Today the Management Committee of the System Authority Port of the Western Ligurian Sea has approved the budget final balance of the entity relating to the financial year 2025, which was closed with a total administration surplus of approximately 184.11 million euros (€213.81 million at 31 December 2024), of which €182.93 million million euros mainly tied to the construction of investments (117.4 million in 2024). On the revenue side, the current income amounted to €118 million (€125.2 million) million in 2024), capital receipts at 74 million euros (49.1 million). On the expenditure side, current expenditure amounts to to €77 million (€79.7 million), with a degree of implementation by 84%, and capital expenditures to €146 million (€123.0 million) million).

The port authority highlighted that among the items of expenditure current, in 2025 the contributions paid to port companies pursuant to art. 17 paragraph 15 bis of Law 84/94 were found to be amounting to a total of €3.8 million and earmarked for outplacement, vocational training and incentive measures for early retirement.

On the investment front, the Extraordinary Programme of the works record commitments of approximately 79 million euros with a degree of achievement of 86.78%, while the Ordinary Programme reaches 89.69% of implementation with 38 million euros committed in the year.

The Committee also approved the 2025 Annual Report, which summarises the activity carried out by the Port Authority of the Ligurian Sea during 2025, covering organisational aspects, planning, operational, infrastructural, financial, state-owned and port work.

During today's session, it was then expressed favourable opinion by the members of the Committee on the release of the of the further temporary extension, until 9 July 2026, of the operational exercise and the interim renewal of licences relating to the Bettolo-Rugna railway complex, functional to the continuity of intermodal loading and unloading operations containers to and from railway convoys, pending the definition of the ongoing multi-year procedure.