Investment Programme

Genoa ship repair yard: drydock overhaul kicks off

10 January 2023

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.

The extensive redevelopment of the Genoa-based repair yard foresees an overhaul of existing docks 4 and 5 and an extension of the “ex-mega dock”. Competitive services and bespoke solutions are the watchwords in Genoa as the port’s thriving historic shipyards move into the new year, boosted by strong...

The future Sestri Ponente mega-shipyard

15 December 2022

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.

The Sestri Ponente shipyard is the focus of a range of major projects divided into three phases designed to consolidate Genoa's leadership in the shipbuilding industry worldwide, whilst simultaneously incorporating new levels of technology in sustainability and safety. Phase 2, which kicked off in ...

The new Erzelli railway station takes shape

07 December 2022

Works are underway along Via Siffredi, designated site for the construction of the new Erzelli Station: much more than a railway station, an integrated mobility hub offering fast connections direct from the city centre to the International Airport and the Genoa Research & Advanced Technology Campus on the Erzelli Hill.

In November construction works kicked off on the new Erzelli Station, an important step in the collaboration between the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority and Italian Railways Network (RFI) which have joined forces to design and build a multimodal interchange hub to serve the city, the port and th...

Dredging campaign in Genoa and Savona

28 November 2022

Dredging operations are underway across the Ports of Genoa and Savona, with the dual objective to maintain and to deepen the depth alongside quaylines to cater for the arrival of the next generation ultra- large vessels, both full-container and cruise ships. It is essential to remove regularly from the navigation channels the accumulations of sand and sediment deposited by tide and river flows into the sea to ensure safe and easy access to terminal facilities.

Genoa is the focus of the excavation of a total of 600,000 cubic metres of sediment, equal to the size of 60 football pitches up to 1 metre in height. In the passenger port, depth alongside the cruise terminal quay of Ponte dei Mille will be boosted to -11 metres and to -10 metres along the ferry te...

Pra' Dune Urban Park takes shape

03 November 2022

Tree planting and turf installation along the first 750 metres of the linear landscaped Dune Urban Park completed.

Following the long hot summer of 2022 which brought to a halt the green port redevelopment of Pra', autumn kicked off with the planting of large shrubs and trees, designed to function as a visual screen and noise barrier between the PSA Genova Pra' full-container terminal and adjacent urban fabric. ...

Ports of Genoa R-Evolution convinces Switzerland

26 October 2022

Lugano's LAC Conference Centre provided the stunning backdrop to the fifth edition of the forum "Mare di Svizzera", offering landlocked Swiss shippers and supply chain service providers the unique opportunity to exchange data and opinions with the Italian local authorities and port operators.

The Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority President Paolo Emilio Signorini, keynote speaker at the conference, provided the audience with a Ports of Genoa roadmap for the future and an update on the major infrastructure works underway across Genoa, Savona and Vado Ligure. "We have now reached the fif...

Genoa-Sestri shipyard expansion: real-time ship simulations in Wallingford

26 October 2022

A Ports of Genoa working group at the HR Wallingford Ship Simulation Centre for real-time vessel navigation simulations of the future newbuilds planned at the mega-drydock currently under construction at the Genoa-Sestri Ponente shipyard.

The studies conducted at the UK Ship Simulation Centre are designed and executed to evaluate the future layout of vessel accessibility and navigation in the Genoa-Sestri Ponente shipyard. Plans are afoot to expand the area and build a new 440-metre drydock to cater for the construction of ultra-larg...

European Coordinator for the Rhine-Alpine Corridor visits the Ports of Genoa

24 October 2022

21 October 2022 - On a return visit to the Ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado Ligure after 4 years, the European Coordinator for the Rhine-Alpine core network corridor, Pawel Wojciechowski was invited to inspect the infrastructure construction sites underway, central to the investment programme designed to relaunch inland connections between Liguria and Central Southern Europe.

The Port Day kicked off with an on-site visit to the new semi-automated Vado Gateway Terminal which opened at the beginning of 2020. Coordinator Wojciechowski, together with his advisor Beata Tuszyńska (DG Move), focused upon the technologically advanced intermodal services provided by the terminal ...

Port of Genoa Breakwater: contract awarded to Webuild

12 October 2022

President Signorini: Construction works kick off in 2023. President Toti and Mayor Bucci: Momentous event set to revolutionise our port.

GENOA. Today, the bid for the design and construction of the New Breakwater of the Port of Genoa has been officially assigned to the Webuild Group. The contract has been awarded following the conclusion of a highly challenging planning, design, approval and award procedure for the implementation of ...

First mega-caisson for new extended Vado breakwater

11 October 2022

It ranks as the largest caisson to have been constructed to date with this range of equipment by Fincosit, pioneers of the industry: up to 25.6 metres high, 31 metres long, 22 metres wide and weighing up to 9340 tons. The reinforced-concrete cellular caisson was precast on the floating dock Dario, deployed by the company at the service of the breakwater extension in the Port of Vado Ligure.

The operations to position the caisson required 6 hours to be completed, assisted by a qualified team of engineers and skilled specialised workers, and 3 tug-boats used to tow and manoeuvre the massive concrete component into place. The project calls for the relocation further at sea of the existing...