On Thursday, the Port System Authority of the Sea of Sardinia has published the notice of preliminary consultation of the market for the evaluation of expressions of interest by operators in the sector for the issuance of State-owned maritime concessions in the new shipbuilding hub in Cagliari, which was inaugurated last summer ( of 17 July 2023). The complex, located in the eastern outport of the Port Canal, consists of 175 thousand square meters of areas and docks and is divided into 13 lots grouped into four categories: the first, type A, will be intended for settlements dedicated to construction, refitting, repair and maintenance of recreational and sports vessels over 50 metres of length, including complementary activities such as marketing and storage; Types B and C will host the same activities, but for larger vessels Lower; Type D settlements are intended for engine repair, plant installation electrical and electronic equipment, manufacture and repair of textiles, metal products, small parts, tools for navigation and lighting equipment.

Expression of interest from aspirants concessionaires may concern one or more lots, provided that Contiguous. For those areas classified in types A and B, The adjacent bodies of water are also subject to concession. Will care of the productive activities of the settlements, necessary infrastructural interventions in the areas of settlement, such as, for example, the paving of plots and the construction of buildings.

For this first phase of evaluation of the manifestations of interest, the PSA will take into account the project proposals of Arrangement of the areas, the management plan and organization of the activity, experience in the sector, employment levels as well as the parameterized economic offer the extension of the property to be granted in concession which, by law, It is, for 2024, set at 1.70168 euros per square meter per year. Amount which, in the case of competing applications, will constitute the base on which to make the rise. The concession title does not It will be able to exceed 40 years.

Expressions of interest must be received by the PSA by 12.00 noon on 8 April. Once a first evaluation of the proposals, the institution will invite the interested in submitting, within 60 days, a formal request for concession that will be published later for the acquisition of any oppositions or competing instances.