On Wednesday, the Management Committee of the Port System of the Central Adriatic Sea has approved the 2023 final balance sheet of the entity recording a surplus of 12.6 million in the current part which - the PSA specified - includes an advance payment for insurance compensation of six million for the fire of the former Tubimar in the port of Ancona. Receipts on account amounted to €44.9 million, mainly state funds for port infrastructures and the NRRP for the implementation of the programme of works in ports. Current expenditures, amounting to 11.7 million, were lower than expected. The surplus of administration as at 31 December 2023 amounted to €289.7 million, of which 444 thousand euros is available.

The port authority pointed out that among the positive elements of accounting management in 2023, it should be noted that the incidence of personnel costs on current account receipts of the budget, which amounted to little less than 17%, and suppliers' payment times that result in be on average 20 days compared to the 30 days provided for by the law.

At its meeting, the Management Committee also adopted the technical-functional adaptation to the current Regulatory Plan Port for the extension of the quay "ex materiali of the Fincantieri shipyard in the port of Ancona. In the Doric shipyard, during periods of maximum activity, Up to four ships can be produced at the same time thanks to the more than 2,500 people. All the processes for each phase of production are carried out within the plant, which is characterized by a dry dock of 240 meters, a quay of 270 meters and the one called "ex materiali equipment, quay cranes, workshops, warehouses, office buildings and forecourts. The quay affected by the works is 110 meters long. The intervention will bring it to 260 meters in length so as to have a suitable approach front to the ever-increasing shipbuilding needs of Dimensions and tonnage according to the best international standards of the shipbuilding sector. The realization of the elongation It also includes the construction of an embankment where they will be the existing crane runways have been extended and new mooring systems and furnishings.

The extension of the "former ferrous materials" quay is part of the action to support the development of the shipbuilding of the port of Ancona agreed last year November by the Port System Authority and Fincantieri ( of 13 November 2023). The intervention also includes the extension of the dry dock from 240 to 300 meters - on both it is in Course the drafting of the feasibility project and the revival of tetrapods installed in protection of the plant, already in progress, with completion of the work in July. Total public investment 40 million, plus 40 million private investment. On the technical-functional adaptation, after the adoption of the PSA Management Committee, will have to express an opinion by the Superior Council of Public Works.