Commenting on yesterday's green light from the Interministerial Committee for Economic Planning and Sustainable Development (CIPESS) the financing of €206.9 million for phase 1 of the construction of the future Pier VIII of the port of Trieste, the Extraordinary Commissioner of the Port System Authority of the Eastern Adriatic Sea, Vittorio Torbianelli, underlined that it is "a passage of great value for our port" and "a project that, after those of the PNC/PNRR, sees our port system further recognized by of the government as a strategic area for the development of the role of the of Italy in the context of European ports, enhancing the Trieste model based on the concepts of collaboration between public and private, of full integration between the sea and the rail/intermodal system".

In July 2023, the construction company I.CO.P., the terminal operator HHLA PLT Italy, which is a subsidiary of by the German HHLA and by the Italians Francesco Parisi, I.CO.P. and Interporto Bologna, and its subsidiary Logistica Giuliana had sent to the Port System Authority a proposal for public-private partnership for the construction of a container Terminal with a capacity of 1.6 million TEUs at Pier VIII of the Julian airport, while requesting a declaration of public interest in the work. The PPP presupposes the stipulation of a long-term contract that assumes a cost of the intervention of 315 million euros, of which 206.9 million covered by the public and the remaining share from the private party.

In yesterday's meeting, the CIPESS expressed its opinion about the convenience and feasibility of using PPPs (ex Article 175, paragraph 3, of Legislative Decree no. no. 36/2023). This opinion is preparatory to the decree financing the public part of the work by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, which will issue a special decree to this effect.