At Marina Cala de' Medici, a new mooring plan for alternative fuels and larger yachts.
The Tuscan tourist port is planning infrastructural upgrades, including dredging and beach nourishment works
The Marina di Cala de' Medici tourist port has announced that it has approved a proposal to update its mooring plan, which it will soon submit to the relevant authorities and the municipal administration. This proposal will reflect technological developments in the nautical industry, which include the widespread use of new vessels powered by fuels with a reduced environmental impact.
The project, a statement explains, has the dual objective of making the port suitable for accommodating larger vessels than currently available and of providing the necessary infrastructure for the distribution of alternative fuels to traditional fossil fuels. As CEO Matteo Italo Ratti explains, the energy transition also affects the nautical sector, and an increasing number of shipyards are developing propulsion solutions based on low-carbon fuels, such as advanced biofuels or other low-emission blends. Hence the desire to make the marina ready to respond to this technological evolution, ensuring adequate services for shipowners while also meeting the region's environmental expectations.
To accommodate vessels larger than those currently docking at the port, the project envisages infrastructure upgrades, including dredging and beach nourishment, always with particular attention to and in compliance with the environmental requirements set forth in current legislation.
The Cala de' Medici Marina, the statement continues, thus aims to consolidate its role as a strategic infrastructure for local and regional economic development, with particular attention to enhancing its offerings, services, and employment. Furthermore, on the environmental and management front, "the port already operates, and will increasingly continue to do so, in compliance with current national and European regulations regarding the disposal of ship-generated waste, applying criteria consistent with the principles of the circular economy."
"Our goal," Ratti concludes, "is therefore also to strengthen institutional collaboration with both regional and local governments, including the municipal government, also by overcoming interpretative differences that have developed over time and building a stable and transparent framework for relations between the marina and the local community."
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