The Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority President, Paolo Emilio Signorini, illustrated the Port of Genoa 2.3 billion-Infrastructure Investment Programme during the fourth edition of the International Conference "A Sea for Switzerland 4", hosted in Lugano on 24 November.
The Lake of Lugano provided the stunning backdrop to the 2021 edition of "A Sea for Switzerland", offering Swiss and international shippers and supply chain service providers the opportunity to consult with the leading players of the northern Italian port and logistic industry. The conference focuse...News about our President
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Savona's Palacrociere Terminal hosted the 2021 annual Italian Cruise Day, Italy's unrivalled cruise sector event with the participation of the leading industry players and professionals.
During the 53rd edition of the Barcolana Sailing Race in Trieste, President Signorini took part in a collateral event "Innovate ports to innovate cities", addressing the issues linked to sustainability and the ecological transition in the Ports of Genoa, Savona, Vado and Pra'.
Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti dedicated the entire day to the Western Ligurian Sea Ports, and seized the opportunity to meet with the shipping community in both Vado, at the APM Vado Gateway Terminal, and in Genoa, at the Port Authority headquarters in Palazzo San Giorgio.
The press conference dedicated to the 61st edition of Genoa's International Boat Show was broadcast in live streaming, with the participation on-site of the President of the Port Authority Paolo Emilio Signorini, the President of the Liguria Region Liguria Giovanni Toti and the Mayor of Genoa Marco Bucci.
The Cervara Abbey in Santa Margherita Ligure provided the stunning backdrop to the fifth edition of the "Liguria 2030" Forum, organised by The European House-Ambrosetti in cooperation with Liguria Region and with the support of the major local authorities, including the Ports of Genoa. Infrastructure investments, port industry, cybersecurity, public health, tourism and green economy: the focal point of the traditional annual conference dedicated to the promotion of Liguria and Italy as an attractive investment destination.
The Italian Undersecretary of State for Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility, Giovanni Carlo Cancelleri, visits the Ports of Genoa
The Korean Ambassador to Italy, Hee-seog Kwon, met with the President of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority, Paolo Emilio Signorini, on an official visit to Genoa.
The stimulus plan can offer financial support for far-reaching investment programmes, linking them to EU priorities, proposed by the Italian public port authorities, whilst simultaneously mobilising resources from the port operating budgets to meet other immediate expenses.
MSC Grandiosa is set to be the first cruise ship to sail from an Italian port after the long stoppage in operations, with a 7-night voyage in the West Med, calling at Civitavecchia-Rome, Naples, Palermo in Sicily and La Valletta in Malta
In an interview granted to Genoa’ s local TV News Channel, PrimoCanale, Paolo Emilio Signorini, President of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority, speaks about how the Ports of Genova, Pra’, Savona and Vado Ligure are facing up to the recent draconian measures prescribed by the Italian government to control and prevent the spread of Covid-19, and provides an insight into the direct repercussions on shipping and port operations in the Ligurian ports.
Following the call for tenders for extensive road construction in the Port of Genoa, as outlined in the emergency Investment Programme presented by the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority and approved under the Emergency Decree for Genoa of 15 January 2019, the 130-million euro contract was awarded to Pizzarotti & C. SpA, at the helm of a consortium appointed to implement the definitive and executive project and to carry out the roadworks
Today PSA Genova Pra'a PSA Genova Pra' inaugurated the official opening of the double rail track connecting the container terminal to the RFI-operated Genova Pra’ Mare rail hub.
Costa Cruises organises a public consultation at the Priamar Fortress in Savona entitled “The Use of LNG in Ports: poised between Innovation and Social Responsibility
President Paolo Emilio Signorini welcomed the Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Italy, H.E. Mammad Ahmadzada, in the historic headquarters of the Port Authority of the Western Ligurian Sea. The Ambassador was accompanied at Palazzo San Giorgio by the former Ambassador of the Italian Republic in Azerbaijan, and currently Honorary Consul in Genoa, Margherita Costa, and by the Second Secretary of the Embassy in Rome, Elvin Ashrafzade
H.E. Don Sergio Romero, the Ambassador of Chile, paid a visit to Palazzo San Giorgio to discuss with the Port President Signorini the prospects for future growth in trade between the South American country and Italy.
25 October 2019 - Joost Flamand, Ambassador of the Kingdom of The Netherlands was in Genoa on his first official visit to the city since his official appointment.
Works are scheduled to commence on the new Control Tower in the Port of Genova between the end of 2020 and the beginning of 2021 in a prime location opposite the Jean Nouvel Pavilion in the Darsena Nautica marina.
President Paolo Emilio Signorini was pleased to welcome at the Headquarters of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority Joseph Bugeja, the Chairman and CEO of Transport Malta, the government authority responsible for land, sea and air transport on the Mediterranean island
The Ambassador of Lithuania to Italy, Ricardas Slepavicius, met with the President of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority, Paolo Emilio Signorini, on his first official visit to Genoa, at Palazzo San Giorgio.
PSA's Genoa-based terminal operations announced its new name and brand: "PSA GENOVA PRA".
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.
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
Cannes, 12 to 15 March 2019 - The President of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority, Paolo Emilio Signorini, flanked by the Mayor of Genoa, Marco Bucci, illustrated, in front of a packed audience, the details of the redevelopment project of the former granary, the Hennebique Silos, owned by the Port Authority and considered one of the most striking reinforced-concrete buildings of the 20th century, strategically located at the heart of the Old Port waterfront, overlooking the city’s historical centre.
Li Fengli inspected the Vado Ligure container terminal site, on schedule to open by the end of year, and the Port of Genoa facilities.
With the back-up of the Emergency Decree for Genoa post-Morandi Bridge collapse provisions and the Port Authority Projected Financial Statement 2019, the Action Plan is set to improve access to the port, city-port integration and intermodal connections with Christopher Columbus Airport.
Ambassador Paul Ruhr, and a delegation of leading members of the business community of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, visited the headquarters of the Port Authority of Genoa-Savona during a fact-finding mission to Genoa, coordinated by the Chamber of Commerce of Luxembourg, for discussions with a selection of the Genoese industry’s foremost companies.
The Ports of Genoa invited to attend China’s first major national expo dedicated to imports in Shanghai, until 10 November 2018. Mayor Marco Bucci and the Port Authority President, Paolo Emilio Signorini, showcase Genoa’s chief assets: port and logistics, tourism and hi-tech.
Emergency measures a priority.
The President of the Port Authority, Paolo Emilio Signorini, welcomed delegates from Europe’s major ports to the 5th edition of the Citizen Port Meeting organised by the Port Center Network of AIVP, the international association of city ports.
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.
First stop at Vado Ligure Terminal, followed by a meeting with President Signorini.
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.
19 June 2018 - The President of the Ports of Genoa, Paolo Emilio Signorini, presents the Shield of the Port Authority to the Captain of the Disney Magic cruise ship, Commodore Tom Forberg.
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On the day of the christening of the MSC Seaview, the headquarters of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority provide the backdrop to the signing of two deeds set to change the face of the Port of Genoa.
The President of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority was invited as guest speaker today, 7 June, at the Rhine-Alpine Corridor Conference 2018 held in the European Committee of the Regions headquarters in Brussels. Paolo Emilio Signorini presented the Ports of Genoa perspective as Mediterranean maritime gateway to the Corridor.
President Signorini, guest speaker at Transport Logistic China 2018 in Shanghai: “Smarter Talks on Smarter Ports” and "The Mediterranean Sea: where Asia, Africa and Europe meet along the Maritime Silk Road”.
Screen Icon Sofia Loren will serve as Godmother.
President Paolo E. Signorini is to showcase Italy’s premier port to a selected audience of Chinese companies interested in investing in the Ligurian ports.
Signorini illustrates the role of the Ports of Genoa in the Mediterranean.
The new breakwater takes shape: the Ports of Genoa assign the project feasibility study to Invitalia
An agreement was signed on 13 April 2018 between the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority and Invitalia (the Investment Agency which reports to the Italian Ministry for Finance), for the implementation of the Port of Genoa’s new breakwater feasibility study and the tender for the construction works in the completion of the Ponte Ronco-Canepa Terminal.
The US Consul General in Milan, Elizabeth Lee Martinez, accompanied by her staff members, met with the President of the Port Authority, Paolo Emilio Signorini, on 26 March following his return from a trade mission to North America.
Meeting in Cambridge (Massachusetts) between Mr Signorini and Silvio Micali, Ford Professor of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to discuss the positive impact of blockchain technology on the shipping industry, in terms of cost reduction, time savings and information security.
A meeting was held in New York on March 19th between Mr Signorini, accompanied by the Italian Consul General in New York, Mr Francesco Genuardi, and Mr Kevin J. O'Toole, Chairman of the Port Authority of NY&NJ.
The President of the Ports of Genoa, Paolo Emilio Signorini, was a guest speaker at the 2nd edition of the Italian-Russian Forum, “Italy-Russia: The Art of Innovation”, organised by the Associazione Conoscere Eurasia and the Liguria Region, in Genoa on 16 February 2018.
President Signorini attended an important event in Zurich, where Italy’s public institutions and private companies illustrated major development opportunities in our Country.
The seventh Asian Logistics and Maritime Conference took place in 23-24 November at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC).
Terzo Valico on-site inspection was completed. The project will provide the Ligurian ports with an essential link to Central European markets.