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Port security upgrade works continue across the summer to optimise secure access control solutions at the 14 gates across the Port of Genoa. Giano Gate will be closed from 23 August for approximately 30 days for construction works.
Giano Gate, located alongside the shipyards to the east of the Port of Genoa, will remain closed to vehicles in both directions from 06:00 hrs on Tuesday, 23 August 2022, but will remain open to pedestrians in/out, from Mondays to Fridays, from 06:00 hrs to 20:00 hrs. Full access to the shipyard ar...
Site inspection for forthcoming installation of shore power facility in Genoa's cruise and ferry passenger hub.
The team of engineers of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority and Nidec ASI SpA, the company contracted to plan and build the new shore side electricity facilities, have completed the on-site inspection to identify the optimal location for the installation of the new power generation unit in the ...
Quay reconstruction at the new Control Tower site is completed. Works on the tower are scheduled to go ahead after the closure of the 62nd edition of the Genoa Boat Show at the end of September, to minimise disruptions to the smooth running of the major international event.
Strategically located on an artificial island in the Levante marina, the Control Tower has been planned to ensure that all classes of ships can manoeuvre in full safety in/out of the Port of Genoa. Designed by Renzo Piano, the 60-metre high glass and steel tower will be flanked by two elevated build...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
On 27 May the Select Committee of the Public Works Upper Council of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility gave the go-ahead to the Port of Genoa's key strategic project for the building of the New Breakwater. At this juncture, the Port Authority is on track to publish, by the beginning of June, the invitation to tender for the executive design and construction works.
Genoa's New Breakwater forms part of a group of ten government core projects considered vital to addressing longstanding economic challenges across the country, and which consequently benefit from major infrastructure status and from the introduction of streamlined procedures, with added flexibility...
The quaywall retrofitting and dredging works alongside Ponte dei Mille West have been completed on schedule.
The project forms part of the wide-ranging plan to upgrade the docks of the Genoa Old Port and Passenger Terminals. The Stazioni Marittime Genova Passenger Terminal is now ready to kick off the busy summer cruising season and confirms the maiden call of the future generation MSC World Class cruise ...
