PROJECT UPDATES

December 1, 2023: Works started on the second block of columns of the project

Activities at the construction site of the new Genoa breakwater continue unabated. To date, more than 600,000 tons of gravel have already been laid on the seabed off the city. In the "Test Camp 1" area, the 862 gravel columns have been completed, and the installation activities of the geotechnical monitoring instrumentation are beginning.

September 21, 2023: construction works of the first 850 columns now in the final stages

The first 850 gravel columns will be completed according by the end of September. The construction of this first group of columns will close the works of the first test camp. As of today, approximately 370 tons of gravel have been laid on the seabed. By the end of September, works on the block of columns of the second test camp will also begin.

 

August 1, 2023: unexploded ordnances search works started

An underwater search for unexploded ordnances along the seabed in a hyberbaric environment has started, for the first time in Italy. The 8 divers, in turn, will live for 60 days inside the hyperbaric system to clear the seabed. Consolidation activities also continue on the seabed: as of today, 220 gravel columns have been built.

July 17, 2023 - Construction of the columns to consolidate the seabed

A new important construction phase to consolidate the seabed is underway at the underwater construction site for the Genoa's new breakwater. The first gravel columns that will ensure stability of the base that will support the structure began to take shape in an area.

June 14-15, 2023 - Consolidation of the seabed of the New Genoa Breakwater

Works to lay the strata of gravel on the seabed and the consolidation operations continue, as per the time plan, in the New Genoa Breakwater construction sites. They will end in September 2024.