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Minister for Infrastructure Giovannini visits the Port of Genoa

25 July 2022

The Italian Minister for Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility, Enrico Giovannini, inspected the Port of Genoa facilities on board the Coastguards' vessel, flanked by the Port Authority President Paolo Emilio Signorini, the Commander of the Port Admiral Sergio Liardo, the Mayor of Genoa Marco Bucci and the Prefect Renato Franceschelli.

The official Government visit to Genoa provided the Minister with the opportunity to view on-site the major infrastructure works of the 2.3 billion investment programme underway across Italy's leading port. Following an inspection of the Fincantieri Shipyard, where senior management illustrated the ...

Ponte Eritrea, quay upgrades take shape

22 July 2022

Construction works have commenced at Ponte Eritrea in the cargo handling area of the Sampierdarena basin to retrofit and upgrade the quaywall.

The project features amongst the extensive plans to renovate the docks in the old port and passenger port of Genoa to equip Ponte Eritrea, Ponte San Giorgio, Ponte dei Mille and Ponte Doria for the advent of the ultra-large container and passenger vessels. Once the renovation works have been complet...

Delft University of Technology study trip to the Ports of Genoa

21 July 2022

A group of thirty master students from Delft University of Technology visits the Ports of Genoa as a model for best practices.

Full immersion in Genoa on the part of a group of students in Marine Engineering, Naval Architecture, and Offshore and Dredging Engineering from The Netherlands on a study trip to Italy, organised by the Delft University maritime technology study association, with on-site inspections of Italy's lead...

Nearshoring, new business opportunities with Bavaria's Swabia

07 July 2022

The Ports of Genoa were amongst the guests invited to speak by Logistic-Cluster Schwaben, the Logistics Association at the helm of the vibrant area in Baviera between Munich and Stuttgart, at the Maritime Port Day hosted on 6 July in Augusta.

The networking event was attended by over 75 managers from the supply chain and manufacturing industry in the region, including Southern Germany's leading industrial hubs such as Kempten, Ulm, Memmingen, Donauworth and Augusta. The Western Liguria Sea Port Authority, with the support of Promos Ital...

New Cruise Ponte dei Mille layout unveiled

06 July 2022

Within the range of infrastructure works underway to upgrade the Passenger Port of Genoa, quaywall renovation at Ponte dei Mille East begins to take shape.

Plans are afoot to equip the berth for the next-generation cruise vessels, thereby providing Stazioni Marittime with an additional mega-cruise pier, alongside Ponte dei Mille West which can already accommodate the ultra-large passenger ships following the recent completion of dredging works. The pr...

Port Traffic Volumes - May 2022

01 July 2022

Cargo throughput from January to May returns to pre-Covid levels. In 2022 total tonnage handled by the Ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado rose to 28,361,863 t., a +9.8% increase on 2021 and in line with 2019 volumes.

Specifically, in May total traffic grew by +7.2% on 2021 to 6,227,172 t., with strong increases posted by containersied cargo (+6.5%) and conventional cargo (+14.2%). Solid bulk surged by +28.1% and mineral oils by 7.2%, whilst food liquid bulk and chemical products fell by -26.4% and -33.6% respect...

New Genoa Breakwater: no bids submitted

01 July 2022

In view of the fact that no bids were submitted by the two groups pre-qualified to present an offer in the call for tender for the implementation of the detailed and executive design and construction of the new Breakwater of Genoa, the Port Authority declares its intention to proceed, in compliance with art.63 of the Public Procurement Code, with the contract award process with the interested parties.

Within this framework, alternative solutions are currently being assessed. Firstly, the opportunity, during the contract award process, to review the design of the breakwater, with no changes to project performance and costs, as per requirements outlined in report n.1/22 of the Standing Committee of...

New Pope Bridge: First Concrete Pour Ceremony

29 June 2022

The footing of the new Pope Bridge takes shape. The road infrastructure works in the Port of Genoa forge ahead.

Genoa – At 18:00 hrs on 28 June the first concrete footing of the new Pope Bridge was poured during a ceremony, heralding the start of new extensive road infrastructure construction works on-site and around the Sampierdarena port area in a far-reaching 141-million euro project. The new bridge has be...

Lithuania explores new trade corridors to Genoa and Italy

27 June 2022

The Economic Affairs Officer of the Embassy of Lithuania in Italy, Laura Sereniene, met with the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority President, Paolo Emilio Signorini, on 23 June in the historic headquarters of Palazzo San Giorgio.

The meeting focused on the further development of rail freight corridors, in conjunction with the promotion of seaborne trade flows across the Genoese port, between Northern Italy and the Baltic State which plays a strategic role as import/export gateway between Europe and Asia. Within this framewor...

Port Authority joins the Consular Corps global event in Genoa

22 June 2022

At the first meeting organised on 21 June by the Ligurian Capital's thriving Consular Corps in the former stock exchange building of Palazzo della Borsa Valori, "Genoa in the World. The World in Genoa", the Ports of Genoa were invited to take part in the networking event hosted by the 54 Consul General and Honorary Consuls posted in Liguria, Italy's second-ranking consular corps in terms of the high number and strategic importance of the countries represented.

The gathering was structured to foster business opportunities and cultural exchanges, with the objective to both highlight the international vocation of Genoa and promote and market the city worldwide. In the Sala delle Grida, consulate staff showcased leading products and services on site and acro...