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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).

Venice and Chioggia ports report Jan-Sep 2019 cargo figures

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) November 8, 2019 – Freight traffic handled by Venice and Chioggia ports in January to September 2019 is estimated at...

Italian enterprises attend Qatar Silk Road Exhibition

Doha, Qatar (PortSEurope) November 5, 2019 – The Qatar Silk Road Exhibition & One Belt, One Road Conference is taking place in Doha on November 3-5,...

Italian Minister of Infrastructure and Transport hosts port conference

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) October 22, 2019 – The Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Paola De Micheli, yesterday chaired the Conferenza Nazionale...

First meeting of Cruise 2030 Call for Action initiative in Venice seeks answers

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) October 21, 2019 – The first meeting of the Cruise 2030 Call for Action initiative took place in Venice on October 18 and was...

Venice port to host cruise event seeking a more sustainable policy for cruise ship industry in the Mediterranean

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) October 16, 2019 – On Friday this week, Venice port will host a meeting of representatives of some of the major European...

Pino Musolino delegate Assoporti signs in Shenzen declaration of intent

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) October 16, 2019 – The president of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (AdSP – Northern...

Interporto Padova hosts delegation from Chinese port of Guangzhou

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) September 20, 2019 – Interporto Padova SpA has hosted a delegation from the Chinese port of Guangzhou, visiting to see the...

Port of Venice to invest in the Nicolò De Conti bridge

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) September 2, 2019 – “With a €1 million investment, Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale...

Barcelona cruises: balancing business opportunities & environmental concerns

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) August 13, 2019 – Last week, the Italian government decided to limit cruise ships from passing by Giudecca and San Marco,...

Venice port bans some cruise ships from historic centre

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) August 9, 2019 – Danilo Toninelli, the minister of infrastructure and transport, has said that starting now, the number of...

Venice calls European port cities to jointly tackle cruise ship problems

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) August 2, 2019 – The president of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (AdSP – Northern...

Nagoya port delegation visits Venice port

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) August 2, 2019 – A delegation from the port of Nagoya, Japan’s most important port with about 200 million tons of goods...

F2i creates F2i Holding Portuale for possible further port infrastructure activity

Milan, Italy (PortSEurope) August 2, 2019 – F2i, an Italian asset management company, has announced the creation of F2i Holding Portuale (Fhp), a new...

New resources allocated for works and dredging in ports of Venice and Chioggia.

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) July 28, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (AdSP – Northern Adriatic Sea Port...

Assoporti set for reorganisation

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) July 28, 2019 – The Presidents of the Italian port system (AdSPs – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale) met to start a...

Government set to stop large cruise ship entering Venice’s Giudecca canal

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) July 25, 2019 – The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MIT) has discussed the issue of cruise ships in Venice port,...

AdSP (Venice) President Musolino to speak at 5th Maritime Silk Road Port International Cooperation Forum commences in Ningbo, China

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) July 10, 2019 – The president of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (AdSP – Northern...

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