The ports of Genoa, Savona and Vado Ligure have a long history of serving ships on routes across the Mediterranean. Safe harbours for Roman and Carthaginian ships 2000 years ago, stopovers at the centre of trade between Europe, Africa and the East in the Middle Ages and driving forces for the development of Italian industry in the modern age, the Ports of Genoa base their plans for the future on a heritage of tradition, history and maritime experience which few in the world can equal.