Major changes to the integrated port system of Naples are being made through a multi-faceted project backed by the European Regional Development Fund. The work aims to improve a number of structures, to make operations safer and more efficient. Environmental issues are being given priority, with plans to clean the port area’s seabed, introduce clean energy to the site and increase the amount of freight moved by rail. The changes should help to reduce how much air pollution the port generates.
- 10 May 2019
This is phase two of the project and covers design and construction works. The package of measures includes:
construction of a 16.5 km sewage networka reorganisation of the port’s 1.4 km internal road and 3 km-long rail linkcleaning 2 800 000 m2 of the seabedinstalling 10 000 m2 of photovoltaic panels, andextending the port’s dam by 100 m.In addition, there are plans to ensure the safety of the port’s Marinella dock area.
New jobs
Naples is one of the Mediterranean’s largest sea ports, handling more than 20 million tonnes of cargo every year. The port employs around 4 800 people and caters for about 64 000 vessel arrivals annually. About 70 new jobs are being created to carry out the project’s programme of works.
Dredging the seabed is likely to uncover unexploded ordnance as well as archaeological items, which could have cultural significance for the city of Naples.
Total investment and EU funding
Total investment for the project “Logistics and ports – integrated port system of Naples, phase 2” is 148 212 027, with the EU’s European Regional Development Fund contributing 110 904 743 through the “Campania” Regional Operational Programme for the 2014-2020 programming period. The investment falls under the priority “Transport and energy networks”.