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Chioggia

The Port of Chioggia is located between the islands of Pellestrina and Sottomarina: it is the southernmost access point to the Venice Lagoon, in the Northern Adriatic Sea. It is part of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (AdSPMAS – Northern Adriatic Sea Port Authority).

The only access point to the port is the Chioggia Inlet, which is 550 m wide with a navigable depth of 8m below the sea level.

Italy: Total TEU by port 2023 – ranking

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) July 1, 2024 – Industry association Assoporti has published seaport TEU traffic figures for 2023. In 2023, the ports handled...

Italy: Total cargo by port 2023 – ranking

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) June 30, 2024 – Industry association Assoporti has published seaport cargo figures for 2023. In 2023, the ports handled 473...

Port of Venice joins start of Adrijoroutes project

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) June 11, 2024 – On June 28, in Ancona, the Port of Venice (AdSPMAS) participates in the kick-off of the “Adrijoroutes”...

Port of Trieste has new extraordinary commissioner

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) May 31, 2024 – Following the resignation of the president of the Port System Authority of the Eastern Adriatic Sea...

Port of Chioggia will open the cruise season February 26

Chioggia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 19, 2024 – The port of Chioggia will officially open the cruise season on February 26, with the arrival of Viking...

Interreg Italy-Croatia cross-border program 2021-2027, managed by Veneto

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) December 27, 2023 – The Interreg Italy-Croatia cross-border cooperation program 2021-2027 is to be managed by the Veneto...

Port of Venice sees cargo traffic down -6.7% in 2023

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) December 20, 2023 – In 2023, the Port of Venice recorded a -6.7% decrease in cargo handling which totalled 23 million...

Port of Venice reports total cargo down nearly 5% in first half

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) August 10, 2023 – The Port of Venice has reported total cargo handled of 12.34 million tons in the first half of 2023, down...

Italian government to disburse €14.7 mln to ports

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) July 31, 2023 – The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has disbursed an advance of €14.7 million to the 12 Port System...

Rimorchiatori Riuniti Panfido wins Venice port towage contract

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) June 7, 2023 – Rimorchiatori Riuniti Panfido & C Srl has won a 15-year contract to provide towage services in the ports...

Chioggia port expects sharp rise in cruise ship passengers in 2023

Chioggia, Italy (PortSEurope) March 14, 2023 – Chioggia port is forecasting a sharp rise in cruise ship passengers in 2023, compared to 2022. Last year,...

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...

Ports Europe: 10 most read articles in January 2023

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) February 1, 2023 – Below are the 10 most read articles in January 2023 in Ports Europe by our global customer base. Of these...

Italy: Ranking – Top container ports – January-June 2022

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) September 6, 2022 – Assoporti, the Italian port association, has reported cargo figures for the first half of 2022, including...

Venice and Chioggia ports sign agreement

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) July 18, 2022 – Venice and Chioggia ports sign agreement regarding the areas of the port which fall under the responsibiity...

Port of Chioggia welcomes the Viking Sky cruise ship

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) June 22, 2022 – Last week, the Viking Sky cruise ship arrived in the Port of Chioggia on Isola dei Saloni with its...

Port of Venice sees cargo recovery in first quarter

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) June 1, 2022 – In the first quarter of 2022, the Port of Venice registered total cargo traffic of over 6.37 million tonnes,...

Port Authority of Venice presents new road and rail link

In recent days, the President of the Port System Authority of the Northern Adriatic Sea (AdSPMAS), Fulvio Lino Di Blasio, and the Secretary General of the...

Port of Venice sees 2021 cargo traffic up nearly 8%

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) February 14, 2022 – In 2021, the Port of Venice handled over 24.2 million tons of cargo, up +7.9% compared to 2020, with the...

Port of Venice published three-year plan

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) December 16, 2021 – The Port Authority of Venice & Chioggia has detailed its three year plan – Piano Operativo...

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