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MedCruise kickstarts 2024 from Genoa with a Workshop on Sustainability

15 January 2024

The Association, which groups together the Mediterranean Cruise Ports, launches its New Year activities from Genoa across the Professional Development Course organised in cooperation with MSC Cruises.

Genoa, 15 January - Today, 42 MedCruise port and destination members from 11 different countries attended the professional development workshop inaugurated in the Port of Genoa on board the MSC Fantasia. The 3-day training programme is dedicated to the topical issue of environmental and social susta...

Bettolo Gateway Terminal infrastructure works forge ahead

15 January 2024

Container yard expansion works, in progress since April of last year at the Bettolo Genoa Mediterranean Gateway Terminal in the Sampierdarena Basin, move rapidly ahead.

The new layout of the terminal eastside is now clearly visible. The installation of runways for high-performing cranes to optimise container handling operations and slab beams to enhance quay load capacity is underway. To ensure minimal disruption to daily port operations, the infrastructure works w...

New Sailing-Yachting Centre in Genoa's Port

15 December 2023

On 14 December 2023 the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority awarded a new concession to a group of Genoa-based companies, Genoa Sea Service Srl, Gatti Srl, North Sails Srl and Consorzio Assistenza Nautica of the Port of Genoa. The contract foresees innovative redevelopment in the Ship Repair Area east of the port.

The project, presented by the four long-established shipping companies specialised in the provision of customised solutions in marine supplies and services, dovetails with the extensive and far-reaching redevelopment plan requirements of the Levante Waterfront which calls for the creation of a new v...

New Genoa Breakwater, offshore construction works underway

01 December 2023

Work continues offshore on the New Genoa Breakwater, with the second block of columns under construction and 600,000 tons of gravel already deposited on the seabed.

Activities at the offshore construction site of the new Genoa breakwater continue unabated. To date, over 600,000 tons of gravel, used in the construction of the columns, have already been delivered by the three ships operating round-trips between Genoa and the Spanish city of Cartagena, with the go...

Ports of Genoa's strategic role in the EU: Renew4ge and E-Bridge

27 November 2023

Official presentation of the Renew4ge and E-Bridge projects progress and results. The Ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado Ligure's key role in the EU's intermodal chain supply between Europe and the Mediterranean across the Rhine-Alpine corridor.

The historic headquarters of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority, Palazzo San Giorgio, provided the stunning backdrop to the event dedicated to the presentation of the project results of RENEW4GE and E-BRIDGE, co-funded for approximately 9 million euros by the European Union's CEF for Transport ...

Savona Masterplan: the Changing Face of the Waterfront unveiled

24 November 2023

Official presentation of the Masterplan of Savona's waterfront and signing ceremony for the preliminary funding of 20 million euros.

The large-scale redevelopment of the waterfront and the close collaboration sealed between local and central government bodies to guarantee the sustainable development of the City and the Port of Savona were centre-stage at the event "Port-City Alliance Transforms the Coastline Eastwards of Savona",...

Commissioner Piacenza meets with US Consul General Benning

16 November 2023

On his first official visit to Genoa, the new US Consul General in Milan, Douglass Benning, was received at the Port Authority landmark headquarters of Palazzo San Giorgio by Government Commissioner Paolo Piacenza.

The discussion highlighted Genoa and Savona-Vado Ligure's strategic role as top Mediterranean port and fourth port in Europe in terms of export volumes to the United States, with an added focus on future developments across the Ports of Genoa and an update on the sizable 3 billion euro infrastructur...

Port of Savona-Vado, 21 new lighting towers with low power consumption

15 November 2023

High-performance lighting, improved visibility for safe working conditions at night, low power consumption. These are the solutions provided by the installation of the new public lighting in the Port of Savona-Vado Ligure.

The installation of the lighting towers, up to 50 metres high, is underway in the common user areas in the Ports of Savona and Vado. The works in progress foresee both the introduction of new high-performance lighting and the upgrade of existing lighting systems: 165 new led projectors on 11 buildin...

Ambassador of Vietnam opens in Genoa the Exhibition - A Tale of Two Ports

14 November 2023

The Government Commissioner Paolo Piacenza welcomed to the Port Authority headquarters of Palazzo San Giorgio, His Excellency Duong Hai Hung, Ambassador of Vietnam to Italy, for the inauguration of the Exhibition Genoa-Hai Phong - A Tale of Two Ports in the monumental Sala delle Compere.

In the course of the meeting with H.E. Duong Hai Hung, Commissioner Piacenza hailed the Ambassador's proposal to boost further the trading relations between Italy and Vietnam and to capitalise upon the long-established solidarity between the Port of Genoa and the southeastern Asian country to consol...

Renewal of Environmental and Quality Management Certifications in 2023

14 November 2023

The Port Authority has once again successfully passed the audit for the renewal of the ISO 1400:2015 environmental management certification and for the extension of the ISO 9001:2015 quality management certification to the entire organisation.

The quality and environmental management systems of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority have once again received certification following the audit and focus visits conducted by the certifying body Certriquality S.r.l. on 16 and 17 October. The ISO 14001 recertification affirmed the Port Authori...