In 2023 in the ports of Livorno, Piombino and the Island of Elba managed by the Port System Authority of the Tyrrhenian Sea Northern 261 thousand tons of emissions were produced of carbon dioxide, 230 thousand of which are generated by ships in transit and stopped on the quay. This was announced in the latest report on the carbon footprint, which was presented this morning by the President of the Port Authority, Luciano Guerrieri, to the members of the management of the entity, specifying that compared to the data of 2021, the year in which the first report was produced, the decreased by -7.6%.

Data for 2023 shows that emissions in the port of Livorno account for about 74.0% of the total, those of Piombino for 14.8% and those of the Island of Elba for 11.2%. Compared to sectors of reference, emissions from maritime traffic weigh for 88.1% of the total, with land activities incident for the 9,9%. The remaining part refers to land traffic and railway. With reference to the type of traffic, the passenger accounts for 23.9%, the cargo sector for 69% and the port services for 6.4%.

The survey for individual ports shows that in 2023 in the port of Livorno 193 thousand tons of dioxide were emitted carbon equivalent, of which more than 165 thousand produced by ships in and maneuvering and 24 thousand from ground activities. In the port of Piombino, 38 thousand tons of CO2 were produced, of which 36 thousand produced by ships during stopover or maneuver. In the Elba ports of Portoferraio, Rio Marina 29 thousand tons of CO2 emitted, of which over 28 thousand from from ships.

Presenting the data of the latest carbon footprint report, Guerrieri highlighted how in 2023, compared to 2021 data, there was an overall decrease of -7.6% in emissions mainly due to the -12% drop in those produced by the sector of merchant ships: "Although there is still a lot of work to be done to achieve a complete decarbonization of the sector - observed - it is impossible not to note how pollution in ports is progressively decreasing thanks to a combination of of regulations and developments in environmental initiatives". In In particular, the president of the Port Authority specified that the results of 2023 are the direct consequence of some positive contributions such as the reduction of emissions in quay parking part of the ro-ro traffic for the port of call of scheduled ships equipped with new battery technology (-20% CO2eq of the estimated total ro-ro/rolling stock and - 1.1% of total CO2eq ships), the spread of of the use of electricity from renewable sources among users and the substantial increase in the rail traffic in the port of Livorno, which subtracts the flow of road traffic still substantially based on fuels Fossil.

Recalling environmental sustainability initiatives launched as early as 2021 as part of the Energy Document of the Port System and carried out during these three years, starting with the intervention for the construction of Ships' electricity supply facilities quay (Onshore Power Supply) in the ports of Livorno, Piombino and Portoferraio, and recalling that "all the interventions are in advanced design phase and must be completed by 2026", Guerrieri specified that these projects in the process of implementation will allow, according to estimates, a reduction in of tonnes of CO2 emitted by ships during their stay equal to -32% in the port of Livorno, -25% in that of Piombino and -49% in the port of Livorno. port of Portoferraio.