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The manufacturing industry has shown signs of recovery in many countries: in China industrial output registered an upward trend, with a 6.9% advance in the month of September compared to the corresponding period in 2019, and the GDP in the third quarter grew by 4.9% on an annual basis, spurred by both increased output and consumer spending and a stronger performance on the part of the service sector.

Operations go ahead in the Port of Genoa's new Calata Bettolo box terminal as MSC Sena docks with a container load from the Black Sea.

The Costa Cruises flagship, the LNG-powered Costa Smeralda, set sail from the homeport of Savona on 10 October

Today Virgin Voyages cruise line undersigned a voluntary protocol agreement with the Genoa Harbour Master to reduce the environmental impact of passenger ships in the Ports of Genoa and Savona

Preparations are underway to restart cruise operations in the West Med, with the return of Costa Smeralda in the homeport of Savona. The first departure is scheduled for the forthcoming 10 October, the day in which cruises are set to resume service in full safety for passengers and crew. Meanwhile, Costa Diadema arrives in the Port of Genoa and returns with sailings from the Ligurian capital as of 19 September

The new VAX service, operated by Diamond Line (COSCO group), is scheduled to offer weekly sailings from Vado Ligure's new deep-sea container terminal to the Port of Piraeus from mid-October

On the eve of the opening of the Ceneri Base Tunnel and the celebrations for the completion of AlpTransit, the new rail link across the Alps, the Italian Minister, Paola de Micheli, and the President of the Swiss Confederation, Simonetta Sommaruga, have sealed a bilateral agreement for the expansion of the Sempione rail network.

The stimulus plan can offer financial support for far-reaching investment programmes, linking them to EU priorities, proposed by the Italian public port authorities, whilst simultaneously mobilising resources from the port operating budgets to meet other immediate expenses.

The Ports of Genoa, Savona and Vado Ligure of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority features in the Lloyd's List One Hundred Container Ports ranking for 2019

THE Alliance, which groups together major carriers Hapag-Lloyd, HMM, Ocean Network Express (ONE) and Yang Ming, has announced that, as of next week, the Far East-Mediterranean services are set to resume regular ports of call following the extended blank sailings reported - due to the heavy fall in industrial output and demand in China, Italy and the rest of Europe - during the Covid-19 public health emergency.