They were completed in the port of La Spezia, in advance compared to the tender schedule, the works at the Fornelli Pier necessary to enable future developments of the terminal for La Spezia Container Terminal (LSCT) permitting containers the installation of new cranes with a higher capacity, capable of to operate Ultra Large Container Vessels, and the increase in volumes of traffic. The works, contracted by the System Authority Port of the Eastern Ligurian Sea and built by the company Dr. Carlo Agnese Spa on the basis of the executive project drawn up in LSCT, consisted in filling the cavities under the support foot of the caissons, with the aid of steel containment sheet piles fixed by the quay and subsequently cut to size by teams of divers operating on the seabed.

"The intervention - explained the director of operations of LSCT, Alessandro Pellegri - is a fundamental step in the enhancement of our infrastructure and allows us to proactively respond to the needs of our customers, supporting the growth of containerized traffic and the future expansion of the terminal".

"We worked synergistically with the terminal LSCT and with the company Dr. Carlo Agnese Spa - commented Federica Montaresi, extraordinary commissioner of the Port Authority - to be able to ensure the rapid completion of the works and the return of the quay to full operation. Here we go thanks to the professionalism and attention that all together, Port Authority, LSCT and company, with all the technicians and responsible for the works, we have dedicated to this intervention with the awareness of its strategic importance for making the port of La Spezia an increasingly attractive, competitive and able to respond to the needs of the market".