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Palermo

Palermo is the capital of the Italian island of Sicily and a main access route to Sicily for passengers and goods. Thanks to its favourable geographical position Palermo represents a strategic landing place for navigation in the Mediterranean. The city it serves is the capital and the major economic centre of the island. The port is managed by Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale (AdSP – Western Sicilian Sea Port Authority), which also manages the smaller ports of Trapani, Terminal Imerese and Porto Empidocle. It is also home to the Fincantieri Palermo Shipyard.

Port of Palermo sees near +5% rise in first half cargo traffic

Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) August 12, 2021 – In the first half of 2021 the port of Palermo handled 3.64 million tons of goods, an increase of...

MSC Cruises and Costa Crociere form new company to operate Sicilian passenger terminals

Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) August 2, 2021 – MSC Cruises and Costa Cruises have set bup a 50/50 jint venture to manage passenger terminals at...

Port of Palermo welcomes first extra large cruise ship

Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) June 21, 2021 – The Sammuzzo pier in Palermo port has welcomed Costa Deliziosa cruise ship, the first such vessel...

The Grimaldi group will operate the Naples-Cagliari-Palermo Ro-Pax line

The Grimaldi Group boosts its transport links to and from Italy’s largest islands and finally sails “home”. In fact, yesterday evening the Neapolitan...

Vulcano Shipyard wins auction for floating docks in Port of Palermo

Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) May 17, 2021 – The local Vulcano Shipyard srl has won the auction for the purchase of the two floating docks,...

Trade unions discuss Palermo port issues with AdSP manager

Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) May 10, 2021 – Am eeting between trade union organizations and the president of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del...

Italy’s Minister Giovannini renews top management of the port authorities and defines the strategic objectives

The Minister of Sustainable Infrastructures and Mobility, Enrico Giovannini has started the completion of the procedures for the renewal of the presidents of...

Against the trend – Palermo port reports increased cargo traffic in 2020

Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) February 11, 2021 – In contrast to the most ports globally, the West Sicilian port of Palermo saw cargo traffic in...

Management changes at the top of Italy’s port system

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) February 4, 2021 – There have been various changes at the top of Italy’s network of state-owned Autorita’ di Sistema...

Genoa, Livorno, Palermo ports to see investment

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) January 25, 2021 – The Italian government has issued a DPCM and appointed extraordinary commissioners to accelerate the...

Grimaldi to start Palermo-Cagliari Ro-Pax service

Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) January 8, 2021 – The Grimaldi Group will add Palermo to its service which currently serves the three-times-a-week...

Fincantieri signs for a concession to develop shipbuilding in Palermo port

Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) December 15, 2020 – The Trieste-based shipbuiding group Fincantieri SpA has signed an agreement with Autorita’ di...

Stefano Corsini speaks at Vaccine Transport Commission

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) December 4, 2020 – Stefano Corsini, President Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP –...

EU agrees to maritime territorial continuity proposal from Rome

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) December 1, 2020 – After a long dialogue with the EU, the European Commission has agreed a path proposed by the Ministry of...

Government announces investment in Palermo port

Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) November 4, 2020 – The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MIT) has announced that almost €54 million to...

Tender issued for dredging of Termini Imerese port

Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) October 7, 2020 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale (AdSP – Western Sicilian Sea...

MSC Cruises returns to service in the Mediterranean offering full-experience cruising this summer

MSC Cruises announced today that flagship MSC Grandiosa and MSC Magnifica will resume operations in the Mediterranean starting from 16 and 29 August 2020...

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