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Doing Business with the Ports of Genoa

06 May 2021

"Doing Business with Italian Ports". The event, organised by the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration, in conjunction with the U.S. Consulate General in Milan and the Embassy in Rome, to illustrate the Ports of Genoa major infrastructure programme to U.S. companies.

A wide range of U.S. companies and government agencies accepted the Consulate General's invitation to attend the webinar Doing Business with Italian Ports - The Ports of Genoa on 4 May 2021. The market briefing focused on the sizable infrastructure investment programme, spearheaded by the Port Autho...

Cruises resume from the Port of Savona

01 May 2021

Costa Cruises' LNG-powered green flagship, Costa Smeralda, sets sails from Palacrociere Terminal for the first 2021 cruise.

A brief ceremony marked the start of the Costa Cruise Mediterranean summer season from Savona, with the participation of the President of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority, Paolo Emilio Signorini, the Director-General of Costa Cruises, Mario Zanetti, the Mayor of Savona, Ilaria Caprioglio and ...

New cruise sailings from the Port of Genoa

01 May 2021

As of 1st May, Genoa welcomes back the MSC Seaside, which now flanks the cruise line's flagship Grandiosa, at sea since 16 August 2020.

The revival of cruise operations in the Mediterranean is another step forward which heralds the return over the summer of 10 of MSC's current 18-cruiseship fleet. In August the future MSC flagship Seashore, under construction in the Fincantieri Monfalcone shipyard, featuring the latest and most adva...

Genoa Blue Agreement: a Green Revolution

26 April 2021

The Western Ligurian Sea Ports are set to become a designated Sulphur Emission Control Area (SECA). The Genoa Blue Agreement, promoted by the Genoa Harbour Master, has been renewed.

The voluntary agreement, which had initially been subscribed on 12 July 2019 by a group of cruise and passenger ferry liners and tug boat operators to reduce the environmental impact of vessels calling at the Ports of Genoa and Savona, represents a further major step towards sustainable shipping in ...

Christening of Grimaldi's Eco Savona hybrid ro-ro vessel

21 April 2021

Savona hosted the christening ceremony and maiden call of Eco Savona, the fourth unit of the Grimaldi Green 5th Generation (GG5G) hybrid ro-ro ship fleet, equipped with the technology to cut emissions in port to zero by using the electricity stored in mega lithium-ion batteries during navigation.

21 April 2021 - The Eco Savona ranks worldwide as one of the largest and most advanced ro-ro ships in terms of eco-sustainability, 238 metres in length and 34 metres wide, with a capacity of up to over 500 trailers and 180 cars, and yet designed to halve CO2 emissions compared to the previous genera...

Signorini appointed Port of Genoa Breakwater Commissioner

16 April 2021

Today, Paolo Emilio Signorini, the President of the Port Authority of the Western Ligurian Sea, has been officially nominated Commissioner of the New Breakwater of the Port of Genoa by the Italian Minister of Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility

16 April 2021 - The Government appointment has been established by an ad-hoc Act specifically dedicated to the implementation of 57 strategic major public works across Italy to rebuild and upgrade the nation's infrastructure. A total of 29 Commissioners have been assigned to oversee the completion ...

Easylog: smart gate system at VIO Intermodal Terminal

15 April 2021

The EasyLog EU Project, co-financed by the Interreg Italy-France Maritime European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), which includes the active participation of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority alongside the Chambers of Commerce of the Italian Riviera, launched at the beginning of April a trial period to test a combination of innovative technologies at the Vado Ligure VIO Intermodal Terminal gates.

The new virtual gate system, which can also be implemented in port terminals, is based upon the use of smart glasses which allow gate security officers to read in real-time number plates, ADR codes of hazardous cargo, estimate length of the vehicles, filming and photography, and to store and share t...

Vice Minister for Infrastructure visits the Port of Genoa

10 April 2021

Today the Port Authority President, Paolo Emilio Signorini, welcomed the newly appointed Italian Vice Minister for Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility, Alessandro Morelli, to the Port of Genoa. Their meeting focused upon the range of major infrastructure works underway, including Genoa's new planned breakwater, instrumental in consolidating the competitive edge, not only of the Ligurian seaports, but also of the Italian and Central European local economy

"Genoa is the maritime gateway into and out of Europe", declared the Vice Minister. "The breakwater should be considered a 'gift' not only to Genoa, but also to Europe" he added, as he highlighted the strategic role of the new construction. The press conference at the Port Authority headquarters of...

Port Traffic Volumes - February 2021

01 April 2021

In February the European Commission upgraded its economic growth forecasts for 2021 and 2022, pointing to a +3.8% increase in the eurozone, following the 6.8% fall of 2020; whilst GNP is expected to return to pre-pandemic levels by mid-2022. Naturally, these projections depend upon the successful roll out of the vaccination campaign across Europe

With reference to the Italian port industry, in February the Ports of Genoa, Savona and Vado Ligure recorded total cargo throughput of 4,533,489 tons, a -15.6.% decrease on the corresponding period in 2020 (pre-pandemic), which brings the decline since the beginning of the year to -11.3%. Box throug...

Switzerland: Genoa, an example of efficiency

23 March 2021

Genoa as a remarkable Italian model for best practices, the Rhine-Alpine Rail Corridor and the new Breakwater of the Port of Genoa: these are just some of the topics reported in the weekly magazine programme Tempi Moderni aired by RSI, the Swiss public broadcasting service in Italian

The episode, which was broadcast on 19 March, focused upon the strategic role of the Port of Genoa as Southern maritime gateway for the leading manufacturing and consumer areas of Northern Italy and Switzerland, in view of the near completion of the Rhine-Alpine Corridor and, above all, thanks to Ge...