Fincantieri confirms work in Palermo port until 2022
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) May 27, 2020 - The Fincantieri SpA shipbuilding facility in Palermo has a guaranteed workload until 2022, the company reported following…
Italy: Total port cargo 2018/2019 by AdSP and port
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) April 25, 2020 - Assoporti has published total tonnage in ports in 2018/2019 by Autorità di Sistema Portuale (AdSP) with statistics for…
Italy: Total port traffic handled in 2019; by AdSP and port
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) April 25, 2020 - Assoporti has published total tonnage in ports in 2019 by Autorità di Sistema Portuale (AdSP) with statistics for…
Italian government proposes investment in transport in the south
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) March 25, 2020 - The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has published in the Official Journal details of an allocation of €480…
Italy stops passenger ships: no more cruises
Coronavirus. Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport stops passenger ships: no more cruises. Decree signed by Minister De Micheli, with the Minister of Health Speranza - March…
MSC Cruises and Costa Crociere to manage cruise terminals in Western Sicily
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) November 25, 2019 - An agreement has been reached between Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale (AdSP -…
Rina certifies the Fincantieri plant in Palermo port
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) September 27, 2019 - The Fincantieri SpA plant in Palermo has awarded by RINA the OHSAS 18001 and UNI EN ISO…
Fincantieri Palermo shipyard starts work on Windstar Cruises
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) September 6, 2019 - The Palermo shipyard of Fincantieri SpA has started work on the newly constructed mid-section of MS Star…
CIPE allocates €39 million to Palermo port
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) July 26, 2019 - CIPE (Comitato interministeriale per la programmazione economica) has confirmed that €39 million ($43.45 million) has been allocated…
Cagliari International Container Terminal issues dismissal notices to 210 employees
Cagliari, Italy (PortSEurope) June 19, 2019 – Cagliari International Container Terminal (CICT) has issued collective dismissal notices to 210 employees. The trade unions have responded rapidly and…
AdSP – del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale (Palermo) to tender €31 million port overhaul projects
Palermo, Italy (PortSEurope) June 19, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale (AdSP - Western Sicilian Sea Port Authority) has launched two…
Costruzioni Bruno Teodoro wins contract to extend Palermo port’s cruise dock
Palermo, Italy (PortSEurope) May 16, 2019 – Italian company Costruzioni Bruno Teodoro SpA has won a €868,500 ($972,116) contract for the extension of Palermo port's…
Italy’s government approves €75.5 million financing for Fincantieri Palermo shipyards
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) May 13, 2019 – Italy's government has approved a €75.5 million ($85 million) loan for the overhaul of Palermo shipyard, the…
China eyes investments in Italy’s Porto Empedocle
Porto Empedocle, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) March 25, 2019 – A Chinese technical delegation has studied the profiles of Sicilian ports, including Porto Empedocle. Chinese investments…
Sicily port projects enter Italy’s infrastructure planning programme
Palermo, Italy (PortSEurope) March 20, 2019 – The dredging operations of the Palermo and Termini Imerese ports, the refurbishing Termini Imerese dock and the dredging of Trapani…
Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to Italy, Monaco and France this week
Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) March 18, 2019 - President Xi Jinping of China is to pay state visits to Italy, Monaco and France from March 21-26,…
China considers a new Silk Road role for Italy’s Palermo port
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) March 14, 2019 - Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to visit Italy March 22-23, and after Rome will visit the…
Shanghai-based investment fund eyes €5 billion port project in Palermo
Palermo, Italy (PortSEurope) March 13, 2019 – An unnamed Shanghai-based investment fund is interested in participating in a €5 billion ($5.7 billion) project for the…
Sicily government opens tender for Sciacca port overhaul
Palermo, Italy (PortSEurope) March 8, 2019 – The Sicilian regional government has opened a tender for the completion of the overhaul of Sciacca port in the…
Palermo port’s cruise traffic rises 25.8% in 2018
Palermo, Italy (PortSEurope) February 28, 2019 – Palermo port recorded a 25.8% surge in the number of cruise passengers in 2018, Pasqualino Monti, president of Autorita’ di…