Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) September 4, 2023 – The Port Authority of Livorno has published a tender for the design and construction of the cold ironing works in the port of Livorno. This is additional to an earlier €20.4 million contract for the electrification of the docks of the ports of Piombino and Portoferraio. All three ports are part of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP – North Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority).
The tender is worth €52.1 million and benefits from funding from the complementary fund to the Pnrr National Recovery and Resilience Plan (Pnrr – Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza). Offers must be presented by 17 October. After the award and delivery, it will take 75 days for design and 607 days for execution of the works. It includes a requirement for a four-year maintenance period. It should be operational within 2.5 years of a contract being signed.
Cold ironing/dock electrification/OPS
Cold ironing (onshore power supply, shore connection, shore-to-ship power or alternative maritime power) is the process of providing dockside electrical power to a ship at berth while its main and auxiliary engines are turned off. This reduces gaseous emissions, noise and vibrations within ports, benefitting port workers and nearby residents. The EALING project (European flagship Action for coLd ironING in ports) is an EU project to electrify all port energy supply.
The project involves a new substation within the Enel area of the former Marzocco plant. Additionally, there will be two conversion structures respectively serving ferries and cruises. The first will be located inside the current silos. The second will be in the area intended for the future cruise terminal near Calata Alto Fondale.
For the part of systems serving container ships, the construction of a facility near the terminal section of the SGC FI-PI-LI is envisaged. The remaining part of the system consists of conduits and cables between substations/cabins and cabins/quay sockets.
Management comment
“We are satisfied to bring to tender a strategic contract for the port of Livorno” declared AdSP president, Luciano Guerrieri. “With the publication of the calls for tenders in Livorno, Piombino and Portoferraio, we are taking another step forward in the strategic planning process based on the sustainable development of the ports of the system” he added.
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