Venice, February 9, 2024. The Tender Commission has completed its evaluation of the proposals submitted to the CCV commissioner’s office as the contracting authority for the Technical-Economic Feasibility Study (TEF), Environmental Impact Study, Final/Executive Design, Construction Management, and Investigations for the dredging of the access channel to the Marittima terminal.

The Commission, appointed by Fulvio Lino Di Blasio – Extraordinary Commissioner for the construction of temporary landings and complementary interventions for the protection of Venice and its lagoon, and further interventions for the protection of the Venice Lagoon – was established with the support of highly respected experts such as Eng. Matteo Graziani, Technical Director of the Port Authority MACS; Professor Francesco Napolitano, Director of the Department of Civil, Building, and Environmental Engineering and Vice-Rector of the University of Rome “La Sapienza”; and Engineer Paolo Menegazzo, Head of the Strategic Transport Planning Area of ​​the Port Authority MAS. The committee evaluated seven proposals submitted by seven high-value consortia with excellent technical proposals.

The award to the temporary consortium (ATI) consisting of the engineering firms “PROGER AQUA – Consorzio Stabile” and “HMR Ambiente S.r.l.” took into account the parameters indicated in the open public tender procedure launched in October 2023 for the provision of services for the preparation of the technical and economic feasibility study and environmental impact study for the entire project (including surveys and investigations) and, for the first phase, the preparation of the final/executive project, construction management, safety coordination during the project phase, and safety coordination during the execution phase.

Great attention to environmental aspects: in this regard, the temporary consortium will be required to conduct specific environmental and hydrodynamic studies as well as specific navigation simulations to identify the best balance between maintenance of the navigation channel and the size of the vessels in transit. Primary importance is given to assessing the project’s effects on canal decontamination, tidal flow near the Ponte della Libertà, and the reconstruction of structures necessary to achieve morphological equilibrium.

The first phase of the project will involve maintenance excavation of the canal to a depth of -8.0 m above sea level, using a 70 m-wide trench. The volume of sediment to be removed is estimated at 655,000 m3, for an investment of €21 million. Technical activities will then begin, initially including environmental investigations, the preparation of a technical and economic feasibility study, and the documentation required for submitting the project for the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Evaluation of the Impact Assessment (VINAC), procedures. The necessary documentation will then be submitted to the EIA Commission by September 2024, and—following its observations—the preparation of the final/executive project will begin.

“The award identified a group of companies that received the highest technical score, despite a lower price than other offers,” said Commissioner Fulvio Lino Di Blasio. “We want to offer the city the most technically complete solution because the balance between the environment and the port has long been our guiding principle in both our commissioner and non-commissioner activities. Indeed, although these are routine activities such as maintenance excavation to restore a port channel to the levels established by the current and existing Port Master Plan, the work requires the preparation of the necessary documents to be submitted for the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Evaluation of the Impact Assessment (VINAC) procedures. Furthermore, the project integrates with other ongoing activities by the Port Authority (AdSP) in the area of ​​the current Maritime Station, particularly the construction of “Cold Ironing” systems to provide electricity to ships from land so that they do not use their engines while docked.”

March 15, 2024

Calls for proposals published for the docks and Cruise Terminal in the North Canal (North Bank) and the dredging of the Malamocco-Marghera Canal

Venice, March 15, 2024 – The Northern Adriatic Sea Port Authority and the Government Commissioner for Cruises in Venice continue their commitment to the sustainable development of the Veneto port system. Two calls for proposals have been published on the Commissioner for Cruises in Venice website, aimed at the development of the regional cruise system in line with Legislative Decree 103. The first, concerns the intervention for nautical accessibility along the Malamocco-Marghera Canal, as outlined in the international research project “Channeling The Green Deal For Venice,” while the second, concerns the wharves and cruise terminal to be built in the North Canal (North Bank).

In relation to the dredging project for the Malamocco-Marghera canal, an open tender procedure has been launched for the provision of services for the preparation of the technical and economic feasibility study and the environmental impact study for the entire project – including surveys and investigations – and, for the first phase, the preparation of the final/executive project, construction management, and safety coordination during the project and execution phases. The total value of the contract is €5.489 million (over €2.061 million allocated to the preparation of the PFTE and the environmental impact study and over €3.427 million for optional services for the first phase). The contract will be awarded by the end of April.

Regarding the works related to the multiple landing stages, the commissioner’s office has taken an important step towards the construction of the two landing stages and the New Cruise Terminal at the area located in the North Industrial Canal – North Bank in Porto Marghera. Having approved and completed the technical and economic feasibility study in recent months and initiated the expropriation process, the Cruise Commissioner in Venice has launched an open procedure for the awarding of the final/executive project, along with the environmental impact study, safety coordination, and construction management for the construction of two berths, including the aprons behind, and the passenger terminal on an area of ​​approximately 50,000 square metres. The starting bid is over €7.8 million. The project will be subject to an environmental impact assessment and subsequently put into practice for the tender process, in order to have the berths available for the 2027 cruise season.

“These are eagerly awaited tenders, and their results will significantly boost port operations, port work, the competitiveness of our system, and in the immediate future, the continuation of the commissioner’s activities in accordance with the timetable,” commented Commissioner Fulvio Lino Di Blasio. “Like all the tenders we issue and as confirmed by the studies they support, we place the utmost emphasis on environmental sustainability and the protection and safeguarding of the Lagoon.”