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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).

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

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) 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 (PortSEurope) 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 (PortSEurope) 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...

PSA Venice awarded new concession

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) June 2, 2023 – PSA Venice has been awarded a new concession in the Port of Venice. The client is Autorita’ di Sistema...

Port of Venice cargo down -3.6% on annual basis

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) May 18, 2023 – Between April 2022 and March 2023, the Port of Venice handled 24,220,555 tons of cargo, down -3.6%...

Italian port funding: Trieste, Ancona, Marghera and Termini Imerese

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) May 4, 2023 – The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (Italy) is to allocate €9.5 million to four ports of strategic...

Italian seaports’ cargo returns to pre-Covid levels

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) May 3, 2023 – Italian seaports handled a total of 490.1 million tons of goods, up +1.8% on 2021, +10.4% on 2020 and just below...

Cereal Docks to add six silos to Porto Marghera, Venice

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) April 17, 2023 – Cereal Docks Spa is to add six silos to its operations in Porto Marghera in the Port of Venice. This will...

Sapio Group to develop Venice port hydrogen project

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) April 5, 2023 – The Sapio Group to develop Venice port hydrogen project in Porto Marghera, venice. The Veneto Region has...

Italy plans transport corridor with Ukraine

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) March 6, 2023 – The Italian government is set to propose the establishment of a transport corridor linking its North...

Venice, Chioggia ports report +1.5% growth in 2022 cargo traffic

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) February 10, 2023 – The Ports of Venice and Chioggia ports have reported growth of +1.5% in 2022. The ports are managed by...

General Sistem concession in Venice port receives first vessel

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) January 12, 2023 – The new General Sistem concrete terminal in Porto Marghera, Venice port, has received its first vessel....

Italy: Top 10 container ports by TEU traffic – Jan-Sep 2022

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) December 16, 2022 – Assoporti, the Italian ports organisation, has published total cargo figures for January-September 2022,...

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