From Renzo Piano's blueprint to the busy building site, the Port of Genoa's new Control Tower is under construction in the Levante Waterfront. The foundations of the building, designed to accommodate the port pilots operations, take shape and will be connected by a boarding bridge to the artificial island where the steel and glass-panelled Tower with the observation room is set to dominate the harbour skyline.
Specifically, quay retrofitting continues across the injection of cement at high pressure with the use of jet grouting techniques. Eastside the building's elevator shaft takes shape across the installation of the 48 footings at the base of the foundation construction; westside, quay refurbishment go...News
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The Port Authority President, Paolo Emilio Signorini, receives H.E. Rommanee Kananurak, Ambassador of Thailand to Italy, during the course of her first official visit to the city of Genoa since her appointment last year.
Sestri Ponente’s Fincantieri Shipyard provided the stunning backdrop to the Cruiseship «Coin Ceremony» of Explora II, the second of six ships commissioned by Explora Journey, the luxury brand of the MSC Cruise Division, and the first MSC vessel to be built in Genoa where the cruise line registers its highest passenger volume worldwide.
Dredging operations speed up alongside the cruise and ferry terminal quays to ensure completion ahead of schedule and prepare to accommodate in full safety the passenger ships scheduled in Genoa for the busy summer months.
Inauguration of the new Pionieri e Aviatori d'Italia Viaduct across via Siffredi.
The new linear landscaped Dune Urban Park designed to function as a visual screen and noise barrier between PSA Genova Pra' container terminal and the adjacent residential urban fabric, takes shape. The public inner city recreational area, already open to residents for leisure and sports activities, has been expanded to create more urban green spaces for outdoor pursuits.
The upgrade to the Christopher Columbus International Airport terminal building kicks off. The refurbishment of the dedicated passenger area calls for a revised layout of the Departure Zone, with the installation of additional check-in desks and security checkpoints and the inauguration of a new food court and retail outlets.
With the new year, MSC Cruises and Costa are back with epic Around-the-World cruises and reconfirm Genoa and Savona as embarkation ports for travel enthusiasts' most beloved sea voyages. On offer, a selection of World Tours featuring itineraries across five continents in 130 days.
The repair and new building sector in the Port of Genoa is performing strongly and looks to the future. A byword for excellence within the Italian shipping industry and now set to be refurbished and expanded, with the simultaneous reduction in the impact of yard activities on the city.
State-of-the-art technology and know-how made in Genoa, the next-generation cruise ships will be built in the future new mega-drydock under construction in Sestri Ponente. It will rank amongst the largest facilities in the Mediterranean, catering for the construction of high-tech vessels over 350 metres in length and up to 150,000 gt.