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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).

Venezia Terminal Passeggeri cleared of ICI tax charge

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) October 29, 2017 – With a judgment published on 3 October, Venezia Terminal Passeggeri SpA, assisted by GBA’s law and...

Italy’s logistics system should be promoted as single platform, transport minister says

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) October 26, 2017 – Italy’s logistics system should be promoted as a single system to investors, in order to attract more of...

Italy has finances to complete MOSE project in Venice

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) October 26, 2017 – Italy’s infrastructure minister Graziano Delrio has said the government has the required finances to...

MSC Cruises upgrates Mediterranean offer with Venice itinerary

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) October 20, 2017 – MSC Cruises has enriched its offer in the Eastern Mediterranean for the summer of 2018 with a new itinerary of...

Venice port president calls for fair competition between Adriatic ports

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) October 19, 2017 – Venice port president Pino Musolino has said the harbour needs to compete on equal terms with the other ports...

Hamburg delegation visits Venice port

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) October 19, 2017 – A delegation of representatives of the Port of Hamburg and the Port of Vienna has visited the Port of...

Venice attends the 11th Baltic-Adriatic Corridor Coordination Forum

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) October 17, 2017 – The 11th Baltic-Adriatic Corridor Coordination Forum takes place in Brussels on October 16. In this...

Italian ports’ cruise traffic to rise 6.4% in 2018

Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) October 9, 2017 – Italian tourism association Risposte Turismo expects the cruise traffic in Italy to rise by 6.4% in...

American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier (ARC) to launch HHG service via Venice

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) October 7, 2017 – American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier (ARC) has announced a new service for Household Goods (HHG) to and from...

Pino Musolino calls for northern Adriatic ports to cooperate

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) October 3, 2017 – The president Porto di Venezia (Venice Port Authority), Pino Musolino, has written to colleagues of...

Friuli Venezia Giulia approves €1.8 million financing for intermodality projects

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) October 2, 2017 – The government of the Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia has given the green light to a €1.8 million...

Venezia Terminal Passeggeri financial statements approved by shareholders

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 28, 2017 – At the end of August 2017, a shareholders’ meeting of Venezia Terminal Passeggeri S.p.A. approved the...

Venice hosts Adriatic LNG conference of European regasification terminals

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 27, 2017 – Adriatic LNG, the operator of the regasification terminal located off the Veneto coastline, has hosted...

Venice port loses 500,000 cruise passengers since 2013

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) said Venice port has lost nearly 500,000 cruise...

Venice to protest against large cruise vessels in the lagoon

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 15, 2017 – On September 23-24, Venice will host a two-day event dedicated to discussion and debate about defense...

Porto Marghera is not a problem but an opportunity for Venice & Veneto

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 12, 2017 – The recent transformation of a conventional refinery into a new bio-refinery could mark a new start for...

Following its IPO in London, Global Ports Holding comments on the future

London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) September 11, 2017 – Global Ports Holding (GPH) CEO Emre Sayin has said the IPO in London will enable the company...

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