The public debate on the project was launched today of Pier VIII of the port of Trieste, which consists of the construction of the of the first phase of a new container terminal on a single total of 17 hectares already provided for by the Master Plan Harbour. The project is developed in a partnership between the Port System Authority of the Sea Adriatico Orientale, HHLA PLT Italy, a subsidiary company by the German HHLA and by the Italians Francesco Parisi, I.CO. P e Bologna Interport which manages a logistics platform in the port of call, its subsidiary Logistica Giuliana and the same I.CO.P. The total investment envisaged is 315.8 €206.8 million of which is covered by public funding (MIT-MEF) and €109.0 million from the private sector.

In the first phase of the project, the terminal will be equipped with an annual traffic capacity of about 450 thousand TEUs and, Once the entire project is completed, the capacity will be able to rise to 1.6 million TEUs.

The Port System Authority has highlighted that is the first public debate ever held in Friuli Venezia Giulia and is dedicated to the largest work in the airport Giuliano and one of the main port infrastructures currently under construction on the national scene. The entire route is coordinated by law by an independent manager, responsible for ensuring the correctness and effectiveness of the process participatory. For Pier VIII, the role has been entrusted to Andrea Mariotto, as part of the Avventura working group Urbana Srl, a company specialized in the design and management of complex participatory processes.

At www.dpmoloottavotrieste.it all the documentation relating to the including the project report prepared by the proposer, and the website will be the reference point information for the entire route and will contain all the materials required by current legislation. The public debate It will last 120 days, of which 30 for documentary verification and launch of the path, 60 for the collection of observations from the public and 30 for the preparation of the final report by the of the coordinator. Within 60 days of the publication of this report, the Port Authority, as the proposing body, will present the final document in which it will explain the decisions taken in relation to the issues that emerged. In addition, they are four public meetings are scheduled (1, 8, 15, 23 July) and three technical-institutional tables on specific topics.

"We are conducting - underlined the Commissioner extraordinary of the Port Authority, Antonio Gurrieri, announcing the launch of the PUBLIC DEBATE - A decisive game that will change the face of the airport, with significant effects for the entire system logistics and for the territory, in terms of employment and Cheap. Furthermore, the start of this path of democracy will be a further test of the relationship that links the port to the city and how fundamental the dialogue with the territory".

Specifying that, "with the acquisition of the shareholding majority in the multipurpose terminal Logistics Platform Trieste, HHLA has entered a dynamic and growing market, with the aim of actively contributing to the development of new trade flows in the Adriatic area", the administrator delegate of HHLA PLT Italy, Antonio Barbara, said that, "in In line with its expansion strategy, HHLA will continue to to invest with conviction in the development of the terminal and in the extension of the operational area, aiming to strengthen the logistics of Trieste. The long-term goal - he specified - is creating a sustainable and technologically efficient container terminal advanced, the most innovative in the Adriatic".