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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).

Venice sees fewer cruise ship visits

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) June 13, 2017 – Porto di Venezia (Venice port authority) is forecasting a 10% fall in the number of cruise ships visiting Venice...

NGO to carry out unofficial referendum on cruise ships in Venice lagoon

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – Italian non-governmental organisation No Grandi Navi (NGV), which seeks to ban the entry of big cruise ships in...

Venice port and Grimaldi at Transport Logistic 2017 in Munich

Munich, Germany (PortSEurope) May 19, 2017 – Porto di Venezia, the port of Venice, was present at the Transport Logistic Munich “Transport...

Italian ports are strategic for China’s One Belt One Road initiative – PM

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – China puts in place a multi-billion dollar investment plan for the New Silk Road, the largest infrastructure,...

NAPA attends Transport Logistic event in Munich

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) May 8, 2017 – The North Adriatic Ports Association (NAPA) was present at the Transport Logistics fair in Munich, and...

Decal and San Marco Petroli plan to build a LNG Terminal in Porto Marghera

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) May 3, 2017 – Decal S.p.A., in joint venture with San Marco Petroli S.p.A., has successfully completed the feasibility study...

ALIS promotes sustainable logistics

Verona, Italy (PortSEurope) May 3, 2017 – The Association for Sustainable Logistics Intermodality (ALIS) promoted today at the “Sustainable...

Trieste port to cooperate with Venice

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 31, 2017 – The future of Trieste port is not competition with Venice, but with Koper and Rijeka, the president of Friuli...

Venice port president to recover connection with city

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) March 10, 2017 – The president of Venice port authority, Pino Musolino, said one of the primary objectives of his management...

Venice employers association president says harbour needs to adjust to larger ships

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) March 10, 2017 – The president of the Venice section of Italian employers’ association Confindustria, Matteo Zoppas,...

Former port president joins Venice Foundation

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) February 27, 2017 – Paolo Costa, former mayor and ex-Minister of Infrastructure and former president of Venice port, has...

CMA CGM and Alibaba sign digitial cooperation agreement

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 14, 2017 – CMA CGM and Alibaba OneTouch today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to seek cooperation...

Rail Cargo Austria subsidiary relocates to Porto Marghera

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) January 31, 2017 – The Rail Cargo Austria subsidiary Rail Cargo Carrier Italy (RCCI) is to relocate its operational...

Minoan replaces Trieste with Venice in ferry route connecting Ancona to Greece

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) January 19, 2017 – Minoan Grimaldi Lines has changed the route of its ferry line connecting Ancona to the Greek ports of...

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