Catania
Catania is a port in Eastern Sicily, Italy, located at the base of Mount Etna. The port of Catania has a total surface area of approximately one million square meters (land areas and stretches of water). The land areas cover an area of 470,000 square meters, the goods storage yards 280,000 square meters, the total length of the berths of the 26 operational docks is 4,200 ml.The port of Catania is located in the center of the Mediterranean basin, in an equidistant position between the Suez Canal and Gibraltar and between European and African ports.
The port is operated by Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Sicilian Sea Port Authority).
€317 million tender for project work at ports of Augusta and Catania
Catania, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) October 26, 2023 – A €317 million tender for project work at the ports of Augusta and Catania has been published...
AdSP del Mare di Sicilia Orientale approves 2022 budget
Catania, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) May 8, 2023 – On 27 April 2023, the Management Committee of the Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia...
€3.4 billion to modernise the Palermo-Catania railway line
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) March 14, 2023 – As part of the InvestEU programme, a total of €3.4 billion will be available to modernise and upgrade...
Three ports of Augusta, Catania and Pozzallo handled 34.9 mt of cargo in 2022
Augusta, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) December 26, 2022 – The three ports of Augusta, Catania and Pozzallo handled 34.9 million tons of cargo in 2022. The...
Italy: Ranking – Top container ports – January-June 2022
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) September 6, 2022 – Assoporti, the Italian port association, has reported cargo figures for the first half of 2022, including...
Terminali Italia and Società Interporti Siciliani (SIS) sign an agreement for the management of Interporto di Catania
Catania, Italy (PortSEurope) May 26, 2022 – Regione Siciliana, Terminali Italia and Società Interporti Siciliani (SIS) have signed an...
Francesco Di Sarcina appointed new president of AdSP del Mare di Sicilia Orientale
Catania, Italy (PortSEurope) March 25, 2022 – Minister of Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility, Enrico Giovannini, has appointed Francesco Di Sarcina...
Italy to identify three pilot projects for mobility
The Minister for Technological Innovation and Digital Transition and the Minister for Sustainable Infrastructures and Mobility are involved in the...
Maersk to cease use of Port of Catania
Catania, Italy (PortSEurope) November 26, 2021 – A P Moller has announced that its Maersk shipping line will cease using the Sicilian port of Catania...
Grimaldi strengthens the Ravenna-Brindisi-Catania with Eco Catania and Eco Livorno
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) November 1, 2021 – The Grimaldi group is including two new super Ro-Ro vessels on its Ravenna-Brindisi-Catania service. The...
Eco Catania vessel of Grimaldi christened
The christening ceremony of the Eco Catania – the new ro-ro vessel delivered to the Grimaldi Group in early June – ended just a little while ago at the...
Port Authority of Augusta-Catania to receive central funds
Catania, Italy (PortSEurope) May 24, 2021 – The Italian government has signed the decree of allotment of €115 million ($140 million) for the design of...
Italy’s Port of Augusta seeks national fund financing for “last mile” rail connections
Augusta, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) May 12, 2021 – As part of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (Pnrr – Il Piano nazionale di ripresa e...
Italy’s Minister Giovannini renews top management of the port authorities and defines the strategic objectives
The Minister of Sustainable Infrastructures and Mobility, Enrico Giovannini has started the completion of the procedures for the renewal of the presidents of...
Total cargo handled by Italian ports – 2019/2020
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) February 22, 2021 – The Italian port association, Assoporti, has published the total cargo figures for 2019/2020 for the...
Alberto Chiovelli appointed commissioner of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Orientale (Augusta)
Catania, Italy (PortSEurope) February 9, 2021 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has appointed Alberto Chiovelli, 57, commissioner of...
EU agrees to maritime territorial continuity proposal from Rome
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) December 1, 2020 – After a long dialogue with the EU, the European Commission has agreed a path proposed by the Ministry of...