The tender procedure for the assignment in five-year concession, with option for further two years and extension for a further six months, of the shunting service railway in the port of Genoa, which provided for an amount of 55.47 million euros with tenders sent by 29 May, the Port System Authority of the Western Ligurian Sea has decided the renewal of the procedure by reviewing - explained the institution PORTUALE - «Some elements with respect to the tender facility, to protection of the development of a stability scenario the provision of the service of general interest in support of the period of intense infrastructural transformation of the port, in the compliance with social clauses and to guarantee levels employment'.

Since 2010 the service is carried out exclusively by FuoriMuro Port and Railway Services that in recent weeks has appealed to the Regional Administrative Court for the Liguria for the purpose of a revision of the call because, in the opinion of the company, the rates provided for the execution of the Railway shunting service would not ensure the coverage of costs.

In 2022 the railway shunting activities in the port of Genoa moved 9,235 trains for a total of 141,312 wagons railways, with increments of +6.6% and +0.5% respectively on the previous year, of which 5,925 trains (+7.0%) for 91,921 wagons (+6.0%) enlivened in the port area of Pra'-Voltri and 3,310 trains (+6.1%) for 49.391 wagons (- 8.2%) in the harbour area of Sampierdarena.