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Venice

Venice is a seaport in North Adriatic Sea in Northeast Italy, and built on numerous small islands in the Lagoon of Venice. Commercial, passenger and other terminals form the Ports of Venice and Chioggia. They handle any kind of traffic, from containers, to liquid and solid bulk, steel products, Ro-Ro/Ro-Pax, general and project cargo. It has a developed cruise ship industry which is having to change after large cruise ship were banned from the lagoon for environmental reasons. The two ports are managed by Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (AdSPMAS – Northern Adriatic Sea Port Authority).

Port of Venice will not extend VTP concession

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) February 27, 2024 – The Port of Venice has said it will not extend the concession of Venezia Terminal Passeggeri (VTP) which...

Port of Chioggia will open the cruise season February 26

Chioggia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 19, 2024 – The port of Chioggia will officially open the cruise season on February 26, with the arrival of Viking...

Port of Venice has high hopes for new cruise season

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) February 15, 2024 – The Port of Venice has high hopes and expectations for the new cruise season which will officially open...

Dredging contract awarded for Port of Venice

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – A contract to dredge the access channel to Stazione Marittima di Venezia has been awarded to a...

Norwegian Cruise Line ends visits to Venice, Italy

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) February 9, 2024 – Norwegian Cruise Line will end visits to Venice, Italy, from 2024. The company said that it was not happy...

Interreg Italy-Croatia cross-border program 2021-2027, managed by Veneto

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) December 27, 2023 – The Interreg Italy-Croatia cross-border cooperation program 2021-2027 is to be managed by the Veneto...

Port of Venice sees cargo traffic down -6.7% in 2023

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) December 20, 2023 – In 2023, the Port of Venice recorded a -6.7% decrease in cargo handling which totalled 23 million...

Singapore’s PSA invests €100 million in its Italian terminals

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) December 7, 2023 – Singapore-based PSA International invested over €100 million in its Italian terminals in 2023, according...

Port of Venice issues new container terminal tender

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) December 1, 2023 – The Port of Venice issues tender for first works of the new container terminal tender – Terminal...

Port of Venice issues dock electrification tender

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) October 13, 2023 – The Port of Venice has issued a €65 million tender for electrification of the docks of the Fusina...

“Channeling the Green Deal for Venice” – an EU project

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 18, 2023 – “Channeling the Green Deal for Venice” is a Connecting Europe Facility-funded project...

Alpiq, San Marco Petroli, Sinloc announce H2 Laguna in Venice

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 11, 2023 – Alpiq, San Marco Petroli and Sinloc have announced a project to develop a renewable hydrogen ecosystem,...

Port of Venice reports total cargo down nearly 5% in first half

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) August 10, 2023 – The Port of Venice has reported total cargo handled of 12.34 million tons in the first half of 2023, down...

Italian government to disburse €14.7 mln to ports

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) July 31, 2023 – The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has disbursed an advance of €14.7 million to the 12 Port System...

Italy: Total containers (TEU) handled in 2022 – ranked by port

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) July 4, 2023 – Assoporti, Italy’s port industry organisation, has published detailed container (TEU) figures for Italian...

Port of Venice and Polish port agree rail targets

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) July 4, 2023 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (AdSPMAS – Northern Adriatic Sea Port...

Grimaldi introduces green Ro-Ro ships in Italy-Greece line

Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) June 26, 2023 – The Grimaldi Group is introducing two state-of-the-art hybrid vessels Eco Catania and Eco...

Rijeka takes over rotating presidency of NAPA

Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) June 21, 2023 – After three years of Presidency of the Port Authority of the Northern Adriatic Sea, the handover from the...

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