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.
Sardinian ports contribute €500 million in value added to Italy’s economy
Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) September 12, 2017 – Sardinian ports generate a combined gross value added of €500 million ($597.9 million) for the Italian...
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...
SMET managing director comments on Salerno growth
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) September 2017 – In the first half of 2017, Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centrale (Central Tyrrhenian Sea...
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...
PSA Voltri-Pra opens new One-Stop Office
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 7, 2017 – On August 3, 2017, PSA Voltri-Pra officially inaugurated its new One-Stop Office. With a total investment...
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....