The Port System Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Sea announced that it has secured funding of more than nine million euros. million euros with the approval under the Connecting call Europe Facility (CEF) Transport Call 2023 of the SWIFTRAIL project for the development of railway infrastructure in the port of La Spezia, project that will contribute to the realization of the new Freight railway station in the Ligurian port. Funding for the construction of the new railway facility in the port will be added to the to the approximately €39 million already obtained by the PSA through ministerial funding from the CIPE fund.

The port authority specified that, thanks to this additional financing, by 2026 the port of La Spezia will be equipped with a modern freight station capable of handling 50% of the containers transiting through the port by train, according to the objectives of the Port Master Plan. SWIFTRAIL will allow to also develop an activity dedicated to the analysis of optimisation of rail flows to and from the port of Spice, with particular attention to the enhancement of the line Pontremolese.

"Obtaining this funding - he underlined the President of the Port Authority, Mario Sommariva - represents a result for our institution and for the extent of the funding for the project of the new La Spezia station Maritime. The European Commission has recognized the goodness of the of the project and the maturity of the works, which will in fact start as early as February 2024. The work of these months, which has led to to obtain the funding, testifies to the attention paid to the the Port Authority is focusing on intermodal transport and, specifically, on the railway, which has always been an element of excellence in the port of La Spezia on the Italian and European scene».