The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has called for three European tenders for the awarding of public service concessions maritime transport of passengers, vehicles and goods with the Region Sardinia is one of the largest islands, with public service obligations for maritime territorial continuity. The procedures, the which is expected to last nine months from the publication of the tender, concern the Genoa-Porto Torres maritime routes, Naples-Cagliari-Palermo and Civitavecchia-Arbatax-Cagliari.

The concessions will have a duration of 60 months, extendable by a further 36 months. Bids must be sent within hours 14.00 on July 1st.

For the Genoa-Porto Torres line, the starting price of the concession for the public service, net of revenues from traffic, is about 34.3 million euros, for the Napoli-Cagliari-Palermo is about 39.1 million euros and for the Civitavecchia-Arbatax-Cagliari line is about 45.9 million euros.