Port of Genoa
{{Infobox Port
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Porto di Genova
|image = Lanterna di Genova 27-09-2011.JPG
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|image_caption = The old Lighthouse of Genoa, in Sampierdarena quarter.
|country = Italy
|location = Genoa
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|opened = c. A.D. 1000
|operated = Genoa Port Authority
|owner = Genoa Port Authority
|type = Artificial
|sizewater = {{convert|500|ha|abbr=on}}
|sizeland = {{convert|700|ha|abbr=on}}
|size = {{convert|1200|ha|abbr=on}}
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|arrivals = 12px 6,619 (2012)
|cargotonnage = 12px 51,391,247 (2012)
|containervolume = 12px 2,064,806 TEU (2012)
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|revenue = 12px €71.6 million (2012){{cite web |title=Genoa Port 2012 budget |url=http://www.porto.genova.it/allegati/documenti/pubblica/112-bilancio/131-bilancio_prev_2012.pdf |accessdate=4 August 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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|blankstatstitle1 = Main trades
|blankstats1 = coal, steel, oil, chemicals, food
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|website = [http://www.porto.genova.it Autorità Portuale di Genova]
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Image:Panorama di Genova (porto commerciale e porto antico).jpg
The Port of Genoa is one of the most important seaports in Italy. With a trade volume of 51.6 million tonnes, it is the busiest port of Italy after the port of Trieste by cargo tonnage.{{cite news|title=Top 100 ports 2013|url=http://europe.nxtbook.com/nxteu/informa/ci_top100ports2013/index.php?startid=78#/76|accessdate=19 November 2013|newspaper=Lloyd's List|date=29 August 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309090803/http://europe.nxtbook.com/nxteu/informa/ci_top100ports2013/index.php?startid=78#/76|archivedate=9 March 2014}}
Notably the port was used for dismantling the Costa Concordia following the Costa Concordia disaster.{{Cite web|url = http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/costa-concordia-makes-final-voyage-to-its-scrapyard-grave/story-fnizu68q-1226999771994|title = Costa Concordia makes final voyage to its scrapyard grave|date = 24 July 2014|access-date = 30 July 2014|archive-date = 3 August 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140803134330/http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/costa-concordia-makes-final-voyage-to-its-scrapyard-grave/story-fnizu68q-1226999771994|url-status = dead}}
Structural characteristics
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The Port of Genoa covers an area of about {{convert|700|ha}} of land and {{convert|500|ha}} on water, stretching for over {{convert|22|km}} along the coastline, with {{convert|47|km}} of maritime ways and {{convert|30|km}} of operative quays.{{cite web|title=Genoa Port energetic and environmental plan |url= http://www.greencityenergy.it/attiGE11/portisostenibili/Castagna_DiLuca.pdf |publisher=Genoa Port Authority |accessdate=4 August 2012}}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.porto.genova.it/uk/porto/terminal/terminal_passeggeri.asp |title=Autorità Portuale di Genova - Passeggeri |publisher=Porto.genova.it |accessdate=2008-12-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608033337/http://www.porto.genova.it/uk/porto/terminal/terminal_passeggeri.asp |archivedate=2009-06-08 }}
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, {{convert|76|m|ft|abbr=off}} tall, and the small lighthouse of Punta Vagno, at the eastern entrance of the port.{{cite rowlett|itanw|accessdate=2008-12-26}}
Marinas
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Besides the container and the passenger terminals, the shipyards and the other industrial and cargo facilities, in the port area there are also several marinas, where many sailboats and yachts are moored.{{cite web |author=Paolo Ciraci |url=http://www.pagineazzurre.com/english/ports/id_lig-3/regione_liguria.htm |title=Pagine Azzurre Online - Ports and Marinas in Liguria, Chart 3 |publisher=Pagineazzurre.com |date= |accessdate=2008-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120408012956/http://www.pagineazzurre.com/english/ports/id_lig-3/regione_liguria.htm |archive-date=2012-04-08 |url-status=dead }}
- 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 superyachts)
- The marina of Pra', in the area of the old Pra' beach, now "Fascia di Rispetto di Pra'" (1000 berths)
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