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.
MSC to increase cargo traffic at Trieste port
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 7, 2017 – Gianluigi Aponte, chairman of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), which operates the second largest cargo...
NABU publishes its 7th cruise ship pollution rankings
Berlin, Germany (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – Even in the seventh edition of the cruise industry ranking, not a single cruise ship in Europe from...
Abruzzo to have special economic zone (ZES)
Pescara, Italy (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – Minister for the South of Italy Claudio De Vincenti has announced that the Abruzzo and Molise regions...
Italy’s Transport Regulatory Authority visits Trieste port
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 4, 2017 – The recent visit to Trieste port of Autorità per la regolamentazione dei Trasporti (the Transport...
Tuscany court orders appointment of Filippo Nogarin on Livorno port’s board
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) September 2, 2017 – Tuscany administrative court has ordered the appointment of Filippo Nogarin on the board of the port...
Former employees of MCT block Gioia Tauro port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) September 2, 2017 – Employees of Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT), Contship Italia Group’s flagship hub in the...
Terminal Container Ravenna to test new fast clearing procedures for automotive imports
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) September 3, 2017 – Terminal Container Ravenna (TCR) is to be the testing port for new procedures on automotive imports....
Polesine ports and Venice port system look for synergies
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – At a meeting between Pino Mussolino, Chairman of the Port Authority System of Venice, Secretary...
Friuli Venezia Giulia and Fincantieri to create cruise industry academy
Monfalcone, Italy (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – The region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Fincantieri S.p.A. plan to sign a Memorandum of...
Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale to presents plans
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – On September 4, Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern...
Calabria regional government to support port development
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – Calabria regional government president Mario Oliverio has said the investment in the development of...
Eurogate’s container traffic in Italy declines 5% y/y in H1 2017
Salerno, Italy (Ports Europe) August 29, 2017 – Eurogate group has said it handled a total of 2.405 million tonnes of cargo at its container terminals in...
Messina’s Tremestieri port close to becoming reality
Messina, Italy (Ports Europe) August 28, 2017 – The new port of Tremestieri is about to become reality, as the agreement between the Messina local...
Piombino port keeps ro-ro sector leadership in Italy
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) August 28, 2017 – The good performance of the ro-ro traffic is combined with the significant numbers of the Tyrrhenian Port...
CIRCLE S.R.L.: MILOS® software for digital management of the entire logistics chain also chosen by Compagnia Impresa Lavoratori Portuali of Livorno.
Genoa, Italy, 28 August 2017 CIRCLE S.R.L.: MILOS® software for digital management of the entire logistics chain has been chosen also by Compagnia Impresa...
PSA Voltri-Pra offers automated VERMAS data service
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 27, 2017 – From today, agents who collaborate with the PSA Voltri-Pra terminal have the possibility to...
Water diverted from Palermo port residents to visiting cruise ships
Palermo, Italy (Ports Europe) August 27, 2017 – Residents of Palermo port have been suffering water shortages, and the reason would appear the diversion...