1. Navicelli Presentation

2. The Company
 Founded in 1982, Navicelli is a municipal in-House
company of Pisa
 A public capital company:
 33% City hall of Pisa,
 33% Provincia of Pisa
 33% Chamber of Commerce of Pisa
 Company’s duties
 Command Port on the Navicelli Canal:
 Administration and Management of maritime domain along the canal
 Maintenance and Dredging of the Canal
 Coordination and Navigation Control
 YachtingLab Service & Research Center Administration

3. Navicelli Docks Figures
Length
(mt)
Width
(mt)
Depth
(mt)
NAVICELLI CANAL
(Pisa - Leghorn)
17,000 33 3
HARBOUR OF PISA 200 70 3
Port’s facilities
• nr. 1 travel-lift to launch and towing
• Quay of about 600 mt
• nr. 6 others quays along the canal
• nr. 1 railway track on the dock’s quay
connected to the Italian railway network
• The area is close to the main national roads
and motorways, and to the “G.Galilei”
International Airport

4. Navicelli Area Figures
 Nr. 15 historical
companies located along
the Navicelli Canal (most
of them shipyards and
transports)
 Nr.1 Customs Agency
 About 500 units of direct
workers and employees
 Business: 160 million
euros

5. Future Development
• Total development area:
over 600,000 sq.mt.
• Shipbuilding area: 270,000 sq.mt.
• Office/laboratory/services area :
125,000 sq.mt.
• Logistics area: 40,000 sq.mt.
• New dock 500mx80m: 40,000 sq.mt.
• New companies in the area: about 50
“SVILUPPO NAVICELLI SPA”
HARBOUR OF PISA NEW COMERS:

6. .
• The coastal territory of Pisa is characterized by a particular
river-maritime circuit with a great potential, linking the
historical cities (Pisa) and ports (Marina di Pisa and Leghorn),
through the Navicelli Canal and the Arno River
• An enhancement of waterways would provide an effective
way for implementing tourism and logistics
• One of the main project is the realization of Navicelli’s
Water Gate, in order to restore the ancient link between
the Arno river and Navicelli Canal.

7. .
• The marina is still under construction (the water basin
was just filled on February 2013)
• The work will be completed during 2013 .
• The plan is the realization of nr. 475 berths, equipment
and port services.
• Along the left bank of the Arno river there is a long-established nautical
reality. In this bank there are about 30 little businesses that offers nautical
services and provides mooring to 500 boats (5 – 15 mt).

8. Freight on the Navicelli Canal
Main Objective
 Reactivate transport of goods along the inland waterway “Navicelli
Canal” from Pisa to Leghorn
Medium Term Objectives
 Interception of Mediterranean routes
(ie. motorways of the sea)
 Access point for the Tyrrhenian coast
 Restoring railway connection directly
on the docks
Test Case 2010:
Freight Trasport of glass materials
from Pisa (Saint Gobain) to Salaise-sur-Sanne (FR)

9. Some Recent Projects …
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
A.P.E.A. NAVICELLI 2020
(Area Produttiva Ecologicamente Attrezzata - Environmentally
equipped productive area)
SMART GRIDS NAVICELLI
(“Smart” electrical distribution networks)
SOMAIN
(new standard of sustainability and governance for the supply
chain, Life cycle of yachts)
BIOPILA-BIOSED
(testing pilot-scale biopile plant on part of Navicelli dredging
sediments)
TRANSFER of KNOW-HOW
(CROSSBORD PROJECTS)
MISTRAL (Web Portal to support High Mediterranean
marines)
SERENA (Strengthen the work of public employment
services to help the marine industry development)

10. …Next Projects
ENVIRONMENT
ERA 2012 (Ecosostenibilità e Riqualificazione Ambientale – Environmental Sustainable
Redevelopment: Second development on Navicelli area as environmentally equipped
productive area: i.e. Restoring Navicelli’s quay and railway connection)
LOGISTIC & SECURITY
(CROSSBORD PROJECT)
LOSE (Logistic & Security related to freight transport:
i.e. Implementing a security system along the waterway)

11. Possible areas of interest in
collaboration with EUROPHAR
 ENVIRONMENT
(i.e. Dredging management, Improving water quality and environmental
substainability)
 LOGISTIC
(i.e. Improving services, transport of passengers and goods, Connecting port and
city)
 SECURITY
(i.e. Implementing Port Security Plan)

12. Eng. Giovandomenico Caridi
Dr. Marco Sammataro