Fincantieri sinks in Sestri Ponente?
The alarm of the trade unions after the appeal presented to the TAR of Liguria by Marina Aeroporto. The company challenged the award of the overthrow of Fincantieri in Sestri Ponente assigned by Adsp Genova to Rcm Costruzioni, Fincosit, Trevi, Consorzio Integra and Gs Edil
As soon as it started, Fincantieri's overturning overboard could already slow down.
On 21 December, the filling operations of the new descent of the shipyards of Sestri Ponente in Genoa, also known as 'overturning' in the Genoese plant of Fincantieri, had entered into full swing. This was announced in a note from the commissioner for the reconstruction of the Polcevera viaduct.
The project is part of the Extraordinary Program of interventions envisaged by the Genoa Decree. The implementing body of the specific intervention is the Municipality of Genoa, while the works are carried out by the temporary grouping of companies: Rti Fincosit srl, Consorzio Stabile Grandi Lavori scrl, Consorzio Integra Soc. Coop., Icm spa.
Not even two months later and the work already encounters an obstacle.
In fact, the company Marina Genova Aeroporto presented an appeal to the Liguria TAR to block the 366 million euro contract. The Genoa-Savona Port System Authority (Adsp) received three expressions of interest in the construction of the work. In addition to the contracting one, that of the Eteria consortia (the Caltagirone and Gavio families) , and of the consortium between WeBuild Italia, Fincantieri Infrastructure and Sales (which rose to prominence for the reconstruction of the Morandi Bridge). ( Here the in-depth analysis of Startmag ).
But now this appeal could represent "an abrupt halt". “And this possibility has alarmed the trade unions and workers of the Sestri Ponente site” as the 19th century points out today.
All the details.
THE SEA OVERTURNING OF FINCANTIERI
The overhead tilting project envisages the expansion of the Sestri Ponente plant, minimizing possible interference with other industrial realities in the basin.
The expansion will give the opportunity to build ships of over 170,000 tons in a 400-meter dock. The movement upstream of the railway and the reconstruction of the prefabrication workshops will be carried out, making them even more technologically advanced.The project has been divided into lots and also includes the hydraulic arrangement of the Molinassi stream.
The overturning is the other great work of the Extraordinary Plan of the post-collapse investments of the Morandi bridge prepared by the Commissioner for reconstruction Marco Bucci.
WAITED FOR YEARS
“The doubling of the Sestri Ponente construction site has been expected for years” underlines the 19th Century . "The work, whose works have just begun, had to be completed in 2024 but due to the many delays the end has already been postponed to 2026".
THE APPEAL SUBMITTED BY MARINA GENOVA AIRPORT
And now these delays could multiply.
In recent days, the company Marina Genova Aeroporto filed an appeal with the TAR against the award of the final design of the expansion plan. "The private marina is located right in front of the shipyard and has about 500 berths that could be reduced precisely due to an expansion towards the sea of the plant" explains the Ligurian newspaper.
THE ALARM OF THE TRADE UNIONS
But the appeal warns the trade unions who envisage a slowdown in work.
"Without the expansion of the shipyard we risk ending up automatically out of the world market for the construction of new cruise ships, with consequent evident and dramatic employment", reports Chirstian Venzano, general secretary of Fim-Cisl Liguria, which foresees for the Genoese industry " a very resized future ”should the plan of overturning overboard go up in smoke, underlines the 19th Century .
“The Sestri Ponente site has no future without overturning. This appeal alarms us because any delays could weigh on production and employment. All the parties involved must sit around a table and find a solution in a short time ”underlines Antonio Apa, general secretary of Uilm Genova.
The Fincantieri plant employs approximately 700 direct workers, the number of which is expected to double once the overturning overboard is completed.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/smartcity/fincantieri-ribaltamento-a-mare-a-sestri-ponente/ on Thu, 10 Feb 2022 12:16:28 +0000.