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.
Some European governments plan cruise ship support
Berlin, Germany (Ports Europe) April 15, 2020 – The European countries of Germany, France, Finland, Italy and Norway have agreed...
Italy: Transport – Coronavirus, all measures to reduce mobility of people extended to May 3
News – Source: Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (Italy) – April 13, 2020 The measures adopted by the Ministry of Infrastructures and...
Livorno port report traffic slightly down in first quarter 2020
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) April 13, 2020 – In the period January-March 2020, Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP...
Trieste Marine Terminal volumes stable in first quarter 2020
News – Trieste Marine Terminal (TMT) volumes stable in first quarter 2020 – April 13, 2020 Despite the slow-down due to the CoViD-19 emergency,...
Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 4/2020
Covid-19 Update – Issue 3/2020 – Ports of Genoa – April 10, 2020 While control measures for the COVID-19 epidemic seem to be starting to work, concerns...
Chinese company donates masks to Venice and Chioggia ports
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) April 10, 2020 – The Chinese company China Communications Construction Company Ltd (CCCC) has delivered 3,000 masks to the...
Genoa-Basel Mittelmeerzug remains operational
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 10, 2020 – At the end of 2018, PSA started the first direct intermodal railway connection between Genoa and Basel,...
European Commission: guidelines on health, travel arrangements and repatriation of persons on board ships – Q & A
Questions and Answers: European Commission presents guidelines on health, travel arrangements and repatriation of persons on board ships – April 8, 2020...
Analysis – COVID-19 does not seriously infect ports yet, but panicked politicians might contaminate their business
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) April 8, 2020 – Italy, Spain, France – where the major Mediterranean ports are – have tens of thousands of cases...
Italian ports without the security requirements required by the Hamburg Convention
News – Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (Italy) – April 8, 2020 With regard to the request for aid from the ship “Alan Kurdi”,...
Italy closes all its ports to ships with migrants
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) April 8, 2020 – The COVID coronavirus pandemic has been used by Italian government to justify the closure of all its ports to...
Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 3/2020
Covid-19 Update – Issue 3/2020 – Ports of Genoa – April 7, 2020 While with the overcoming of the COVID-19 contagion, Chinese production...
Italian government meets with transport organisations
Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (Italy) hosts meeting about economic support measures to support transport and logistics sectors, damaged by the...
Meeting between Ferretti Group and the government on the future of the nautical sector
News – Meeting between Ferretti Group and the Government on the future of the nautical sector – April 7, 2020 A first meeting was held in Taranto...
Italferr awards tender for the Bari Centrale-Bari Torre a Mare railway
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) April 7, 2020 – Italferr, part of FS Italiane Group, has been awarded the tender for the construction of the Bari...
Mercitalia hub: new “multifiliera” service Padua-Bari-Catania
Catania, Italy (Ports Europe) April 7, 2020 – Polo Mercitalia (FS Italiane Group) has started a new freight service connecting Interporto di Padova to...
Webinar – Presentation of the 2020 edition of the SRM-Contship report on logistics corridors
News – Contship – April 3, 2020 Contship and SRM will present online, on Thursday, April 16th, the second edition of the report on the efficiency...