Musolino: “Civitavecchia can become a reference hub for North Africa”

“The Port of Civitavecchia can become the reference hub for the connection between Europe and Africa. The resources of the Recovery can be used to expand the quay to the north for the area for cruises, commercial traffic, fishing and cabotage. To the south, in the historic port, the one dedicated to tourism and pleasure boating, with the creation of one of the most evocative and fascinating Marina Yachting in the Mediterranean “. This was stated by Pino Musolino, president of the Port System Authority of the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea, at the event ‘Ports of Rome, Capital of the Mediterranean. The future starts with the Blue Economy ‘, which took place in Rome. “To face this challenge and meet the needs of the market, it is necessary to complete port infrastructural works such as the new ‘Ferry’ Dock which will allow for a further significant development of the Motorways of the Sea. last and penultimate mile, to allow a fluid and easy connectivity of the land side of the port, both inbound and outbound. With the realization of these infrastructural interventions, the port of Civitavecchia will be able to become a real pole of the Ro-Ro and Ro- segments Pax “. Speaking of the inclusion of Civitavecchia among the ‘Core’ ports of the Ten-T network, Musolino recalled the “important recognition” that will allow the Port System Authority of the Central Northern Tyrrhenian Sea to access funding from the Connecting Europe Facility. “For the first time the role of Civitavecchia as ‘Port of the Capital’ is officially recognized, with all that it can achieve in terms of infrastructural development, traffic and employment and positive effects also from the point of view of the institutional image, being able to effectively begin to think in a new perspective of network and system, together with Rome “, he specified. In Civitavecchia, “with over 250 million euros that have been allocated to us between Pnrr and the Infrastructure fund, we will be able to profoundly transform the port, positively affecting the city and the surrounding area as well”, stressed Musolino, not neglecting the aspects of innovation and sustainability. And then: “within the next two years, hydrogen-powered, zero-emission buses will circulate in the port of Civitavecchia, thanks to the Life3H project, which sees the Abruzzo Region as the leader in an initiative that will lead to the construction of three ‘Hydrogen valley ‘, of which that of the Port of Rome will be the first Italian’ Port Hydrogen Valley ‘”.