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This morning the Italian Vice Minister for Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility, Teresa Bellanova, began in Vado Ligure her first official visit to the Ports of Genoa, where she met on-site, at the Forship Terminal, with the President of the Port Authority, Paolo Emilio Signorini, and the local authorities and leading representatives of the shipping community.

The newly appointed Secretary-General, Piano Piacenza, illustrated the range of infrastructure works underway in the Ports of Savona and Vado Ligure.

In the afternoon the visit proceeded towards the Port of Genoa and the headquarters of the Port Authority in the historic building of Palazzo San Giorgio.

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April registered record box volumes, with a 29.1% increase on the previous year and an 8.8% advance on 2019, for a total of 248,226 TEUs handled by the Western Ligurian Sea Ports.

During his first official visit to Genoa, the U.S. Consul General in Milan, Robert Needham, together with the Consul for Political and Economic Affairs, Holly Holzer, had the opportunity to inspect Genoa’s port facilities. Accompanied by the President of the Port Authority, Paolo Emilio Signorini, the US delegation visited the passenger port and the container and multi-purpose terminals of the Sampierdarena and Prà basins, onboard the Genoa Mooring Services vessel.

The Port Authority Management Committee of 18 May passed the motion to appoint Paolo Piacenza Secretary-General of the Western Liguria Sea Port Authority for the next four years.

"Doing Business with Italian Ports". The event, organised by the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration, in conjunction with the U.S. Consulate General in Milan and the Embassy in Rome, to illustrate the Ports of Genoa major infrastructure programme to U.S. companies.

Costa Cruises' LNG-powered green flagship, Costa Smeralda, sets sails from Palacrociere Terminal for the first 2021 cruise.

As of 1st May, Genoa welcomes back the MSC Seaside, which now flanks the cruise line's flagship Grandiosa, at sea since 16 August 2020.

The Western Ligurian Sea Ports are set to become a designated Sulphur Emission Control Area (SECA). The Genoa Blue Agreement, promoted by the Genoa Harbour Master, has been renewed.

Savona hosted the christening ceremony and maiden call of Eco Savona, the fourth unit of the Grimaldi Green 5th Generation (GG5G) hybrid ro-ro ship fleet, equipped with the technology to cut emissions in port to zero by using the electricity stored in mega lithium-ion batteries during navigation.

Today, Paolo Emilio Signorini, the President of the Port Authority of the Western Ligurian Sea, has been officially nominated Commissioner of the New Breakwater of the Port of Genoa by the Italian Minister of Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility