After being presented to the members of the Sea Resource Partnership, the 2026 budget and the three-year public works programme of the Supervisory Authority Port System of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas were adopted by the extraordinary commissioner of the institution, Paolo Piacenza. In the provisional budget, an income of about 25 million euros with an estimated expenditure of over 37 million, resulting in an operating deficit of about 12 million euro that is fully covered by the presumed budget surplus of over 122 million euros.

Introducing the budget to the Partnership Body of the sea resource, Piacenza highlighted the relevant interventions, including to which the financing of the works for the cold ironing system to allow ships moored in the port of Gioia Tauro to Connecting to the shore power grid: "As you know - explained - is one of the most important interventions in and partly in execution, because already admitted by a decree, subsequently defunded in the month of August. With the collaboration of colleagues and also of the Ministry, we have managed to obtain the definitive confirmation of a EUR 70 million in funding through a memorandum, signed a few weeks ago with Deputy Minister Edoardo Rixi, following which the formalities are underway to reach signing of the procedural agreement". "If you don't we should arrive by 2029 having at least 90% of ships over the 5,000 tons supplied by electrification or, in any case, by shore power supply - specified the extraordinary commissioner - We would face very important sanctions and we cannot Afford. Therefore, it is even more proudly that I want to report, also in this table, the importance of the result achieved with the definition of the funding in question that represents a fundamental element for the future of the port of Gioia Tauro».

Among the other interventions financed in the budget, Piacenza has dredging program, worth five million euro, which is essential to guarantee the depth of the seabed at -17/18 meters along the entire port channel, the prerogative of the airport, the only one in Italy - he underlined - to be able to receive the mega Latest generation container ships.