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).
Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale dello Stretto di Messina seeks president
Messina, Italy (Ports Europe) March 7, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale dello Stretto di Messina (AdSP – Strait of Messina Port Authority)...
Messina port’s passenger terminal to be commissioned in 2020
Messina, Italy (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – The new passenger terminal of Messina port, designed by Ottavio Di Blasi & Partners, will be...
Basalt Infrastructure Partners acquires 30% stake in Italian shipping group C&T
Messina, Italy (PortSEurope) January 7, 2019 – London-based investment fund Basalt Infrastructure Partners has acquired a 30% stake of the...
Italy’s Caronte & Tourist to introduce LNG-fired vessel next year
Messina, Italy (PortSEurope) December 20, 2018 – Italian company Caronte & Tourist plans to introduce a liquefied natural gas-fired (LNG) vessel for its...
Italy offers rental of two vessels to save Liberty Lines’ jobs
Messina, Italy (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 – Italy’s infrastructure ministry has proposed the rental of two vessels with a reinforced hull to...
Italy’s Senate approves establishment of 16th port authority
Catania, Italy (PortSEurope) November 28, 2018 – Italy’s Senate has approved the establishment of the country’s 16th port authority, senator...
Italy’s Confirarma calls on government to ensure jobs of Liberty Lines employees
Messina, Italy (PortSEurope) November 22, 2018 – Italian shipping company association Confitarma has requested the country’s transport ministry to...
Italy’s Caronte & Tourist presents LNG-fired ferry as part of Gainn4mos project
Messina, Italy (PortSEurope) November 19, 2018 – Italian company Caronte & Tourist S.p.A. has presented the first liquefied natural gas-fired (LNG)...
Italy’s Bluferries adds €14.5 million ship to its fleet
Messina, Italy (PortSEurope) October 24, 2018 – Italian ferry company Bluferries has invested €14.5 million ($16.5 million) to expand its fleet by adding...
Bluferries takes over Messina-Reggio Calabria ports passenger service
Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) October 1, 2018 – Starting today, the Bluferries shipping company will operate a fast passenger service across the...
Italy creates 16th port authority – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale dello Stretto di Messina (AdSP – Strait of Messina Port Authority)
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) September 7, 2018 – The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, at the instigation of Minister Danilo Toninelli, will...
Italy’s Assoporti presents business opportunities in South Korea
Messina, Italy (PortSEurope) June 22, 2018 – Italian ports association Assoporti has participated in the “InvestInItaly” conference organised by the...
Call for Messina as its own port system
Messina, Italy (PortSEurope) June 6, 2018 – Under recent government port reform, Messina port (Sicily) was included in Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale...
Tremestieri port’s dredging to start soon
Tremestieri, Italy (PortSEurope) April 27, 2018 – After more than three months of requests, the dredging of the port of Tremestieri was approved. At the...
Debora Serracchiani calls for protection of Italian port system from EU tax demand
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) April 19, 2018 – Deputy of the Democratic Party, Debora Serracchiani, has called for the government to protect the...
Andrea Annunziata to head new Sicilian port association
Augusta, Sicily, Spain (Ports Europe) April 3, 2018 – Following a meeting between Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale (AdSP...
Italy’s CIPE to invest €26 million in Messina port
Messina, Italy (Ports Europe) March 30, 2018 – Italy’s Interministerial Committee for Economic Planning CIPE (Il Comitato Interministeriale per la...