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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).

La Spezia port’s cruise traffic to soar 48% in 2019

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 11, 2019 – La Spezia port expects to handle about 700,000 cruise passengers in 2019, up 48% compared to last year,...

Royal Caribbean, MSC Cruises, Costa Cruises to build €41 million cruise terminal in La Spezia

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 9, 2019 – Royal Caribbean, MSC Cruises and Costa Cruises plan to invest a total of €41 million ($46.2 million)...

Contship responds to statements by Italian deputy transport minister

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – Contship Italia has intervened following a press release launched during the presentation of the project for...

Eurogate announces 2018 results; Mediterranean terminal performance

Bremen, Germany (Ports Europe) April 5, 2019 – The EUROGATE Group has announced results for the financial year 2018. The group generated a net...

La Spezia Container Terminal receives “Felix Industry” Award

The award was given to Contship’s Terminal in La Spezia for being one of the top-performing businesses in the region. La Spezia Container Terminal’s 2017...

Carrara port to handle export of four large turbines to Kazakhstan

Carrara, Italy (Ports Europe) April 1, 2019 – Carrara port will handle four mega turbines with destination the Tengiz oil field in Kazakhstan on April...

La Spezia Container Terminal upgrades to Fluidmesh for TOS Connectivity

News – Contship Italia – La Spezia Container Terminal (LSCT) upgrades to Fluidmesh for TOS Connectivity – March 27, 2019 With the aim of...

MSC to update service linking Mediterranean to Australia

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) March 7, 2019 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) plans to update its service between Australia, the Indian...

La Spezia port supports upgrade of Pontremolese railway line

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) March 3, 2019 – Carla Roncallo, president of Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP –...

La Spezia port joins initiative for Pontremolese railway upgrade

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) March 1, 2019 – Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Ligurian Sea Port Authority) has...

Italy’s Council of State delays decision on legitimacy of La Spezia port decisions

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – Italy’s Council of State has decided to delay a decision on the legitimacy of acts of La Spezia...

La Spezia port to award cruise terminal operation in next two weeks

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – La Spezia port expects to award to a consortium of Costa Crociere, the Mediterranean Shipping...

Eurogate’s traffic in Italy declines in 2018, dragged by Cagliari, Gioia Tauro ports transshipment

Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) February 12, 2019 – Germany’s Eurogate Group has reported a 6% decline in the handling of cargo traffic in Italy, with...

AdSP del Mar Ligure Orientale (La Spezia) reports improved 2018 traffic figures

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) January 26, 2019 – Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Ligurian Sea Port...

South European port authorities attend Berlin Fruit Logistica fair

Berlin, Germany (Ports Europe) January 25, 2019 – A number of southern European port authorities will be attending the 2019 Fruit Logistica fair, taking...

THE Alliance shipping alliance reduces use of Italian ports in 2019

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) January 22, 2019 – The shipping consortium THE Alliance, which consists of the German navigation company Hapag-Lloyd, the...

AdSP del Mar Ligure Orientale (La Spezia) reviews 2018

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) December 21, 2018 – President of Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Ligurian...

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