From next spring, cruise ships will be able to moor in complete safety at the Garibaldi Pier despite the works in course for the construction of the Maritime Station in Calata Paita, in the event that leveling has not yet been completed of the seabed of the first port basin. He said this today the Port System Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Sea addressing concerns about ship operability cruise ships in the port of La Spezia recently expressed by the cruise companies Costa Cruises, MSC Cruises and Royal Caribbean shareholders of the terminal company Spezia & Carrara Cruise Terminal ( of the 11th October 2024).

The port authority explained that the activities of planning relating to the simultaneous nature of the works and the operation of cruise ships have been subject to a careful and in-depth analysis by the Harbour Master's Office Porto in collaboration with the Port Authority and with the help of the services and that this study, conducted with the aim of to ensure the safety of navigation and the efficiency of the of transactions, took into account each significant variable, from the layout of construction site areas to space management maneuver. The port authority specified that a passage The fundamental analysis was represented by the manoeuvre simulations coordinated by the Harbour Master's Office, with the help of the port pilots and in the presence of the Port Authority technicians, of the company concessionaire of the towing service, of the terminal operator Spezia & Carrara Cruise Terminal and captains of the cruise companies Costa, MSC and Royal Caribbean which are carried out at the specialized center in Genoa of the CETENA, the research company of the Fincantieri group. 'The The results of the simulations - announced the Port Authority - confirmed what has already been expressed by the Harbour Master's Office on 22 last October and that is the feasibility, in full safety, of the manoeuvres of approaching cruise ships, in view of the progress of infrastructure works, by May 2025. These results therefore confirm that ships will be able to continue to operate regularly at the West Garibaldi Pier in the port of La Spezia, without compromising normal activities of the construction of the new cruise pier nor the safety of all the other operators".