The Ligurian port system presented itself at Logitrans, the logistics fair that ended on Friday in Istanbul. With the organizational support of Liguria International, regional company for the internationalization of companies, the two Port System Authorities of the Ligurian Sea Western and Eastern presented the services and perspectives of the ports of Genoa, Savona and La Spezia, whose confirmed a positive trend also in 2026. Among the Companies operating in the Ligurian ports, at the Turkish fair PSA, Tarros Group, Spediporto, Assagenti, Contship participated Group and Circle Group, which have initiated new contacts and consolidated relationships already in place.

The heart of the Ligurian mission in Istanbul was the meeting "Liguria: a strategic hub for Turkey, a gateway to Europe" organized last Thursday as part of the fair, which opened with the greeting of the Italian consul to Istanbul, Paolo Michele di Giandomenico, who recalled the ties historical, cultural and commercial between Liguria and Turkey. They are speakers Bruno Pisano, president of the System Authority Port of the Eastern Ligurian Sea, Alessandro Pittaluga, project coordinator of Liguria International, and Leonardo Picozzi, marketing manager of the Port System Authority of the Sea Western Liguria. For companies and associations they have represented the opportunities of the two port systems Giampaolo Botta, who spoke as general manager of Spediporto, Fabio Di Bella, as network sales coordinator of Tarros, Ozlem Ayyildiz, as sales manager of Tarros Turkiye, Melania Molini, as head of Intermodal Italy of PSA, Edoardo Costantin, in his capacity as Head of Intermodal Sales of the Contship Group, and Luca Abatello, CEO and president of Circle Group. At the heart of the ongoing interventions, services and projects to strengthen the logistics links between Turkey and Southern Europe. In the director of ICE Turkey, Marco Pintus, recalled whereas in 2025 trade between Italy and Turkey has reached €26 billion and underlined the role of the maritime transport to support these exchanges.

Subsequently, the Ligurian delegation met the association of Turkish freight forwarders UTIKAD, represented by the President Bilgehan Engin and the Managing Director Alperen Guler. To the The centre of the discussion, the role of Ligurian ports as a gateway to access for traffic between Turkey and the markets of Northern Italy and of Southern Europe. The meeting highlighted a strong interest in the development of these relations and the parties agreed on subsequent appointments to learn more about the opportunities for collaboration.