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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).

Port of La Spezia cargo traffic down -4.2% in first half of 2023

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) August 16, 2023 – In the first six months of the year, 6,445,618 tons of goods passed through the La Spezia terminals,...

Port of La Spezia receives first 24,000 TEU vessel

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) August 10, 2023 – The Port of La Spezia has received the MSC Nicola Mastro, the first 24,000 TEUs container ship to touch...

La Spezia Container Terminal welcomes the MedGulf service

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 28, 2023 – Starting in early August, Contship’s La Spezia Container Terminal (LSCT) will be added to the...

La Spezia cruise businesses join Blue Flag agreement

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 27, 2023 – A new voluntary “Blue Flag” agreement was signed yesterday at the cruise terminal in La...

Concerns over reduced cargo at Port of La Spezia

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 16, 2023 – In the first four months of 2023, the port of La Spezia recorded a cargo reduction of -20% compared to the...

Port of La Spezia publishes tender for recreational area

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 12, 2023 – Last week, Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSPMLO – Eastern Ligurian Sea...

Italy: Total containers (TEU) handled in 2022 – ranked by port

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) July 4, 2023 – Assoporti, Italy’s port industry organisation, has published detailed container (TEU) figures for Italian...

EUROKAI sees TEU handling down over 16% in Q1 2023

Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) May 17, 2023 – In the first quarter of 2023 the container terminals in the EUROKAI Group saw an overall decline in...

Port of La Spezia to electrify the Garibaldi Pier

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) April 6, 2023 – The Port of La Spezia has signed an agreement to electrify the Garibaldi Pier, a dock presently used by...

Cinque Terre Ferries seeks La Spezia port concession

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) March 28, 2023 – Cinque Terre Ferries has requested a state property concession for the commercial/recreational tourist...

Fedespedi report looks at port performance in 2022

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) March 21, 2023 – Industry federation Fedespedi has published a report on foreign trade on 2022 with details about ports...

Port of La Spezia tests drones to boost safety

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) February 21, 2023 – The Port of La Spezia has tested drones as a method to boost transport safety wthin port areas. This...

MSC to restart DRAGON service

Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) February 10, 2023 – MSC is to restart its DRAGON service that will connect Asia to Israel, Italy and South of France, and...

Ports of La Spezia and Marina di Carrara end 2022 positively

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) January 25, 2023 – The ports of La Spezia and Marina di Carrara have ended 2022 with positive signs. Marina di...

Spezia & Carrara Cruise Terminal reports increased passenger numbers in 2022

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) January 16, 2023 – The ports of La Spezia, Marina di Carrara and Lerici handled 551,615 passengers and 199 ship calls in...

The Port of La Spezia has issued tenders for dock electrification

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) January 3, 2023 – The Port of La Spezia has issued tenders for dock electrification (cold ironing). The client is...

Italy: Top 10 container ports by TEU traffic – Jan-Sep 2022

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) December 16, 2022 – Assoporti, the Italian ports organisation, has published total cargo figures for January-September 2022,...

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