The Business Minister and Made in Italy, Adolfo Ursohad a telephone interview with the President of the Calabria Region, Roberto Occhiutoregarding the port and productive development of the Gioia Tauro area.
During the comparison, the extraordinary were deepened potential of the port of Gioia Taurowith particular attention to attractiveness to highly added foreign investments. With over 400 hectares of docks and the port area and 700 hectares of reta retaliation, Gioia Tauro represents the first Italian airport for transhipment and the eighth in Europe, as well as the only one in Italy capable of welcoming the most modern mega-navi-navi mega thanks to the depth of the seabed. The completion of the port He favored the development of intermodality, also thanks to the railway gateway that connects the port to the interports of Bari and Nola and the rest of the country.
Minister Urso and President Occhiuto finally examined the project of terrestrial regasifier able to process 12 to 16 billion cubic meters of liquefied natural gas (GN) per year, already authorized in the Gioia Tauro area. The system, integrated with the national gas pipeline network, will be able to represent a strategic infrastructure for the country’s energy security, while offering significant development opportunities for the territory.