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Russo and Philippi (PD): the project of the new offshore port of Venice does not go financed
The two senators propose to recover about 100 million previewed for the project in favor of integrated projects that the logistic and harbour structures upgrade all already existing
December 3, 2014

The project of the new offshore port to the wide one of the Lagoon of Venice does not go financed. They support the senators Francesco Russo and Marco Filippi of the Party Democratic that has become promoters of a document, that we publish below, for a hypothesis - from they considered "realistic" - of I throw again of the Italian portualità that is signed by about fifty connects expression of groups of majority and opposition.

"We understand - Russo and Philippi have explained - the temptation of parochialisms and the particular interests but we believe that politics if wants to be serious and responsible cannot local and regional projects with an always projected look to the highest national interest. For this, today, we have introduced a propedeutico document to an amendment to the Law of Stability that leaving from an analysis of the current situation of the Italian portualità with a particular focus on Alto Adriatico, proposes to recover about 100 million previewed for the project of wide offshore port to Venice in favor of integrated projects that the logistic and harbour structures (Ravenna, Venice and Trieste upgrade all already existing firstly)".

"The collected cross-sectional consent from the document, also from territories that do not appear on Mare Adriatico - has found the two senators of the Party Democratic - it is the demonstration that this is not a bell tower battle. The future of Venice cares about us, but own for this we cannot give our assent to a project only apparently ambitious whose announced failure would hurt to the credibility of Italy and Veneto. A project sproporzionatamente expensive and, in the merit, considered unattainable and uneconomical from the same harbour operators if only for the costs deriving from the cargo breach that the new structure would presee".

"National the strategic plan of the portualità and the logistics that, as final objective, is reproposed to concentrate deep available on little the indeed necessary works - has continued Russo and Philippi - sustainable projects, integrated ask us and possibly supported from a pre-emptive availability of the private ones to load the burdens of the new works, and the offshore port of Venice sure would not re-enter in this perimeter".

Confirming to the president of the Authority of Venice Paolo Costa and to all the decisive economic politicians and of Veneto the full availability to I confront in the merit, Russo and Philippi have hoped that "it is possible to reason on shared progettualità that, in the optical of a really integrated system between the ports of Alto Adriatico, they can indeed be functional to the entire Country and not only to its, also important, part".

While the Harbour Authority of Venice has announced that during the convention Techitaly 2014, held today to the Europarlamento and dedicated to innovative infrastructures for the increase of Europe, Networks have been marked from the INEA (Innovation and Agency Executive) two history of success in the preparation of infrastructural projects to realize in public-private partnership. The first refers to the realization of the railway connection between Milan and the airport of Malpensa, the second one regards the realization of the offshore-onshore harbour system of Venice. Planned in order to exceed the constraints of nautical accessibility tax from the system of barriers you furnish of Mose, the offshore port of Venice - it is brought back in the course of the debate - allows to value the lagoon port of call and to put it in condition for cooperating with the other ports of Alto Adriatico in order to compete with success on the European harbour market within the lines of European politics designed by the review of the transeuropee nets of transport IT TRY. The solution financial institution proposed from Venice, in a period in which the public resources they are limited - is observed - an able example of PPP represents well built to create a balance between the private public funds and demanded and an able system to separate the risks between the partner. A project - moreover inserted inside of the flat Junker - that assumes detail importance for throws again of infrastructures and the competitiveness of Europe and Italy.

"Particularly we are satisfied - the president of the Venetian harbour agency has commented, Paolo Costa - of the acknowledgment that has come to an agreement to us today to Brussels, sign who the undertaken road is that right one, the support of the European institutions for us is a lot important".




A HYPOTHESIS (REALISTIC) OF I THROW AGAIN OF THE ITALIAN PORTUALITÀ

The case of Alto Adriatico

This analysis cannot that to leave from the ascertainment that, during the last few years, the economic crisis has modified radically the scene of world-wide the marine traffics.

The flows To make East - Europe that they have fed for beyond twenty years a almost uninterrupted increase of the marine traffics, is in phase of slow down: in the 2013 port of Rotterdam it has enlivened 2.1% of TEU in less regarding 2012.

It is by now from the 2003 that has interrupted that process of increase that had seen the Mediterranean ports, and in particular those Italians, to erode quotas traffic to those of northern the range.

From then you it has been a radical change of direction and the ports of the North have recovered traffic, also destined directly to our territory.

Naval gigantism, that it is born from the requirement to create economies of scale for the great companies of line, has ulteriorly modified the picture, producing some important phenomena:

  • commercial alliances between the greater companies (first P3, today M2), in order to try to limit the damages of the hold excess;
  • reduction of the number of the ports of call, congestionamento of the ports, delays in the touched ones;
  • oligopolistica concentration of the consequent carriers with strong worries of the European loaders;
  • pressure on the harbour costs date the cost-price squeeze which had to the fall of the hires;
Consequently the naval carriers unload their search of economies of scale in the marine transport on the terrestrial system, in particular on the harbour segment that, because of the pressures on the costs, it sees more and more reduced the profit margins.

According to a study of the Ocean Shipping Company, than it estimates the handling question container until 2018 in the Italian ports, rapportati to the potential ability, the forecast for 2014, in terms percentages of saturation of the terminals is of 57% for all Italy.

Always second the cited study, the increase of traffic of the terminals, in the more optimistic scene, rapportato to the potential ability, would carry, in 2018, to come down to a quota saturation of 52% (calculation elaborated based on the works under realization).

Which then, in the medium period, financial the effectively sustainable priorities under the profile and of the traffics?

The Adriatic Sea demonstrates a particularly rich area of opportunity that it goes to cross, as large via of water, important industrial Pan-European corridors and nearby find of hinterland and city mitteleuropei that can be mainly contendibili, for the Italian ports regarding the hinterland European of the tirrenico harbour front.

The analysis of the traffics container says us that in the 2013 three main ports of Adriatic North (VE-TSRA) has realized a medium increment of 7%.

Today (given to 2013) the ports NAPA (North Adriatic Port Authority), therefore included Koper and Rijeka, enliven about 1.800.000 teu.

The work under effettuazione or that they will be carried out in the short period, second the enforced town development plans, previews expansions of the ability until to reach 1,2 for Trieste, 1 mln for Venice, 600,000 for Ravenna, 1 million for Rijeka, 1,8 million for Koper however in two phases.

This means a potentiality in the ports NAPA, according to progettualità already in being or works in progress, for total 5,6 million.

For how much it concerns the backdrops, Trieste is attested on depth until 18 mt, Ravenna previews to reach the 14,5 mt, while Venice will be attested on the 12 m.

In this context the project of "the off-shore" port of Venice joins that, since a first analysis, anticipates problematic is from the point of view of the mere environmental impact, in a zone where already the activities of realization of MOSE have had important fallen back, but above all of insufficient solidity financial institution of the operation. The hypothesis currently in field, in fact, does not seem to answer adequately to the question on because the transport societies would have to prefer a solution that, in the substance, the so-called double breach would force to them to carry out two times the refuel/defuel operations (). Quite hypotheses of construction of a street viaduct from “the off-shore” port to the mainland are ventilated that, when also it exceeded the impediments of landscaped character, would have of the costs of realization and maintenance much elevating. Moreover basic hypothesis of the project was that the outer dam of affiancamento to the structure of the “Off-shore one”, by the huge costs, would be made by New the Venice Consortium in the within of the Mose project that, currently, is not still clearly as will be managed and with which perspectives.

Also the assumed costs of staff, 510 people in the phase of departure and 1,515 people operatively with a cost that, assuming a average cost of 30.000/anno/persona, can calmly be assumed over 450/500 million per year what that would be profitable “project financing” covered from the mere rates outside market sure.

The costs previewed initially were pairs to come down 4 billion euros, according to indiscretions of print more recent, to 2,5 billion: the cuts are sure sons of the doubts already expressed from BEAUTIFUL (the European Bank Investments) that it has also put in evidence the excessive exposure to the debit (about 200 million) that the Harbour Authority of Venice had already in budget 2011.

From this with of data we would want to draw some conclusions:

  • Geography of the traffics is in the hands of large carriers the multinational ones and is necessary political communitarian and national, besides commercial policies of the ports (concessions, joint ventures, etc.) in a position to avoiding one negative spiral between the race of naval gigantism and the dispersion of public resources in order to construct infrastructures lacking in real perspectives of traffic.
  • Norms of simplification for the works are necessary, and in particular the dredgings, so that the planned works effectively are realized according to compatible times with the requirements of the market of the traffics. The recent data of the State Audit Court on the works effectively realized in the ports represent a serious alarm bell for all the Italian harbour system.
  • The true priority of the system is the investments in the railroads. To think to manage ships from 10.000/11.000 teus with inefficient railroads means to make useless every investment in infrastructures and equipment. For this it is necessary to concentrate resources on the railroads, in particular on the last mile (connection directed with the docks in order to diminish the costs of the maneuvers) and then to invest on the railway services cargo, also, for a sure period with forms of support to the costs of the service. The serious deficit of the Italian railroads is not in fact on the infrastructural plan. If the quota container enlivened via railroad does not expand drastically, to think to a competition on the contendibili European areas appears illusory. The new harbour and logistic Authorities that could be born from the reform of law 84/1994, could play an important role under this profile.
  • He is indispensable to completely play the challenge of the technological innovation with investments also in immaterial infrastructures. It is necessary to follow through politics of the only doors (customs and the marine information) and to adopt every solution in order to fluidificare the transit of the goods in our ports. To increase the powers of coordination of the Harbour Authorities, for example on the timetables and the operation of the various agencies of state that operate in port, giving also the possibility to use rivenienti resources from the autonomy financial institution in order to adopt organizational and structural improvements would forward represent a great step for the competitiveness of the ports.
  • In last but not for importance, it must invest on the human resources. Job, formation and safety are the key of the quality and the competitiveness. For this the enterprise must be innovated and be strengthened also article 17 on the model of the most advanced European experiences north.
  • The current international conjuncture advices against, therefore, in the medium period, the adoption of ulteriorly expansive projects regarding those already previewed from the planning in being; in particular it appears particularly risked the hypothesis of the construction of the terminal off-shore container of Venice for a cost of financial 2,1 billion euros and a engagement of the State in such sense. Such project, on which all the operators (terminalisti and shipping) express strong perplexities, would be characterized, as saying, from a cargo breach that, for effect of the system of transfer of the container on barges in order to reach the large square to earth, would involve at least 250 additional costs in order USD in a context characterized from hires many low. There is then a evident insostenibilità financial institution is for the public finance that for an eventual private investment: calculating a destined margin to the amortization of the work 10 pairs to USD to container (decidedly optimistic esteem) the investment of beyond two billions could damp per year in 100 or 200 years depending on the fact that a similar terminal enlivened 1 million or 2 million teus. Similar forecasts of traffic, do not appear suffragate from no realistic hypothesis: “the Italian” traffic that today it journeys for the ports of the Europe north sure does not reach the million teus (many estimate in not more than 600.000). Considered, moreover, of the investments in course in the ports of Genoa (Which dropped Bettolo), Savona I go (Platform Maersk for 400 million investment) and those previewed to Livorno (Europe Dock) besides 190 million for the widening of pier VII to Trieste - where already the backdrops can afford the landing place of ships carry container beyond the 13,000 teus - evince that the project of offshore port to Venice turns out simply indefensible.
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La Spezia
Landolfi: We cannot afford to underestimate its value.
The MIT meets with the heads of the Italian AdSPs
Rome
Meeting on the government's strategic vision for the sector and port reform
Yang Ming orders Hanwha Ocean Co. to build seven 15,880 TEU container ships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Over 40 expressions of interest have been received for the development of the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk.
Kiev
Today the first meeting of the tender commission
The first commercial ship is expected at the public dock in Largo Trattaroli in Ravenna.
Ravenna
The car carrier "AICC Huanghu" is coming soon
Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach decreased by 1.3% last month.
Long Beach
Empty containers are increasing. Full containers are decreasing.
Assiterminal's Terminal Road Show is starting
Genoa
Cognolato: We want to strengthen our ties with local communities and territories.
Assoporti, the Italian ports' cruise offerings presented at the Seatrade Europe fair.
Hamburg
Giampieri: We are leaders in the Mediterranean area and in Europe
Commander Claudio Tomei, USCLAC president from 2012 to 2024, has passed away.
Viareggio
His strong commitment to improving the working conditions of Italian seafarers
In the first quarter of 2025, cargo traffic in Greek ports grew by +1.4%
Piraeus
Passengers down by -1.1%
HD Hyundai Samho Orders Four New Container Ships
Seoul
Order worth approximately 468 million dollars
Trieste: Fraudulent bankruptcy in the shipbuilding sector
Trieste
Investigation into a company based in Palermo
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong fell by 7.4% in August.
Hong Kong
In the first eight months of 2025 the decline was -3.8%
BigLift Shipping and CY Shipping order two additional heavy lift vessels
Amsterdam
Order placed at Chinese shipyard Jing Jiang Nanyang Shipbuilding Co.
Container traffic at the port of Singapore continued to decline in August
Singapore
Total volume of goods increased by +1.1%
The Charthage ferry was placed under administrative detention in the port of Genoa
Genoa
A Coast Guard inspection found numerous deficiencies
Disney Cruise Line's largest ship's debut delayed by three months
Lake Buena Vista
Construction delays force the maiden voyage to be postponed until March 10th.
Shell to supply liquefied biomethane to Hapag-Lloyd containerships
Hamburg
Agreement effective immediately
Andrea Zoratti has been appointed general manager of Hub Telematica
Genoa
The company is controlled by Assagenti and Spediporto
Jotun and Messina sign agreement to improve the environmental and commercial performance of ships.
Genoa
The "Jolly Rosa" vessel will use the Hull Skating Solutions solution
PSA Genova Pra' announces the hiring of 25 people dedicated to container handling.
Genoa
Ferrari: International markets have changed profoundly
CMA CGM will not apply surcharges for new US taxes on Chinese vessels and Chinese services
Marseille
The rates announced by the USTR in April will apply from October 14th.
South Korean HJ Shipbuilding wins orders for four 8,850 TEU containerships
Busan
Orders with a total value of approximately 461 million dollars
Conference: "Waiting and Delays in Road Transport: Logistics in Check"
Genoa
Organized by Trasportounito, it will be held on September 26th in Genoa
GNV has inaugurated a new office in Barcelona
Barcelona
The company currently has 52 employees throughout Spain.
Port of Trieste: EU funding for two new projects
Trieste
Resources with a total value of 1.7 million euros
Filt Cgil, the Flotilla incident is serious. Dockworkers are ready to mobilize.
Rome
Union announces action if aid is not allowed to reach Gaza
Stena Line to buy Latvian port operator Terrabalt
Gothenburg
It handles rolling stock, bulk cargo, and general cargo traffic in the port of Liepaja.
In the first eight months of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.6%
Gioia Tauro
2,912,943 TEUs were handled
Meyer Turku begins construction of Royal Caribbean's fourth "Icon"-class cruise ship
Miami/Turku
It will be delivered in 2027
More than one in ten maritime shipments has shortages
Washington
This is what a report by the World Shipping Council has revealed, highlighting the safety risks
Last July, traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +3.8%
Ravenna
In the first seven months of 2025, growth was +5.4%
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic in Belgian ports fell by -3.2%.
Brussels
Landings down 1.3% and embarkations down 5.4%
Product tanker High Fidelity rescues 38 migrants on a drifting dinghy
Rome
Intervention in the south of the island of Crete
GES and RINA sign agreement to develop a prototype of a new hydrogen battery
Rovereto/Genoa
PSA's second phase of container terminal at Mumbai Port inaugurated
Singapore
Annual traffic capacity will increase to 4.8 million TEUs
The conference "EU ETS - Perspectives and Opportunities for Decarbonization in the Maritime Sector" will be held in Palermo.
Rome
It will be held on September 18th and 19th
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
A seminar on the new law on interports will be held in Milan on October 2nd.
Milan
It is organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Padua
The eighth edition of "A Sea of Switzerland" will be held in Lugano on October 6th.
Lugano
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Korean Firms Reassess U.S. Investments After Mass Immigration Raid
(The Korea Bizwire)
Russia's infrastructure development plan aims to build 17 marine terminals by 2036
(Interfax)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Fincantieri and PGZ sign an agreement to support the modernization of the Polish Navy
Trieste
The third LSS section for Chantiers de l'Atlantique was launched in Castellammare di Stabia.
In the US, funding for wind energy development projects in ports is being cut.
Washington
Resources worth $679 million will be reallocated for port infrastructure upgrades
From January 1st, Kombiverkehr will operate the PKV intermodal terminal in the port of Duisburg.
Frankfurt am Main
It has a traffic capacity of approximately 200 thousand intermodal units per year.
Wallenius Marine and ABB form Overseas joint venture
Stockholm
The aim is to accelerate the launch of the platform of the same name for improving fleet performance.
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has asked the Region to agree on the appointment of Bagalà as president of the Sardinian Port Authority.
Rome
He is currently the extraordinary commissioner of the same body
DHL eCommerce has acquired a minority stake in Saudi Arabia's AJEX Logistics Services.
Bonn/Riyadh
The Middle Eastern company has two thousand employees
CMPort's port terminals handled record container traffic in the second quarter
Hong Kong
In the first six months of 2025 the total was 78.8 million TEUs (+4.3%)
Confitarma approves the decree on advanced training for tanker seafarers.
Rome
Applause to the General Command of the Port Authority Corps
Quarterly freight traffic in Moroccan ports increases
Tangier/Casablanca
In Tanger Med the growth was +17%
The board of directors of the Genoa-based Ente Bacini has been renewed.
Genoa
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