📋 Tender Overview
- With the positioning of the twelfth caisson, the construction site marks a new milestone. The project is being carried out by the PerGenova Breakwater consortium, led by Webuild, on behalf of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority. Construction of the larger caissons, measuring up to 67 meters long, 35 meters wide, and 33 meters high, will begin at the end of August. They will be constructed by the Tronds Barge 33, a semi-submersible barge 110 meters long and 45 meters wide, capable of diving up to 20 meters below the waterline. This sinking capacity allows the barge's deck to be lowered below the waterline, facilitating caisson launching and handling operations. Currently, over 450 people are involved in the project, including direct and subcontracted personnel, and the new activities planned will result in increased employment, partly due to the doubling of work shifts. With a length of 6.2 kilometers in its final configuration and a depth of 50 meters--the deepest ever experienced in Europe for a breakwater--the new infrastructure will make the Port of Genoa accessible to next-generation vessels up to 400 meters in length, strengthening the Ligurian port's role in the Rhine-Alpine Corridor of the TEN-T network. The work, developed entirely offshore, is taking shape on a consolidated seabed, with over 2,200 tons of gravel laid, in addition to 41,000 submerged columns, equal to a total of 478,000 linear meters already completed, more than half the project's total length. The New Breakwater represents a strategic project for the future of Italian logistics, integrating innovation, sustainability, and a systemic vision. In synergy with the , currently underway and also built by Webuild, it will contribute to the creation of a modern and interconnected infrastructure system, capable of responding to the challenges of mobility and global trade.
