Investment Programme

The Port of Genoa's Terminal San Giorgio inaugurates a new automated gate designed to ease congestion and improve heavy vehicle access in/out the terminal facilities. Equipped with two 300-metre auxiliary storage lanes and three entrance and two exit lanes, the terminal gate can cater for all commodity sectors, ranging from containers to ro-ro and heavy-lift and oversize cargo.

Ongoing dredging operations at Calata Massaua in the Sampierdarena Basin to cater for the next-generation ships.

With the installation of the deck, the final highly challenging phases of the on-site delivery of the new Pionieri e Aviatori d'Italia Viaduct, across via Siffredi between Cornigliano and Sestri Ponente, reached its conclusion at 5am Wednesday morning 28 September. By the end of the year, the new facility is scheduled to open to heavy vehicles to/from the Port of Genoa without the weight restrictions prescribed by the previous bridge.

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.

Site inspection for forthcoming installation of shore power facility in Genoa's cruise and ferry passenger hub.

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.

As had already emerged from recent discussions, the two groups who had been invited by the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority to tender for the elaboration of the detailed and executive design and the construction of the new Breakwater of the Port of Genoa, presented their offers by the bid submission deadline of midnight 26 July.

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.

Construction works have commenced at Ponte Eritrea in the cargo handling area of the Sampierdarena basin to retrofit and upgrade the quaywall.

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.