The Port of Genoa hosts the christening ceremony of the newbuilt Ro-Ro, Maria Grazia Onorato, of the Onorato Armatori Group, at the helm of Moby Lines and Tirrenia.
15 May 2019 - The new flagship of the Italian carrier has been described as the largest and greenest ro-ro vessel to set sail in the Mediterranean: 4,076 lane metres of garage deck, with a capacity of 283 trailers. Delivered by the German shipyard Flensburger, built in compliance with the most recen...The inaugural flight from Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Moscow Vnukovo Airport. Genoa’s airport firefighters saluted the aircraft with the traditional water arch. The new route has been launched by the Aeroflot low-cost subsidiary, Pobeda.
19 April 2019 –The airline will connect Genoa with Moscow four times weekly until October: every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Departure time from Cristoforo Colombo is scheduled at 11:15, with arrival in the Russian Federation’s capital city at 15:45 local time; whilst the flight departs fr...The Ambassador of the United States of America to Italy, Lewis Eisenberg, met with the President of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority, Paolo Emilio Signorini, on his first official visit to Genoa. The topics addressed during the meeting included port development programmes and plans.
26 April 2019 - The discussions held were highly productive and stimulating as Ambassador Eisenberg was also able to draw on his past invaluable experience as former Chairman of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey. During his visit, the US Ambassador underlined the importance of kee...Genoa is ranked in The Leading Maritime Capitals report for 2019 which has just been published by DNV-GL, the world’s largest accredited registrar and classification society.
The biennial report for 2019 is out. In 2017 only 30 cities had been assessed, with a final Top 15 ranking of leading maritime capitals; whilst this year all the world’s maritime cities have been analysed, with the publication of a Top 50 classification benchmarked on an objective indicators scale a...The call for tender worth 13.5 million euros, published in November 2018, stems from a partnership between the Port Authority of the Western Ligurian Sea and Invitalia, Central Purchasing Agency.
Rome - Invitalia announced the results of the tender, to conduct a feasibility study for the new breakwater of the Port of Genoa, published in November 2018. Seven offers were received by Invitalia, the central purchasing agency commissioned by the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority, for the 1...Costa Fortuna has made its first stopover in Genoa, where it will call every Friday on its 1-week cruises in the western Mediterranean. A total of 40 calls are scheduled, carrying 170,000 passengers. This is the first step towards the further consolidation of Costa's presence in the port: the Italian company plans to build a new terminal in Genoa to add to the ones in Savona and La Spezia.
Genoa, March 26, 2019 – Costa Cruises ships return to making regular calls at the port of Genoa. The first to arrive today at the Andrea Doria deck was Costa Fortuna, a 103,000 gross tons ship accommodating 3,470 total guests. She will depart from Genoa every Friday, until Novemb...The cranes were unloaded at C.Steinweg – GMT Terminal specialised in handling difficult project cargo.
Genoa, 18 March – The components of the 5 mega-cranes, due to be installed at the Morandi bridge site for the demolition of the remaining sections of the viaduct, were shipped to Genoa from the Netherlands on board the “Constance” multi-purpose vessel. The cranes were offloaded at Genoa’s ...
Within the framework of the agreements signed in Rome on 23 March by the Italian Republic and the People’s Republic of China, and with specific reference to the Memorandum of Understanding on the New Silk Road, the Commissioner for the Reconstruction of Genoa, the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority and the China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) undersigned a Cooperation Agreement designed to forge new forms of collaboration in the implementation of the Action Plan and investment programme for the reconstruction and the redevelopment of the Port of Genoa, including an upgrade of access infrastructure, as foreseen by the Emergency Decree for Genoa n.109 of 2018
The Action Plan elaborated by the Port Authority was approved on 16 January 2019 by the Reconstruction Commissioner and groups together the infrastructure works aimed at the redevelopment of port facilities to be implemented over a 3-year period 2019-2021. The new breakwater features...The new MSC Cruises flagship is scheduled to call in Genoa every Sunday throughout the summer.
Genoa, 14 March 2019 - MSC Bellissima, the second and largest Meraviglia-class ship to date, docked in Genoa on her Italian maiden call. The new flagship of the MSC Cruise fleet is scheduled to homeport in Genoa every Sunday during its inaugural season sailing western Medi-terranean itineraries...
