In the Tuscan ports of Livorno, Piombino and Portoferraio The electrification of the docks is proceeding according to plan. It has announced the extraordinary commissioner of the Authority of Port System of the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea, Davide Gariglio, explaining that the timetable is "respected to date of the works".

Entrusted through a tender in December 2023 to the Integra Consortium and financed with a total of €77.5 million from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan and the related Fund complementary, the works in the port of Livorno are aimed at build a substation within the Enel ex-power plant area Marzocco and three conversion cabins serving the passengers (including cruises) and containers, the first to be located inside the current silos, the second cabin to be positioned in the area destined for the future cruise terminal in the vicinity of the Calata Alto Fondale, the last one at the Darsena Toscana. To today a substantial part of the paths in excavation with the laying of cable ducts both in the passenger area and in that of containers. Drilling work has also begun controlled horizontal subsoil for the laying of cable ducts in near the swing bridge overlooking the Old Fortress (works completed) and on the Navicelli Canal (works in progress). Work has also begun on the construction of the substations conversion on Calata Sgarallino and in Darsena Toscana.

Even in the port of Piombino, almost the excavation paths have been completely completed with the laying of the cable ducts and the foundation for the cabin has been completed conversion. The same result for the port of Elba, in the which are currently underway both the laying of the cables and the construction of the conversion cabin.

"If everything were to proceed as planned - he pointed out Gariglio - in just over a year the ports of Piombino and Portoferraio and, later, that of Livorno will be equipped to to feed the docking of ships at the quay". Referring to a recent study by the environmental association Transport & Environment (T&E) on the progress of the different Ongoing projects for the electrification of the quays of 31 European ports ( of 15 July 2025), the president of the Tuscan Port Authority noted that "T&E's analysis shows that the port of Livorno is a one of the few to have installed or contracted more than of half of the construction works of the cold plants ironing. It is an appreciation that, far from generating satisfaction with the objectives achieved, represents for this reason Port Authority a further incentive to continue with Even greater determination towards the goal final".