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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...
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...
The President of the Western Liguria Sea Port Authority, Paolo Emilio Signorini, the Special Commissioner Marco Bucci and the President of the Liguria Region, Giovanni Toti, signed a joint declaration requesting, across the establishment of the Steering Committee, the go-ahead to the Simplified Logistics Zone (SLZ), as proposed by the Emergency Genoa Law 130/2018
The consultation between the Ports of Genoa, the Liguria Region, the City of Genoa, together with the Piedmont, Lombardy and Emilia Romagna Regions and a group of public and private stakeholders, has resulted in the publication of the Strategic Development Plan, which is set to represent the framewo...
Following the unprecedented economic crisis of 2020 and the subsequent slowdown in global trade, forecasts now point to a recovery in 2021, albeit set to be fraught with stumbling blocks, ranging from the spread of the virus and other variants to the evolution of future geopolitical relations
With reference to the Italian port industry, in the opening month of the year, the Ports of Genoa, Savona and Vado Ligure recorded total cargo throughput of 5,029,731 tons, a -6.3% fall on the corresponding period in 2020 (pre-pandemic). Specifically, box trade continues to remain stable and...
Data exchange digitalisation in the Port of Genoa presses ahead with the introduction of automated gate systems for road-hauliers. As of today, truckers can benefit from a renewed mobile App, with a range of digital services which provide updated information on the status of the shipment and on access to the port terminal
The completion of the implementation of the PCS E-port is vital to the creation of a seamless supply chain in which the Port of Genoa plays a central role and provides a platform across which all the activities linked to incoming/outgoing trucks will be digitalised, thereby eliminating the interacti...
Costa Cruises has opened up Terminal 2 of Palacrociere, in response to the nationwide Italian Silver Vaccination Day campaign, following an agreement undersigned by the local public health authority, ASL 2 Savona, and the cruise terminal operator Costa Crociere. The agreement was forged by the Liguria Region, with the support of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority, City of Savona, Harbour Master, Customs Authority, Border Police Control and U.M.A.A.F.
Savona, 13 February - The terminal will be equipped to vaccinate approximately 600 senior citizens per day, and is set to contribute to expediting the distribution of the vaccine across the Savona area in full safety. “The genuine bond between a company and the local social fabric is visibl...
The Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing prolonged lockdown measures introduced globally to stem the spread of the virus and to reduce the number of victims, has lead to a year of economic turmoil, both nationwide and worldwide
In Italy alone, GDP plummeted by -5.4% in the first quarter of 2020 and -12.4% in the second quarter, allied to a drop in consumer spending, investments and exports registered from the beginning of April. Following a rapid improvement of +16% in the third quarter of the year, economic activity is ex...
The Ports of Genoa extensive investment programme is well underway. Infrastructure works contracts awarded by the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority reached total project value of almost 200 million euros
In 2020, alongside the implementation of the Port of Genoa Recovery and Action Plan, the execution of the Standard Infrastructure Programme of the Port Authority is also on course and has delivered on a range of infrastructure improvement projects, for a total value of over 37 million euros, across ...
MSC Grandiosa set sail from the Stazioni Marittime Passenger Terminal on Sunday 24 January, following the Prime Ministerial Decree of 15 January authorising the revival of cruise activities in Italy
MSC Cruises' flagship resumes service after a brief stoppage in operations, and offers weekly 7-night voyages in the West Med, calling at Civitavecchia, Naples, Palermo and Malta. On 14 February, MSC Magnifica is also set to resume sailings from the Port of Genoa with scheduled 11-night cruises acr...
The President of the Port Authority, Paolo Emilio Signorini, and the Mayor of Genoa, Marco Bucci, accompanied by the local Councillor for Port Development of the City of Genoa, Francesco Maresca, inspected the Dunes site along the south bank of the Port of Prà Canal to view the progress of the construction works underway in the new Urban Park
The creation of a "linear" landscaped garden is part of the far-reaching redevelopment programme of Prà and is designed to function as a visual screen and noise barrier between the port and the westside residential area of Genoa. Following the completion of the Dunes 1st phase of the project, specif...
