The Sicilian regional council has given a mandate to the councilor for Infrastructure and mobility, Alessandro Aricò, of request from the Ministry of European Affairs for the South, the Cohesion policies and funding of 140 million euros for the PNRR of euros for the supply of a second Class A ro-pax ship from used for the transport of passengers, cars, heavy vehicles, goods, also dangerous and tankers on the Trapani-Pantelleria route. The regional authority recalled that the possibility of building a second ferry was already provided for in the contract stipulated with Fincantieri having been awarded the construction of the first naval unit ( of 9 October 2023). The first ship is under construction in Palermo plants and will be armed by the end of 2026, to be intended for connections with Lampedusa.