With Ordinance No. 139 of 2026, the Port Authority of Ravenna has established, on an experimental basis and in partial derogation from the limits provided for by the current Regulations Approaches, that those who operate in port quays with a maximum allowable draught equal to 10.80 meters, may submit to the Technical Section, Port Security and Defense of the Harbour Master's Office specific request for authorization to dock (during the day and at favorable tide) for ships with a maximum draft of up to 11.00 meters. All ships with a draught greater than 10.80 meters they will have to carry out the maneuvers entry/mooring using two pilots on board and adopting any further prescription deemed appropriate by the Maritime Authority.

The maximum maximum allowable draft of the vessels is authorized by the Harbour Master's Office after the execution of the dredging of the Candiano Canal of the port as part of the project "Port Hub" of Ravenna and following the surveys port bathymetry sent in recent days by the Italian Regulatory Authority of the Port System of the Center-North Adriatic Sea and of the positive outcome of the incoming manoeuvres of ships with maximum draft of 10.80 meters.

Commenting on the provision of the Harbour Master's Office, the president of the Port Authority, Francesco Benevolo, underlined that "the port of Ravenna celebrates today, with the ordinance of the Harbour Master's Office for the experimentation of the draft at minus 11 meters, a stage fundamental for its economic and strategic development. Thanks to the dredging and adaptation of the docks envisaged by the first phase of the great project "Ravenna Port Hub", in which the Port System Authority is engaged for years - underlined Benevolo - can now have I start this experimentation that allows our port to to accommodate vessels of greater draught and with a capacity of significantly higher load, responding concretely to the needs global markets and modern logistics chains. This extraordinary result is the result of constant commitment and of the close collaboration between the Port System Authority and the Port Authority, which has made it possible to overcome its complexities always guaranteeing maximum navigation safety".

Benevolo recalled that the goal is to deepen port seabed: "This milestone - explained - motivates us even more to continue for the reaching - 12.5 meters, a goal for which we will continue to work, with the always active support of all the subjects operating in our port, and in particular excellent services nautical technicians. I thank you for this great shared commitment which, Once again, it proves to be effective and today allows us to celebrate a historic result for the port of Ravenna, first of all Commander Tattoli, together with all the members of the our port community".