With the awarding of the works at the end of last year to the temporary grouping of companies set up between ICM Spa (agent) and Fincantieri Infrastructure Opere Marittime Spa, Eni Rewind Spa, Semataf Srl and Fincantieri Infrastructure Spa, is the start of the works for the "Safety and industrial conversion, economic development and production of the 'former Belleli Yard' site in the port of Taranto". The intervention, which sees Sogesid as the contracting authority, the "in-house" engineering companies of the ministries Environment and Infrastructure, has a value of 135.3 million of euros and is financed from funds of the Region Puglia, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport and on own funds of the Port System Authority of the Ionian Sea.

The Port Authority recalled that in 2020, with an agreement of the value of 45.5 million euros, the extraordinary commissioner of the port of Taranto, Sergio Prete, had commissioned Sogesid to complete the activities for the permanent safety of the aquifer in the area located within the Site of Interest National of Taranto, right next to the former Ilva land and close to the fifth protruding of the Ionian port. The intervention is was subsequently included in the "Cooperation Agreement" programme for the implementation of the integrated project for the implementation of the Security, industrial conversion and productive economic development in the Taranto area Ex Yard Belleli", signed in July 2022, which provided, following the completion of the remediation of the area, the settlement of the shipbuilding group Ferretti. Following the withdrawal by the Ferretti Group, the Cantieri di Puglia company has submitted a request for takeover, which is being evaluated by the subscribers of the program agreement.

The port authority highlighted that, with the completion of the last acts, it will be possible to immediately start the executive design and, pending definition of the possible takeover of the programme agreement of the new private operator, including the execution of reclamation works and redevelopment of the areas and their docks, providing the Ionian port of spaces and infrastructures to be used for new productive activities. The same areas, among other things, are also included among those candidates for the development of the so-called offshore wind hub assessed by the Ministry of the Environment.