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Messina

Messina is a city on the Northeast corner of Sicily on the Strait of Messina opposite Reggio Calabria. the port is operated by Autorità di Sistema Portuale dello Stretto (AdSP – Strait).

EU commissioner comments on proposed bridge over Messina Strait

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) July 14, 2024 – Adina-Ioana Vălean, European Commissioner for Transport, has answered a parliamentary question:...

Villa San Giovanni seeks progress with new passenger terminal

Villa San Giovanni, Italy (Ports Europe) July 5, 2024 – The ferry company Caronte & Tourist S.p.A. contacted the Ministry of Infrastructure and...

Sicilian Port of Milazzo short of work

Milazzo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) July 5, 2024 – The Sicilian Port of Milazzo is seeing decreased employment and there is a sense of a lack of...

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...

Strait of Messina bridge: municipal & seismic delays

Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) June 4, 2024 – The observations on the proposed Strait of Messina bridge that the municipalities of Villa San...

Record day for cruises in Messina, Italy

Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – Today was a record day for cruise ships in Messina with four vessels docking at the Sicilian port....

Strait of Messina bridge, start of worked delayed another 4 weeks

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) May 12, 2024 –  Società Stretto di Messina has said that as part of the ongoing environmental impact assessment procedure,...

Tall ships will pass under the proposed Messina strait bridge

Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) May 6, 2024 – The world’s tallest ships will be able to pass under the future bridge over the Strait of...

Further questions for the bridge over the Strait of Messina project

Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) May 4, 2024 – The executive project of the bridge over the Strait of Messina will arrive “not before...

Does the EU support the bridge over the Strait of Messina?

Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) April 28, 2024 – In the past few months, the Italian government, especially Matteo Salvini, has been making much...

Rome questions Strait of Messina bridge documentation

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) April 18, 2024 – The società Stretto di Messina, the project manager to build a bridge over the Strait of Messina, has been...

Strait of Messina bridge, Services Conference begins

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) April 16, 2024 – The preliminary services conference begins today at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport in Rome, a...

Port of Messina opens cruise ship season

Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) April 10, 2024 – The Port of Messina has officially opened its cruise ship season, with considerable business...

Strait of Messina Bridge – land expropriation notices published

Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) April 4, 2024 – The notice for the expropriation of land and property for the project to build a bridge over the...

Messina Bridge: Preliminary services conference, April 16, 2024

Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) April 1, 2024 – The bureaucratic process for starting work on the bridge over the Strait of Messina is about to...

Strait of Messina Bridge – Hearings in Messina & Villa San Giovanni

Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) March 23, 2024 – On March 18-19, the Stretto di Messina company presented the proposed bridge project and the road...

Strait of Messina bridge – final design approved

Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) February 16, 2024 –  The Board of Directors of the Società Stretto di Messina has approved the update of the...

Rome meets Parsons Group about Strait of Messina bridge

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) January 26, 2024 – Vice President of the Council and Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Matteo Salvini has met with...

Construction work at the Port of Tremestieri set to resume

Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) January 24, 2024 – Bruno Teodoro Spa is set to resume construction work at the port of Tremestieri, a crucial...

Parties meet to discuss safe navigation in the Strait of Messina

Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) January 17, 2024 – The establishment meeting of the technical table for the safety of navigation in the Strait of...

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