This morning in the port of Termini Imerese it was presented the new container terminal at the Riva quay, strengthened with a investment of eight million euros, to which the previously handled container traffic in the port of Palermo by the Portitalia company. «In Termini Imerese - underlined the president of the Port System Authority of the Western Sicilian Sea, Pasqualino Monti, presenting the New Work - A new page of strategy is being written infrastructure: with 180 million euros already put on the ground, The port changes its skin and ambitions and the transfer of the terminal container from Palermo is not only a logistical choice, but a gesture that enhances the concept of "port system", and which confirms Termini as the protagonist of a process of port regeneration that looks far ahead and represents a Modern vision of Porto: integrated, efficient, accessible. In agreement with the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, it is outlined, therefore, a new logistical and tourist centrality, which strengthens the role of Sicily in European corridors. A port that returns to dialogue with the city and its territory, at the service of sustainable and shared growth. Termini Imerese is no longer the shadow of an industrial past, but the embryo of a new productive and urban geography".

Giuseppe Todaro, president of Portitalia, pointed out that "The start-up of the new container terminal in Termini Imerese is an opportunity for operators, customers and also for the territory. For operators, because they can (and we can) working in better conditions, with growth prospects that the city could no longer guarantee, both because of of the small spaces, and because of the lack of infrastructure to support of the port area of Palermo. For customers - added Todaro - because distances are shortened and consequently also the times and new possibilities related to the movement open up of goods to and from the center of Sicily. And last but not least important by moving part of the activity to a port that is logistically and geographically more suitable, with a of roads and motorways that helps to make goods travel in more fluidly, with little impact on the traffic".