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La Spezia

La Spezia is a seaport in Northwest Italy overlooking the northern Tyrrhenian Sea. It is a natural port that offers many advantages for maritime and land transport. It is one of the most important commercial ports in the Mediterranean and one of the strategic nodes in the European Union’s TEN-T Core network, the central trans-European transport network, as the core port of the priority Scandinavia-Mediterranean Corridor. It is managed by Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Ligurian Sea Port Authority).

Arrival of floating dock in La Spezia starts cruise terminal work

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) July 25, 2024 – Last week, a floating dock moored at the Enel dock. Last November, a contract for the construction of the...

OOCL’s first 21,000 TEU ship arrives in La Spezia Container Terminal

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) July 14, 2024 – Contship Group’s La Spezia Container Terminal is has welcomed the arrival of Orient Overseas...

Port of La Spezia invests in Cepim

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) July 8, 2024 – Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSPMLO – Eastern Ligurian Sea Port...

Strikes at Italian ports

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) July 4, 2024 – There have been several strikes at Italian ports. This is a response to the failure of talks to renew the...

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...

Regione Liguria approves ZLS plan for Port of La Spezia

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) June 21, 2024 – Regione Liguria has approved the Strategic Development Plan relating to the “Port and Hinterland of...

La Spezia Container Terminal: Molo Ravano expansion tender

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) June 7, 2024 – The La Spezia Container Terminal (LSCT) has published a tender for the expansion of the new Molo Ravano in...

Port of La Spezia handled 2.91 mln tonnes of cargo in Q1 2024

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) May 30, 2024 – In the first quarter of 2024, the Italian Mediterranean Sea port of La Spezia handled 2.91 million tonnes of...

Green Bay – a new European port certification

Toulon, France (Ports Europe) May 28, 2024 – The Var Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIV) has launched a new environmental standard for certification...

Ferretti Group officially opens its Riva shipyard in La Spezia

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) May 17, 2024 – Today, Ferretti Group officially opened its Riva shipyard in La Spezia. A ceremony attended by Chairman...

Port of La Spezia approves 2023 balance sheet

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) May 9, 2024 – At the end of April, the Management Committee of the Eastern Ligurian Sea Port Authority met and approved...

La Spezia hosts Scandinavia-Mediterranean rail freight event

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) May 9, 2024 – On April 29, 2024, the Port of La Spezia hosted representatives of the Scandinavia-Mediterranean rail...

DEPORTIBUS – the Festival of Ports connecting the world

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) May 3, 2024 – “DEPORTIBUS – the Festival of Ports connecting the world” is the first European...

Tarros, Messina in new connections with Italy, Libya and Egypt

Salerno, Italy (Ports Europe) May 2, 2024 – Tarros group launches the new LEX service, connecting the ports of Salerno, Genoa, La Spezia, Tripoli,...

EUROKAI confirms Contship Italia investment

Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) April 18, 2024 – During meetings in Italy, Tom Eckelmann, member of the management board of EUROKAI, and shareholder of...

Mercitalia Logistics and Port of La Spezia sign hydrogen contract

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe)- March 27, 2024 – Mercitalia Logistics and the Port of La Spezia have signed an agreement to use hydrogen as an...

Port of La Spezia to proceed with solar energy plan

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) March 22, 2024 – The Port of La Spezia has commissioned a feasibility study and a project’s technical and economic...

COSCO SHIPPING calls Port of La Spezia, with 20,000 TEU on regular basis

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) March 17, 2024 – Starting this month, COSCO SHIPPING’s 20,000 TEU container ships will begin regular calls at the...

Construction has begun on a new cruise pier at the Port of La Spezia

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) March 5, 2024 – The construction site for the new cruise pier in La Spezia will be delivered today. It will take 710...

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