Maritime StationsFerry Terminal
Stazioni Marittime S.p.A. manages the ferry traffic in the Port of Genoa, registering on average 2.5 million passengers and 700,000 vehicles per year, and an annual cargo throughput of 2 million linear metres. Ferry services are offered to Sardinia, Sicily, Corsica, Spain, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria by Grandi Navi Veloci, Tirrenia Compagnia Italiana di Navigazione, Moby Lines, Co.Tu.Nav, Algérie Ferries. The area features a total of 10 berths equipped to accommodate ferries, including Ponte Andrea Doria terminal.
The Calata Chiappella Ferry Terminal was designed to manage heavy flows of traffic in the summer months.
It boasts 19 check-in gates that can control and direct vehicles, speeding up access time to the embarkation areas.
In addition, the ferry terminal building is linked to Ponte Colombo and Ponte Caracciolo by a walkway which separates the pedestrian flows from the cars and trucks at quay level.
There is an 80,000-sqm area dedicated to pre-boarding parking and a separate 100,000 sqm truck park.
The terminal building consists of several levels covering a total surface area of 12,000 square meters. In addition to ticket offices and departure lounges, passenger amenities comprise a shopping centre with supermarkets, bars, refreshment areas, banks and a spectacular seaside promenade.
The Ponte Colombo Ferry Terminal is located in the heart of the passenger area: with its three berths, it is used for ferry vessels (both Schengen and extra-Schengen traffic). It covers an area of 6,000 square metres, and from the terminal level a pedestrian link with a mobile gangway connects directly to the ship.
The Ponte Caracciolo Ferry Terminal Located in the western part of the passenger port, the terminal was designed to cater mainly for the fluctuating operating and security requirements of extra-Schengen ferry traffic. The passenger lounge extends over two floors with a total surface area of 2,300 square metres.