The emission and noise values in the port of Salerno are well below regulatory limits and activities have minimal impact on air quality of the city. This is the conclusion of a campaign environmental monitoring in the port of Campania that began in March 2000 2019 and still ongoing, the results of which were presented today at the Salerno Maritime Station in a press conference organized by by the Port System Authority of the Central Tyrrhenian Sea together with the inter-university consortium of the University Centre for the Prediction and Prevention of Major Risks (C.U.G.RI.), consisting of University of Salerno and University of Naples Federico II, which has been monitoring the quality of the and the noise level of the Campania port with the collaboration, for the validation of the data, of the Regional Agency for the Environmental Protection of Campania (ARPAC).

The parameters monitored concern nine elements: dust nitrogen oxides, ozone, sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide Carbon, Volatile Organic Compounds, Polycyclic Hydrocarbons metals (nickel, cadmium and arsenic), and finally conditions weather and climate. All of these factors are detected through six monitoring points: three inside the port (Varco Ponente, Varco Trapezio and Molo 3 Gennaio) and three in urban areas (Piazzale San Leo, via Benedetto Croce and Piazza Umberto I). They are used three fixed stations for monitoring emissions plus a "seedAIR" mobile phone for monitoring the air quality.

At the same time, an alert system was set up coordinated and developed by the Port Authority, CUGRI, the Municipality, the Harbour Master's Office and ARPAC with the aim of immediately reporting the overrun of a environmental parameter from one of the monitoring stations. Detailed information on the monitoring project of the CUGRI-ARPAC for the port of Salerno can be found on the dedicated website MapSA (Environmental Monitoring of the Port of Salerno).

Commenting on the results of the campaign, the president of the AdSP of the Central Tyrrhenian Sea, Andrea Annunziata, pointed out that "the The port of Salerno is a healthy port of call and these excellent Results concerning the environment and the air we breathe show Also that it is a port that does not pollute. It is - it has underlined - in constant growth and, thanks to funding from the PNRR, will be able to develop further. The Molo Manfredi, polo of cruise landing, will be expanded, dredging is in completion and the renovation of the docks in Levante and Ponente, just to name a few. Now we know also that all these activities, which always keep in mind environmental and safety considerations, do not have an impact on the on the city's air quality, and of the lives of its inhabitants."

The Secretary General of the PSA recalled that also spending resources to further reduce the impact of the environmental: "Within the timeframe set out in the timetable - Giuseppe Grimaldi specified - we are proceeding the concrete implementation of the interventions financed by the Plan Complementary to the PNRR that I recall, for the port of Salerno, concerning the extension of the Manfredi Pier, the interventions at the Molo Ponente and Molo Levante, the completion of the dredging and and finally, the electrification of the quays, the so-called cold Ironing, a topic pertaining to environmental sustainability of the port. This will allow the ships to turn off their engines thus reducing polluting emissions, which such as notes the CUGRI-ARPAC campaign are already widely in the norm. The Port Authority has recently signed an agreement with Enel for Build a high-voltage transformer substation and start up Thus the electrification of a part of the port, in in particular, as a matter of priority, on the cruise quay, the Manfredi Pier. For the road axis for heavy vehicles, Salerno Porta West, it is expected by the first quarter of next year to open a first tunnel to start relieving traffic. Finally, we are drafting the new Port Master Plan, where We intend to propose important and significant innovations, with a view to sustainable development, more effective organisation of port destinations and, above all, to promote even more so employment."

"The port of Salerno - commented the mayor of the city, Vincenzo Napoli - has very high environmental parameters Satisfactory. The scientific framework is rigorous and documented. All results are measurable and available to anyone who wants to learn more about them."