In a letter sent to the President of the Council of Ministers, ministers, Giorgia Meloni, and the ministers of Infrastructure and Transport, Matteo Salvini, Environment and Security Energetics, Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, and for Sport and Youth, Andrea Abodi, the president and director of the Association Italiana Terminalisti Portuali (Assiterminal), Tomaso Cognolato and Alessandro Ferrari, expressed "strong concern in regarding the hypotheses of use of the Levante reclaimed area of the port of Naples for the transfer of sediments from dredging of the Bagnoli area, as part of the preparations for the 2027 edition of the America's Cup. These hypotheses, currently also subject to evaluation in the context of the conversion into law of Decree 96/2025 - they explained in the letter - risk significantly impair the ability to start the excavation works of the seabed of the commercial port, awaited for years and essential to ensure the safety and efficiency of maritime operations. The use of the reclaimed area for purposes other than those already planned would put at risk the operation of the port of Naples, with serious repercussions on the economy and employment of the territory".

«While we believe that it is of absolute value for the city and for Italy, the possibility of hosting an event of international scope such as the America's Cup - concluded Cognolato and Ferrari - we must safeguard full functionality of the activities of the port, the nerve center of the economy national team'.