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).
Cargo flows across the Swiss Alps
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) July 24, 2017 – In 2016, a total of 40.4 million tons of goods crossed the Swiss Alps, which marks a new record and...
La Spezia port cargo traffic rises 14.2% y/y in H1 2017
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – La Spezia port has closed the first six months of the year with a growth in traffic to 713,434 TEUs, up...
La Spezia-based port authority starts monitoring Liguria port economy
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) July 18, 2017 – The Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Port System (Autorità portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale) has started...
La Spezia tenders for development of Garibaldi quay
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – A new tender procedure is open for the extension of the Garibaldi dock in La Spezia Container Terminal....
The new Italian port authority system explained
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) June 25, 2017 – On September 2, 2016, new legislation on the Italian Port Authority (AdSP) was issued, regulating not only the...
Fincantieri acquires stake in Isselnord
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) June 25, 2017 – Via subsidiary Delfi, Fincantieri has signed an agreement for the acquisition of a stake in Isselnord...
Meeting of the management committee of the Port Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) June 24, 2017 – The Management Committee of the Port Authority System of the Eastern Ligurian Sea (Autorita’ di Sistema...
TEN-T – Connecting Europe – Core network corridors
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – TEN-T (Trans-European Transport Networks) envisages coordinated improvements to primary roads, railways,...
La Spezia port joins Assoporti’s port planning working group
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – The Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Sea Port System (Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure...
La Spezia port to complete electrification of docks by 2025
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) June 5, 2017 – La Spezia port docks will be completely electrified by 2025, allowing the reduction of the carbon dioxide (CO2)...
La Spezia Container Terminal reports improved container throughput in 2017
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) May 21, 2017 – La Spezia Container Terminal (LSCT) has recorded its largest ever result in container throughput in the...
Italy’s Cemat starts operating La Spezia-Padua dry ports fast railway corridor
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) May 10, 2017 – Italian transport company Cemat S.p.a. has started operating the fast track railway corridor connecting La...
South European maritime ports freight and passenger statistics
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) May 5, 2017 – The latest (2015) available statistical data on freight handling and passenger traffic in ports in...
La Spezia port looks at unified logistics system
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) May 3, 2017 – Port institutions and operators are due to meet at the port today to discuss the possible future of a...
Event – Transport Logistics – Munich, May 9-12, 2017
Munich, Germany (PortSEurope) May 3,2017 – “transport logistics” is the world’s leading trade fair for logistics, mobility, IT and...
Contship expands Hannibal rail services
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) April 15, 2017 – Hannibal, the multimodal transport operating division of the Contship Italia Group, is expanding with a...
Eastern Ligurian Sea Port System approves sale of shares in Discovery company
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 3, 2017 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (Eastern Ligurian Sea Port System) held its first...
Eurogate Intermodal reinforces south-east services to Istanbul
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) March 28, 2017 – Eurogate Intermodal (EGIM) is expanding its intermodal transport network and reinforcing Munich as a hub...
Israel’s Zim to introduce new network of transatlantic services in April
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 21, 2017 – Israeli company Zim Integrated Shipping Services plans to introduce its new network of transatlantic...
Coal, steel traffic disappearing from Ligurian ports
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 20, 2017 – Declining maritime freight rates, the closure of coal-fired power plants, industrial transformation: the...