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The New Genoa Breakwater Project

The New Genoa Breakwater is a globally speaking one-of-a-kind work, for its engineering complexity and dimensions, but also because it is built offshore, fully at sea, without the need to interrupt port activities. It will rest on the seabed at a 50-metre depth, one of the deepest worldwide for breakwaters, developing, in total, over a 6.2 km line.

The new infrastructure sets itself apart for the innovative technology used in the project and for the attention placed on sustainability, ensured by systems aimed at maximising circular economy, while also foreseeing the possibility of reusing and transforming inert materials.

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The New Genoa Breakwater, one of the deepest worldwide for breakwaters
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January 18, 2025 – New Genoa Breakwater: sixth caisson installation now completed.

Winter doesn't stops the construction site off the coast of Genoa. The work continues without interruption! Work in progress for the construction of the New Breakwater, the largest intervention to strengthen Italian ports and the deepest dam in Europe.

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December 12, 2024 - Fifth caisson installed

Off the coast of Genoa there is a construction site that works non-stop! Work in progress for the construction of the New Breakwater, the largest intervention to strengthen Italian ports and the deepest dam in Europe.

NEW GENOA BREAKWATER: LAYING OF SIXTH CAISSON NOW COMPLETED OVER 400 PEOPLE ENGAGED ON THE PROJECT, OF WHICH 150 IN THE OPEN SEAenoa Breakwater

Genoa, January 18, 2025 – The laying of the sixth caisson of the New Genoa Breakwater, a project built by the PerGenova Breakwater consortium, led by Webuild, on behalf of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority, has now been completed.
The caissons, which will be approximately 90 in total, are as large as buildings. And they are built and filled with specialist techniques to ensure the safety and resilience of the infrastructure. The project, which is technically very challenging, currently engages a total of over 400 people (direct and third-party personnel), of whom 150 are working in the open sea.

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The largest upgrading intervention for the Ligurian port area in the last 25 years

The new breakwater will enlarge transit and manoeuvring areas for ships inside the port, so that it can welcome a greater number of ships, becoming an infrastructure capable of allowing the Ligurian system and Italy to grow in competitiveness. This project will positively impact Genoa, its port, and the whole of Italy. It will create growth from when it is first built: in fact, 1,000 people will be newly employed for the work (directly and indirectly hired).. The work has been commissioned by the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority, and belongs to the Extraordinary Programme to relaunch the Port of Genoa.

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La Nuova Diga Foranea di Genova, la più profonda d'Europa, spiegata da Geopop

The Consortium

“Pergenova Breakwater” is the Consortium that won the project to build the New Genoa Breakwater.

The Consortium is made from: