In response to the collapse of the Morandi Bridge, new regulations in force, from 16 - 26 August 2018, restrict access of heavy vehicles over 7.5 tonnes, from 08:00 hrs – 20:00 hrs, in Lungomare Canepa and Via Guido Rossa between the Fiumara Roundabout (excluded) and Lungomare Canepa: alternative routes have been put in place.
Please refer to the Temporary Traffic Order n.283....Christopher Columbus Airport has posted its best all-time monthly passenger throughput, whilst international traffic increased overall by 25% in the first half of the year. Following objective: upgrade transport links to/from the Airport of Genoa.
The Airport of Genoa reports double-digit growth: total passenger traffic rose by 12.2% in the first six months of the year. July 2018 ranked as the airport’s best all-time monthly record, posting 169,519 passengers, a 24.7% gain on last year’s corresponding period. Genoa welcomes a surge in interna...The Port of Genoa was selected, together with the Ports of Rotterdam and Hamburg, by the Ministry of Transportation of the Indonesian Government of Papua, as part of a comparative study conducted within the project on Training on Port Management and Port Visit Europe, organised by the Indonesian Port Expert Associations based in Jakarta.
A prime objective of the association is to provide training and education to local shipping operators through visits to specific ports worldwide: this year the focus is on Europe. The delegation on Monday, 6 August 2018 had the opportunity to inspect port facilities in Genoa with Port Authority mana...Plans are afoot to refurbish Savona’s cruise terminal: Costa Crociere has presented the Port Authority of the Western Ligurian Sea its proposal to restructure specific areas of the Palacrociere Terminal West, built in 2003, to cater for the future requirements of the introduction of increasingly larger cruise vessels with higher volumes of passenger traffic by 2019.
The company is firmly committed to consolidating its position at the forefront of safety and security measures, consequently investments will be implemented to upgrade the X-ray luggage scanner and check-in area, and to construct a glass cube over the cityside terrace as an extension of the passenge...The Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority board members passed the resolution approving the lease of Genoa’s Nuova Darsena landside and shoreside facilities to two separate companies, I Saloni Nautici and Amico & Co., thereby ensuring the continued use of the site to host the annual International Boat Show and to accommodate simultaneously shipyard activities.
The Port Authority has decided to assign 40% of the area to I Saloni Nautici, which answers to UCINA, the Italian Marine Industry Association, across a 4-year concession, and the remaining 60% to Amico & Co. shipyards, specialised in superyacht refitting, with a concession period of 20 years. Th...Dynamar recently published its annual flagship data report “The Millionaires” which focuses on ports worldwide handling over 1 million TEUs per annum.
It’s probably no surprise that the busiest ports in the world are all located in China, which boasts 25 ports in the listing. Italy features three container ports: Genoa, in 69th position with 2,622,200 TEUs handled in 2017, a 14% increase on 2016; Gioia Tauro slipped down to 74th place from the 56t...Plans are afoot to boost rail freight capacity in the basin of the Port of Genoa and improve the intermodal split.
These are the main objectives of the Convention which was signed on 28 June by Maurizio Gentile, Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Rete Ferroviaria Italiana and Paolo Emilio Signorini, President of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority, under the auspices of the Ministry of Infrastruc...First stop at Vado Ligure Terminal, followed by a meeting with President Signorini.
25 June 2018 – A high-level delegation of Cosco Shipping, composed of Ms Zhang Tong, Li Lin and Wang Yuqing, accompanied by Italy’s Cosco Shipping Lines Managing Director, Hu Hua, together with Augusto Cosulich, Managing Director of Fratelli Cosulich and Marco Donati, General Manager of Coscos, visi...First vessel of COSCO’s South Asia/Mid East – Mediterranean Service calls at the Port of Genoa’s SECH Terminal on 24 June 2018.
Cosco Shipping has recently expanded its container service with the deployment of the COSCO Philippines ship on the MINA Service, jointly operated by CMACGM and Hapag Lloyd. The 335-metre long and 43-wide vessel has an 8,501-teu capacity. The MINA/IMEX/IMX service rotation calls at the Ports o...Vice President of the China Communications Construction Company on a fact-finding mission in the Port of Genoa. Keen interest in the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority’s future development plans.
29 June 2018 – A high-level delegation of the CCCC Second Harbor Consultants Co. disembarked in Genoa on a fact-finding mission in the port. The company is part of the China Communications Construction Company, international leader in the design and construction of transport infrastructure, dredging...
