Columns submerged for 6.2km Genoa breakwater

Port-of-Genoa

The Port of Genoa is on its way to being transformed for modern ships with a new 6.2km breakwater in build.

The Italian engineering firm Webuild Group says it has submerged 1,320 gravel columns with material supplied from quarries in Liguria, Piombino and Cartagena in Spain and transported to Genoa on three bulk carriers.

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