The Port of

Genoa Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...

is one of the most important seaports in

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. With a trade volume of 51.6 million tonnes, it is the busiest port of Italy after the port of Trieste by cargo tonnage. Notably the port was used for dismantling the '' Costa Concordia'' following the ''Costa Concordia'' disaster.

Structural characteristics

The Port of Genoa covers an area of about of land and on water, stretching for over along the coastline, with of maritime ways and of operative

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Passenger terminals

The quays of the passenger terminals extend over an area of 250 thousand square metres, with 5 equipped berths for cruise vessels and 13 for ferries, for an annual capacity of 4 million ferry passengers, 1.5 million cars and 250,000 trucks. The historical maritime station of Ponte dei Mille is today a technologically advanced cruise terminal, with facilities designed after the world's most modern airports, in order to ensure fast embarking and disembarking of latest generation ships carrying thousand passengers. A third cruise terminal is currently under construction in the redesigned area of Ponte Parodi, once a quay used for grain traffic.

Lighthouses

There are two major lighthouses: the historical Lanterna, tall, and the small lighthouse of Punta Vagno, at the eastern entrance of the port.

Marinas

Besides the container and the passenger terminals, the shipyards and the other industrial and cargo facilities, in the port area there are also several

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s, where many sailboats and yachts are moored. * The marina of the Exhibition centre (305 berths). * The marina Duca degli Abruzzi, home of the Yacht Club Italiano (350 berths) * The marina Molo Vecchio, in the area of the old harbor (160 berths for yachts up to 150 metres) * The marina Porto antico (280 berths up to 60 metres) * The marina Genova Aeroporto (500 berths, with new facilities for

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s) * The marina of Pra', in the area of the old Pra' beach, now "Fascia di Rispetto di Pra'" (1000 berths)

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