the port of Livorno rinsalda the ties with Mediterraneanean Shipping Company



The port of Livorno has rinsaldato the ties with the shipowning group Mediterraneanean Shipping Company (MSC) signing today in the center of the Tuscany Region to Palace Chokes Sacrati to Florence an agreement of program that previews by the MSC the engagement to carry in the Leighorn harbour port of call an additional volume of traffic pairs at least 40% regarding the current level, that is beyond 32.000 container in more the year regarding about 80.000 enlivened in the course of 2013, and by the harbour authority the effettuazione of work in order almost 18 million euros in order to improve the docks and their accessibility let alone safety.

In particular the understanding, that it is signed with the MSC from the president of the Tuscany Region, from the Harbour Authority and the Municipality of Livorno, previews that the Harbour Authority starts within the next August the work in order to realize in crosswalk of the channel of access to the port, in zone Tower of the Marzocco, an able submarine tunnel to receive the new oil pipe-lines of Eni Spa. Draft of works of the value of about 6,1 million euros that would have to be completed within May 2015. The other participation, of the value of 1,7 million euros, regards the work in order to return the dock of the Benghazi Descent totally operating, that they would have to be completed within January 2016. The amount of the work of dredging of the channel of access necessary to carry it to a depth of -13 meters is of about 10 million euros. The agreement undersigned - it is emphasized - gives therefore a decisive impulse to investments on the Leighorn port of call for a total of 17,8 million euros.

The other engagements previewed from the protocol regard the participations actions to facilitate night handling of the ships through the potenziamento of the luminous signalings, of the lighting system of the sides and the dredging in presses of the docks.

The president of the Region Tuscany, Enrico Rossi, has assured the engagement of the agency in order to try to guarantee in three years 2015-2017 to same the Harbour Authority 4,5 million euros of financings already granted by 2012 to 2014, that is 1,5 million euros per year. Rossi has announced moreover that the Region will be engaged to giving concrete performance to the forecasts of the new Portuale Town development plan and speeding up the Ministry of Transportation because grants the financings necessary to realize the necessary works to the sea to the ulterior development of the main Tuscan port.

Satisfaction is expressed also by the mayor of Livorno, Alessandro Cosimi, is for the content of the protocol that for the availability of MSC to reconsider its presence to Livorno, as well as from the guarantee represented from the presence of the Tuscany Region in the operation.

Michele Bordiga, director of MSC, have confirmed that to completed work it will be possible to enter in port with larger ships and also than night in safety, that he will increase the competitiveness of their engagement in the field. He has added that this understanding is heralding of possible positive developments also in the presence to MSC to Livorno on the depositor of the cruise ships and the transport of the passengers.

Thanking the Region for the demonstrated availability, the president of the Harbour Authority of Livorno, Giuliano Gallanti, it has spoken about an ulterior tranche of investments for about 20 million euros destined to upgrade the Tuscany Dock and other zones of the port.