With the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, the Port of Gioia Tauro has secured the completion of the quay electrification works. The agreement, the port authority informs, was signed at the Harbour Master’s Office, between the Honorable Edoardo Rixi, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, and lawyer Paolo Piacenza, extraordinary commissioner of the Port System Authority of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas.
A note from the Calabrian authority explains that the agreement was fundamental to resolve the critical issue that emerged following the remodulation of resources established by the 2025 Budget Law: the provision had led to the defunding of a part of the projects linked to the Pnrr, including a portion destined for the cold ironing intervention at the Calabrian port, jeopardizing the entire operation.
Thanks to the collaboration between the newly appointed extraordinary commissioner Piacenza and the Ministry of Infrastructure, the overall financial coverage necessary for the interventions aimed at the Levante Quay and the ro-ro quays was able to be reconstituted.
Deputy Minister Rixi underlined the strategic value of the agreement: “The signature on the memorandum represents a decisive step in achieving the objectives of the Pnrr. An investment of almost 70 million euros, the most significant at the national level for this type, to transform the main transhipment hub of the Mediterranean into a modern, sustainable infrastructure compliant with European standards.”
The intervention aims to strengthen the competitiveness of the Italian port system and promote environmentally respectful logistics, aligning the port of Gioia Tauro with the sustainability standards required by the European Union.
Commissioner Piacenza underlined that the Memorandum establishes a certain basis for the completion of the works, in order to ensure future management that is increasingly sustainable and aligned with European standards, and added: “We will transform this port into an innovative model of a green port.”
Piacenza also highlighted the strong performance of the hub, which is expected to close the year with a handling of 4.3 million TEU, reiterated the intention to further develop the port’s strategic position in the global maritime context, and finally expressed the conviction that the hub is capable of offering added value also to the territory that hosts it and of creating a national reference logistics hub.
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