PSA is focusing on the green transition in Italian terminals
The Singapore-based group operates the Pra’ and Sech quays in Genoa, as well as Vecon in Venice. The projects include new electric cranes and biofuels
Whilst in Italia and across Europe there is debate over the impact of the ETS (the European Emissions Trading Scheme) on the maritime sector and businesses are calling for a review of the roadmap towards decarbonisation, the Italian PSA terminals – which are operated under concession by the Port of Singapore Authority – are pressing ahead with the energy transition. This is evident from the 2025 Sustainability Report published by the port terminal operator.
In Italia, the group operates PSA Genova Pra’, PSA Sech (also in Genoa) and PSA Venice-Vecon (in Venice) – three berths through which 25 per cent of all gateway container traffic to and from Italia passes; it also employs 1,080 staff (+6% over the three-year period 2023–2025), with 85% of its workforce coming from the provinces of Genoa and Venice. The year 2025, explain the senior management of PSA Italia, “has enabled an acceleration towards decarbonisation. Among the most significant measures, the investment in new, fully electric E-RTG yard cranes in Genoa Pra’ and Venice is particularly noteworthy”.
Data from the 2025 Sustainability Report
As for Vecon, “during the year it achieved full coverage of its electricity requirements from renewable sources certified via Guarantees of Origin, thereby eliminating the indirect emissions associated with electricity consumption reported under Scope 2; at the same time, the terminal introduced HVO biofuel, reducing CO₂ emissions by 88.7 per cent compared with conventional diesel for its handling vehicles”.
The Pra’ terminal also covers 100 per cent of its electricity consumption with certified renewable energy, through Guarantees of Origin, a milestone it has already achieved since 2021; SECH, moreover, was a pioneer in the purchase of green energy, adopting the practice of Guarantees of Origin as early as 2020 and achieving full coverage of its electricity consumption (Scope 2) in 2021.
All three terminals, moreover, as PSA points out, ‘share the same certification (ISO 14064-1) for greenhouse gas emissions and the use of 100 per cent certified renewable energy, whilst a specific energy management certification (ISO 50001) is explicitly attributed by the report to Venice-Vecon and Pra’’.
