Genoa Maritime Cluster
F3. Seafaring Life, Education, Professions and InstitutionsDefinition
Italian port-city industry hub.
The maritime-industry concentration at Genoa, Italy, the country’s leading port and the historic seat of Italian shipowning, classification (RINA is headquartered in Genoa), and naval shipbuilding (Fincantieri’s Sestri yard). It groups shipowners, ship managers, the University of Genoa’s DITEN naval-architecture school, and marine insurance and broking firms. Genoa hosts Genoa Shipping Week and the Salone Nautico boat show, anchoring the Ligurian maritime economy alongside the nearby ports of Savona and La Spezia.
Source: RINA S.p.A. (Genoa headquarters); University of Genoa DITEN; Port of Genoa.