEO Emre Sayin has said the IPO in London will enable the company...
Silversea Cruises orders new vessel from Fincantieri
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 11, 2017 – Silversea Cruises and Fincantieri S.p.A. have signed a contract worth about 310 million euros, for the...
“Trieste Portis Meeting”: Three Days for Sustainable Mobility Events in Trieste
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 10, 2017 – A “Trieste Portis Meeting” will take place in the port September 13-15 with the...
Brindisi receives last shipment of pipes for TAP project
Brindisi, Italy (Ports Europe) September 10, 2017 – The last shipment of offshore line pipes for the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project has been...
Italiana Coke and Fratelli Cosulich cooperate on Savona logistics development
Savona, Italy (Ports Europe) September 9, 2017 – Italiana Coke and Fratelli Cosulich SpA have agreed to cooperate on a development of logistics-related...
Taranto Port Workers Agency set up to support workforce
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) September 9, 2017 – Taranto Port Workers Agency Srl has been established at the port to support port employment and...
Pesaro looks towards port development
Pesaro, Italy (Ports Europe) September 9, 2017 – Rodolfo Giampieri, chairman of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Centrale (Port...
Assoporti attends Seatrade Europe event in Hamburg
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) September 8, 2017 – Assoporti, the Italian Port Association, attended the Seatrade Europe event in Hamburg to promote...