| Port of Genoa Porto di Genova | |
|---|---|
 The old Lighthouse of Genoa, in Sampierdarena quarter. | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Location | Genoa |
| Details | |
| Opened | ca. A.D. 1000 |
| Operated by | Genoa Port Authority |
| Owned by | Genoa Port Authority |
| Type of harbour | Artificial |
| Size of harbour | 500 ha (1,200 acres) |
| Land area | 700 ha (1,700 acres) |
| Size | 1,200 ha (3,000 acres) |
| Employees | 4,274 (2009)[1] |
| Statistics | |
| Vessel arrivals |  6,619 (2012)[2] |
| Annual cargo tonnage | 51,391,247 (2012)[2] |
| Annual container volume |  2,064,806 TEU (2012)[2] |
| Annual revenue | €71.6 million (2012) [3] |
| Main trades | coal, steel, oil, chemicals, food |
| Website Autorità Portuale di Genova | |
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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.[4]
Notably the port was used for dismantling the Costa Concordia following the Costa Concordia disaster.[5]
- ^ "Employment trends in the Port of Genoa, 2001-2009" (PDF). Genoa Port Authority. Retrieved 4 August 2012.[dead link]
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datawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Genoa Port 2012 budget" (PDF). Retrieved 4 August 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Top 100 ports 2013". Lloyd's List. 29 August 2013. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ "Costa Concordia makes final voyage to its scrapyard grave". 24 July 2014. Archived from the original on 3 August 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.