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Taranto

The Port of Taranto is located on the inner heal of southeastern Italy, is one of the first in Italy for goods traffic and plays an important role commercially and strategically on the Mediterranean Sea. It is operated by Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ionio (AdSP – Port Authority of the Ionian Sea-Port of Taranto).

Ranking – Top cargo ports in the Europe 2016-2017

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) July 18, 2019 – The European Statistical Agency, Eurostat, has published statistics for the top cargo ports in Europe for...

Taranto port recovers part of lost bulk traffic, backed by steel industry stabilisation

Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) April 26, 2019 – Taranto port’s bulk cargo traffic rose 19.2% in 2018 to 1.5 million tonnes, while the number of bulk...

“BaLab in Porto” launched in Taranto port

Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) April 24, 2019 – Today will see the inauguration of the new headquarters of the BaLab of Taranto, the creativity laboratory...

Haizea Wind to build monopiles of the first Italian wind farm, located at Taranto port

Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) March 27, 2019 – Bilbao-based Haizea Wind Group (HWG), a manufacturer of wind towers and offshore foundations, has signed a...

Italian court dismisses appeal against Yilport’s concession at Taranto port

Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) February 21, 2019 – The Lecce administrative court has rejected the appeal presented by the South Gate Europe Terminal...

Genoa port’s main cargo traffic partner in 2018 is Taranto

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) February 8, 2019 – Genoa port’s largest cargo traffic partner for 2018 was Taranto, followed by Milazzo and Singapore, an...

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...

Italy’s MIT inspects AdSPs of Civitavecchia, Ravenna and Taranto ports

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) January 20, 2019 – Sample inspections are underway by inspectors of the Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport on the...

Italy’s government launches inspections into Civitavecchia, Ravenna, Taranto ports

Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) January 16, 2019 – Italy’s transport ministry has initiated random inspections of the management of...

Conference of the South ports in Bari, D’Agostino asks for renewed ports government policy

Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) December 4, 2018 –  The conference “I ports del mezzogiorno” was held today in the Bari cruise terminal, organized...

Taranto’s Coast Guard seizes port area

Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – Taranto’s Coast Guard has seized a port area of 2,000 m², operated by a company with registered...

Yilport and Arcelor decisions set to benefit Taranto port

Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) November 22, 2018 – The recent announcements that Yilport is to operate a concession at the port and that Arcelor Mittal to...

AdSP Ionian accepts the application for concession by Yilport Holding AS

Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) November 21, 2018 – The Management Committee of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ionio (AdSP – Ionian Sea Port...

Taranto port signs agreement to improve energy efficiency

Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) September 21, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ionio (AdSP – Ionian Sea Port Authority) has signed a...

Italy’s Federmanager says Yilport may face low cargo traffic at Taranto port

Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) August 21, 2018 – Turkish conglomerate Yilport is ready to transform the port of Taranto into a transshipment hub with the...

Taranto port development plan approved

Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) August 12, 2018 – An intelligent and integrated system at the service of port areas and areas with industrial vocation...

AdSP Taranto to assess concession of Taranto dock to Yilport

Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) August 1, 2018 – The board of directors of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ionio (AdSP – Ionian Sea Port...

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