The ports of the Western Liguria Sea Port Authority register strong growth in August 2024 in cargo throughput, driven by containers and solid bulk.
The month of August 2024 witnesses an increase in overall throughput across the Ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado Ligure to 4,992,670 tons, up +2.4% compared to the corresponding period of 2023. Box terminal facilities performed strongly, reporting a rise of +33.7% in containerised cargo on August of t...
The Blue Agreement has been signed by the Port of Savona-Vado Ligure, the voluntary agreement stipulated by local public authorities and private operators of the maritime cluster to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from ships calling at the port and to mitigate the environmental impact across the surrounding urban fabric.
The noteworthy initiative was promoted by the Port of Savona Harbour Master and subscribed by the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority, the City Councils of Savona, Vado Ligure, Albissola Marina and Bergeggi, together with major shipping lines operating at the port facilities, local ship agencies and...
Genoa, 31 July 2024 - This morning the Government Commissioner Massimo Seno and the Deputy Government Commissioner Alberto Maria Benedetti, accompanied by the Maritime Director of Liguria and the Commander of the Port of Genoa, Rear Admiral Piero Pellizzari, boarded the SAR CP 288 tug to inspect Genoa's port facilities along the 22-km coastline, stretching from the shipyards eastwards to the Genova-Prà full-container terminal westwards.
The delegation, flanked by the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority Secretary General Paolo Piacenza and the Director of Port Planning and Development Marco Sanguineri, welcomed the opportunity to view on-site the full range of specialised terminals, in addition to the major infrastructure works unde...
The 65-metre high glass and steel control tower, under construction in Genoa's Levante Waterfront, will be equipped with a technologically innovative system designed to protect the building from vibrations caused by strong winds and severe sea conditions. Tuned mass dampers will be programmed and activated by electrical engines, across the Electro Pro system planned and built by ISAAC, to counteract all possible swaying motions of the tower and eliminate vibrations.
At the heart of this state-of-the art technology is a central command system which records the movement of the building across motion sensors applied to the walls and calculates in real-time the amount of force required to counterbalance the oscillations of the tower caused by strong winds. The New ...
Genoa has been honoured by the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) with the prestigious title of "The Lighthouse of the Year 2024" Award during the annual conference held at the historic Port Authority headquarters of Palazzo San Giorgio.
2 July 2024 - A true symbol of the City of Genoa, the 77-metre Lanterna is the tallest lighthouse in the Mediterranean and ranks fifth worldwide. Since its construction in 1128, it has never ceased to guide sailors across the Port of Genoa with its beam of light visible up to 50 kilometres. Until th...
At a depth of 20 metres, the second caisson of the Port of Genoa's new breakwater has been successfully positioned.
The facility, a sophisticated feat of engineering, begins to unfurl off the coast of the Sampierdarena basin, and construction works are underway on many fronts, with the deployment of cutting-edge techniques and equipment in terms of innovation and sustainability. The caisson will form part of the...
Terminal facilities overall performed strongly at the Ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado Ligure in April 2024, with an increase in cargo throughput of +11.3% on the corresponding period of the previous year to a monthly total of 5,759,747 tons.
Specifically, solid bulk rose by +102.2%, containerised cargo by +16% and conventional cargo by +12.1% on April 2023. Above all, it is important to note that the figures released by the container and multipurpose terminals indicate that the extent of the impact of the Red Sea crisis on the Mediterra...
Genoa, 24 May 2024 - The Port of Genoa's New Breakwater unfolds along the Sampierdarena basin, opposite the landmark 16th century Lighthouse. The first of the over 90 caissons, set to form part of the initial 4 km of the large-scale maritime infrastructure facility and which, upon overall completion, will stretch along a 6 km coastline, was positioned at a depth of 25 metres.
The ceremony to commemorate this important milestone was officiated at the Port Authority headquarters of Palazzo San Giorgio by both the Minister and Vice-Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Matteo Salvini and Edoardo Rixi, the Port Government Commissioner Paolo Piacenza, the acting Presiden...
The Cesare Imperiale waterfront promenade, which cuts along Genoa's cruise port, officially opens to passengers following the completion of extensive refurbishment works.
The panoramic 300-metre walk connects Ponte dei Mille to Ponte Andrea Doria in Stazioni Marittime's cruise terminal area, accessed annually by the 1.7 million passengers who choose Genoa as a cruise destination. The retrofitting activities have been designed to upgrade resistance in the road-bridge...
The New Open-Sea Breakwater takes shape as the fast-paced construction of the caissons takes off, with the near-completion of the first of 100 caissons set to form the 6,200 metre port facility.
Each reinforced-concrete cellular box is built in an ascending sequence, and the fabrication of the upper part of the first caisson is now visible on board the "Dario" floating dock positioned in the Port of Vado Ligure. A team of 40 highly skilled workers and engineers has been assigned to this pha...
