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.
Italian government concerned about port worker safety
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) February 14, 2023 – Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, Edoardo Rixi, has convened the Assoporti...
Gioia Tauro’s MCT receives three mega cranes
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) February 13, 2023 – The MedCenter Container Terminal (MCT) in the port of Gioia Tauro has received three mega cranes...
Venice, Chioggia ports report +1.5% growth in 2022 cargo traffic
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) February 10, 2023 – The Ports of Venice and Chioggia ports have reported growth of +1.5% in 2022. The ports are managed by...
MSC to restart DRAGON service
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) February 10, 2023 – MSC is to restart its DRAGON service that will connect Asia to Israel, Italy and South of France, and...
Port of Ancona: redevelopment of the former Morini shipyard at Mandracchio
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) February 9, 2023 – Work is underway to remove the wrecks of boats present in the public slipway of the former Morini...
Port of Ravenna sees total cargo in 2022 up slightly
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) February 8, 2023 – In 2022, the Port of Ravenna handled a total of 27,389,886 tons of goods, up by +1.1% (290,000...
Terminal Container Ravenna ends 2022 with traffic up over 9%
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) February 8, 2023 – Terminal Container Ravenna (TCR) ended 2022 with over 200,000 containers (TEU) handled, up +9.4% on...
Port of Monfalcone adds four operators
Monfalcone, Trieste (Ports Europe) February 6, 2023 – The Port of Monfalcone has added four operators to its facilities. The new terminal operators are:...
Trieste Motorway of the Sea sees record year
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 6, 2023 – In 2020, the motorway of the sea service (Ro-Ro) operating between Trieste and Turkey recorded a total...
Ignazio Messina starts Ravenna-Segrate cargo rail service
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) February 3, 2023 – Ignazio Messina & C has started a Ravenna-Segrate cargo rail service linking the port with the...
Port of Bari awards tender for new passenger terminal
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) February 3, 2023 – The Port of Bari has awarded the tender for a new passenger terminal to “Consorzio fra Cooperative di...
Port of Gioia Tauro starts handling cars from China
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) February 2, 2023 – The Port of Gioia Tauro has started handling cars from China for sale in Central and Northern Italy....
Port of Messina to tender dock electrification process
Messina, Italy (Ports Europe) February 2, 2023 – The ports of Messina, Reggio Calabria and Milazzo, represented by Invitalia, have published a tender for...
Port of Gela may benefit from recent gas deal between Eni and Libya
Catania, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) January 31, 2023 – The South Sicilian port of Gela may benefit from the recent government-sponsored deal between...
Port of Ancona set to gain from Croatia EU Schengen membership
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) January 27, 2023 – From 1 January 2023 Croatia joined the Schengen area and the Euro area. On the basis of the Schengen...
Port of Ancona reports steady cargo numbers for 2022
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) January 27, 2023 – A total of 11.74 million tons of cargo was handled by the ports of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del...
Ports of Sardinia show signs of recovery in 2022
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) January 25, 2023 – The Ports of Sardinia have show signs of recovery in 2022 with the publication of cargo...