The Port System Authority of the Tyrrhenian Sea Settentrionale announced that today the Management Committee of the authority has given the final go-ahead to the new layout of the port of Livorno - explained the president of the Port Authority, Luciano Guerrieri, "allows us to free up the areas included in the passenger port and to rationalise the use of spaces on the east bank of the Darsena Toscana, thus defining the direction of alignment of port activities with the provisions of the Port Master Plan and, in particular, to the development prospects linked to the Europe Platform". One reorganization of areas - specified the Port Authority - with which "passenger traffic will finally be able to develop in a larger area than in the past, and in the which the eastern shore of the Darsena Toscana will instead go to configure itself as an operational base for CILP's activities related to the handling of new cars and ro-ro vessels Grimaldi eco class, until yesterday worked at the Alto Fondale».

The port authority recalled that the procedure, initiated at the beginning of 2022, it was divided into three phases, two of which were which have in fact ended in recent days with the enactment of of the provision formalizing the award of the concession to the Port Workers Company (CILP) of the areas behind the public berths 15C and 15D, on the east bank of the Darsena Tuscany, and its relegation from the concession areas on the root of the Alto Fondale, or of berths 45, 44 and 43 that will be available to the Port Authority so that, together with platforms 46 and 47, are subsequently reentrusted to the Porto di Livorno 2000, the company that operates services to the passengers in the port of Labroni.

In direct connection with the relocation of the CILP from the Upper Bottom, also for the purpose of better management of the terminal on the east bank of the Darsena Toscana, the Port Authority has approved the modification of the layout of the Lorenzini terminal, consisting of the demotion by the terminal operator from an area of 2,500 meters panels behind berth 15 C, which will be included in the concession to CILP, and in the assent in concession of a new quay area of 1,776 square meters at berth 15 C. Part the granting of the Lorenzini of a new concession of 724 square meters behind the Tripoli Quay, aimed at improving the conditions of the access road to the terminal in its new configuration.

In addition, the Port System Authority has announced the disbursement of 131 thousand euros in favor of the Employment Agency in Porto (ALP), the company authorised to provide labour port in the port of Livorno, to encourage the exodus volunteer of three workers, two of whom are operational and one administrative. "It is - explained Guerrieri - a initiative that the Port Authority legitimately intended to undertake on request of the ALP not only to promote the updating of the of the staff of art.17 but also to re-establish the financial balance of the company. The company has achieved in 2023 an annual turnover that was not sufficient to meet the coverage of total labour costs. Incentive proposals will therefore have obvious positive economic effects for the the company, while promoting an overall reduction in recourse to the Indemnity for Lack of Start-up".

On the occasion of today's meeting, Guerrieri also informed the members of the Management Committee that in September-October A discussion with the maritime cluster will be started and ALP members to identify the elements of a new model of work. "The offices - specified the secretary general of the port authority, Matteo Paroli - have prepared the first draft of the call for tenders for the concession of the temporary work supply service'. Specifying that the process will have to be started in the first months of 2025, Paroli specified that "the contents of the call will be examined and discussed with ALP members, operators and representatives trade unions".

At today's meeting, the Management Committee also gave the Green light for the takeover of the terminal operator Lorenzini in a portion of the concession granted to the Livorno Terminal Marittimo (LTM), the company belonging to the Moby group and responsible for the handling of ro-ro traffic at the Dock no. 1 of the port of Livorno which is going through a moment of difficulties: between 2020 and 2023, LTM saw progressively contract its traffic, entering into difficulties at the beginning of the year when Moby actually announced the cessation of the Cagliari-Livorno maritime line. These are an area of 18,000 square meters to be used for the traffic of goods Various. In the report of the manager of the port authority responsible of the proceedings, Fabrizio Marilli, it is explained that the authorization, granted by the Port Authority on the basis of art. 46 of the Navigation Code, «is facing an immediate recovery of operations of some areas of the LTM terminal, which it has in fact declared underutilized areas, making them available to operate traffic in evident expansion".

The Port Authority specified that the takeover is an idea born from LTM itself and has been made official in on the basis of a commercial agreement signed with Lorenzini and sent to the Port Authority for the activation of the authorization procedure. In 2022 The Port Authority had started the investigation process aimed at verifying compliance with LTM's business plan, for the maintenance of the state title and with the takeover of Lorenzini, the procedure for revision of the state title has been effectively suspended. The authorization to Lorenzini will be issued at the end of the publication procedures and will be in force for the entire duration of the of the concession granted to LTM (until 31 December 2025). The terminal operator has at the same time guaranteed that the operation will not have no impact on current employment levels.