Genoa

The Port of Genoa (in acronym GOA) is the largest Italian port in terms of extension (700 hm² of land space and 500 hm² of water surfaces, 22 km of quays and draughts flush between the eight meters of the passenger quays to the fifteen meters of the large container terminals of VTE and SECH), the first in the country in terms of number of shipping lines`{`1`}` and in terms of container handling with final destination, the most significant in terms of employment (more than ten thousand direct workers, about thirty thousand considering the allied industries), and first in terms of volumes handled , except for the year 2013 in which the port of Trieste (including oil, which constitutes 75% of Trieste's traffic) scored a few points higher.

Its historical international significance, combined with its marked multi-functionality (the port of Genoa handles any type of cargo, builds, repairs, transforms and demolishes ships), its concentration of industry professionals and its economic weight, make it the undisputed capital of Italian shipping. In 2016 it set an all-time traffic record with 2,297,917 teu.