Gioia Tauro
The Port of Gioia Tauro is a large seaport in southwest Italy and the largest port in Italy for container throughput. Gioia Tauro is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria, on the Tyrrhenian coast. It has an important port, situated along the route connecting Suez to Gibraltar, one of the busiest maritime corridors in the world. The port is managed by Autorità di Sistema Portuale dei Mari Tirreno Meridionale e Ionio (AdSP – Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas) which also manages the smaller ports of Corigliano, Crotone, Palmi and Vibo Valentia.
Port of Gioia Tauro is a possible site for LNG regasification terminal
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) April 11, 2024 – The Port of Gioia Tauro has been suggested as a potential site for a regasification terminal. The...
MSC enhances its Batumi – Gioia Tauro service
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) April 9, 2024 – Batumi International Container Terminal (BICT), part of International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI)...
MSC holds talks with Port of Gioia Tauro
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe)- April 5, 2024 – MSC – Mediterranean Shipping Company owner Gianluigi Aponte and President Andrea Agostinelli,...
Guardia di Finanza find 150kg cocaine in Port of Gioia Tauro
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) April 2, 2024 – On March 15, 2024, the Guardia di Finanza confiscated 150kg of cocaine inside a container at the Port...
Baker Hughes sign contract for facility in Port of Corigliano Calabro, Calabria
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) February 27, 2024 – The Iocal subsidiary of Baker Hughes, a U.S. industrial company, Nuovo Pignone has signed a...
Port of Gioia Tauro issues tender for dock electrification
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) February 26, 2024 – A tender for over 14.5 million euros has been issued for the executive design and execution of the...
Ports of Gioia Tauro and Tanger Med talk cooperation
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) February 21, 2024 – The honorary consul of the Kingdom of Morocco for the Calabria Region, Domenico Naccari, has met...
Automar links HQ and Gioia Tauro with new railway service
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) January 25, 2024 – Automar, owner of the car terminal in the port of Gioia Tauro, has launched a new railway service...
Ecuadorean cocaine goes to smaller European ports
Guayaquil, Ecuador (Ports Europe) January 12, 2024 – As cartels and crime syndicates flock to Ecuador for cocaine trade profits, its murder rate has...
Red Sea cargo transit sees sharp fall
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) January 12, 2024 – Since October 2023, Houthi rebels have been attacking shipping in the Red Sea. The Houthis support...
Port of Gioia Tauro set container handling record
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) January 5, 2024 – The Port of Gioia Tauro handled 3.54 million containers (TEU) in 2023. This is a container handling...
Libera published report on crime and Italian ports
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) December 18, 2023 – The Libera organization has published a report on the relationship between crime and ports in Italy in...
Port of Gioia Tauro has opened the western quay for tugboats
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) November 17, 2023 – The Port of Gioia Tauro has inaugurated the western quay which is dedicated to tugboat services....
EU is working on a measure to protect the port of Gioia Tauro
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) November 15, 2023 – The European Union (EU) is working on a measure to protect the port of Gioia Tauro from the...
Baker Hughes to invest in Calabria ports
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) October 26, 2023 – The U.S. energy and technology company, Baker Hughes, will invest in Calabria, in the ports of...
European Mediterranean ports better connected after COVID
Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) September 25, 2023 – Several European Mediterranean ports have significantly increased their connectivity to the...
Port of Gioia Tauro wants to challenge EU green regulations
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) September 18, 2023 – The Port of Gioia Tauro wants to challenge EU green regulations and has contacted the government...
150 kilos cocaine found in Port of Gioria Tauro
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) August 18, 2023 – Approximately 150 kilos of very pure cocaine were seized by the Fiamme Gialle in the port area of...