Signed the contract that assigns to 60% of Trieste Passenger terminal to the network guided from Unicredit and Costa Crociere



Today the contract for the cession by the Harbour Authority of Trieste of 60% of the share capital of the Trieste is signed Passenger terminal Spa (TTP) to the Trieste Adriatic Maritime Initiatives Srl (TAMI), society constituted ad hoc from Unicredit (31%), General Costa Crociere (29%), Giuliana Bunkeraggi (15%), Reguardia (15%) and Assurances (10%) in order to participate to the contest indetta from the harbour agency for the sale of the quota. To the Harbour Authority it remains remaining 40% of the capital of TTP, society that the agency has constituted 11 April 2007 which only shareholder in order to entrust them the operations management of disembarkation and boarding of the fleeting ships in the port of Trieste and of the connected activities.

In a note the Harbour Authority, TAMI and TTP have explained that "the introduced industrial plan from TAMI under contest presupposes a fort throws again of two Core fundamental businesses: that crocieristico and that commonly identified as industry of events (MICE). Regarding first, the objective is the creation of a hub tourist for the development of the crocieristico market of central Europe and oriental. Regarding the second, it is worked in the perspective of a strong implementation of the congressional activity and of cultural events, with a particular focus on that vocati to the sea and the excellence of the territory, identifying Marine Station and Pier Fourth which you leave of a total project of requalification of the waterfront city".

"For I throw again of TTP - the note continues - will be aimed on one side for the internationalization of the activities, with a detail but not exclusive interest for the markets adjacent, from the other to return the territory with actions mainly attractive aimed to the promotion of the image of Trieste, which landing place characterized from a good offer of tourist, cultural, naturalistic and enogastronomic routes".

The Harbour Authority has specified that it will accompany this distance with a series of financial infrastructural participations that will find economic support also in the within of the proposals of Integrated Plan of Development Urbano Sostenibile (PISUS). The harbour agency has remembered that, in such context, it has introduced to the Municipality of Trieste three progettuali ideas tied to relative the crocieristica and congressional activity and to the city requalification of the marine state property areas of the Rivers of Trieste finalized to the restoration of the walk to sea in the feature comprised between the Harbour office and the Sartorio pier, to the restoration of the Accommodation ladders on the pier Bersaglieres face to the monumental historical recovery, but also functional, of the already destined footbridges to the disembarkation of the passengers from the cruise ships and to the electrification of the pier Bersaglieres in order to guarantee the electric power supply from earth ofthe cruise ships (cold ironing) on the falsariga than already have happened in the main European ports. Moreover the Harbour Authority has remembered of being taken part regarding the society executrix of the work of reconversion of Warehouse 42 in Marine Station, so that the same ones are completed within spring 2012, so as to allow uses it of the structure for the next crocieristica season ( on 7 October 2011).