Yesterday the Management Committee of the System Authority Port of the Western Ligurian Sea has approved the second notes of change to the 2026 budget of the entity that provide for higher revenues of €64.3 million and higher expenses of €24.59 million million euros. The Port Authority explained that the changes have become necessary to adapt budget appropriations to developments management that has taken place over the past few months and to the updating of the Ordinary and Extraordinary, receiving new funding and updating the investment planning.

The higher capital receipts, amounting to €59.36 million euros, derive from the update of the programming infrastructure, both ordinary and extraordinary. Among the The main changes include State grants for investment and PNRR resources of 9.26 million euros, allocations deriving from the breakdown of the 2024 VAT Fund (2023 VAT) by 9.68 million euros, regional funding of 4.3 million euros intended for intervention P.707 "Securing the Torrente Segno", ASPI's contribution, as part of the agreements relating to Smart Logistics projects, amounting to €26 million of euros, and €8.9 million relating to the residual portion of the EIB financing for the construction of the New Dam Foranea of Genoa.

On the expenditure side, the updated budget adjusts the appropriations for both infrastructure investment and the activities necessary for the functioning of the institution, with increases of €12.34 million and €12.25 million respectively million euros. Changes in the current portion include in addition, the adjustment of certain budget appropriations, including those relating to the purchase of goods and services, for a total of 4.6 million euros.

The Port Authority specified that the issue of the so-called "expensive materials", with the body that has advanced with its own resources over 56 million euros to to the higher costs incurred by economic operators in the period between the fourth quarter of 2024 and the second half of the year 2025, according to the mechanisms provided for by the legislation and pending the subsequent transfer of the relevant resources by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport.

The changes also include the inclusion of new strategic projects, including those for the modernisation of port gates as part of Smart Logistics, the 5G project for telecommunications infrastructures, interventions on the New Vado Ligure Dam and further works aimed at improving port accessibility.

As a result of the approved changes, the surplus of Estimated administration as of December 31, 2026 amounts to 121.45 million euros, of which 102.6 million euros tied up.