The tender for the awarding of a concession for six years of the connections with the Sardinian islands of La Maddalena and San Pietro is was awarded to Delcomar, while the contract for the connections with Asinara was awarded to the Ensamar of the group Delcomar. The total contract amount is 189.8 million euros for the contract to Delcomar and 17.4 million for the one at Ensamar.

To ensure continuity of service beyond next 30 June, the expiry date of the technical extension of the maritime services currently in force, has been ordered the emergency early execution starting from the next first July pending the formal stipulation of the contracts, subject to to the usual checks on the requirements declared in the tender.

"With this award - underlined the councilor Sardinian Regional Transport, Barbara Manca - we are finally closing a long phase of uncertainty and continuous extensions, ensuring that community of the smaller islands a stable, scheduled service and long-lasting. After five races that went deserted between 2022 and 2023 for connections with St. Peter's and La Maddalena, due to the structural difficulties in the European maritime market - ha specified Manca - the Region has continued to work with determination, defining a new call for proposals that would really put the the right to mobility of citizens is the center".