The Port System Authority of the Adriatic Sea Centrale has published the call for tenders for the dredging works of the basin of the commercial dock of the port of Ancona, intervention which will affect platforms 19 to 26 with a total investment of 18.7 million euros, the most built in the history of the Doric port to deepen the Seabeds. The dredging will make it possible to reach the maximum altitude of depth provided for by the Port Master Plan in force, with heights that touch from -12.50 meters of the quays 19-20-21 up to at -14 meters of quay 26. Applications to participate in the tender must be received by the Port Authority by 26 September.

The removal of about 730 thousand cubic meters of Sediments. The dredged material will be delivered mainly in the sea diving area off the coast of Ancona, with a intended for the port's reclaimed tank. Before the start of the works, systematic war reclamation will be carried out of the entire basin concerned, the award of which is has already been defined and for which the phase is underway of contractualization. The intervention will also be accompanied by continuous environmental monitoring under the supervision of the Port System Authority, as required by the regional authorization decree.

The Port Authority highlighted that "the dredging of the dock will improve the navigability and strengthen the competitiveness of the Doric port which will be able to accommodate ships of greater capacity and tonnage. An opportunity both for the development of port activities and for the growth of the local economy, thanks to an infrastructure more efficient and competitive, able to respond to the needs of international needs". "The dredging of the dock - underlined the president of the Port Authority, Vincenzo Garofalo - is a fundamental work for the development of of the port of Ancona. We arrive at a necessary and strongly awaited by operators. With this investment, the airport will acquire further strategic potential in the national and international ports with the possibility of to increase trade traffic, an opportunity to benefit of the competitiveness of Made in Marche and of the local economy. A chance to improve attractiveness for new markets and for other lines of traffic".