Amico
Amico & Co is a full-service refit shipyard operating in the service and refit of superyachts from 30 to 140 metres in length. Founded in 1991, it has a 90% international clientele with over 130 projects executed on average each year, ranking among the leading companies in the sector worldwide. The shipyard operates at the heart of the nautical district in the Port of Genoa, Italy and is able to accommodate large yachts without limitations, offering covered dry-docking for yachts up to 100m in length. Since 2021 Amico & Co has operated its own 26-berth marina facility, Waterfront Marina.
For more than 30 years, Amico & Co has invested in efficiency through its infrastructures, in particular the permanent hangars that confine works and emissions, making it possible to avoid, in terms of energetic savings and in the three-year period 2019-2021 alone, the production of 405 t of CO2eq, as well as providing logistic efficiency, resulting in time, cost and resource savings for vessels undercover when compared to temporary structures. The company has been ISO 14001 certified for almost 20 years, in compliance with the Single Environmental Authorisation issued by the Metropolitan City of Genoa since 1997.
In 2023, a new on site photovoltaic system was inaugurated, therefore generating 53% of the energy needed for Waterfront Marina and Amico shipyard production activities from renewable sources and generating up to 1 MegaWatt peak, thanks to the 1782 rooftop solar panels.
Today, the company looks at the growing attention to ESG issues as a renewed drive to continue on its path of optimising the sustainability of its activities, with the aim of listening to stakeholders’ needs and creating shared value for the company and for the territory. The Genoese shipyard, a global leader in the refit and repair of super and mega yachts, benefits from the synergy with the professional nautical sector rooted in the surrounding area, confirming the value and strategic potential of the superyacht economy represents in city development.
The next challenge has already begun and concerns the application of innovative technologies to refit and the transformation of existing super and mega yachts, with the aim of contributing to the ecological transition of the world fleet.
Why Amico & Co supports Water Revolution
“Amico & Co’s next challenge concerns the application of innovative technologies to refit and the transformation of existing superyacht fleet with the aim of contributing to its ecological transition. Some projects are already underway: the existing fleet can benefit from projects that reduce energy use on board, in particular from repowering projects with lower emissions and higher energy efficiency, such as hybrid propulsion retrofits. The technology and resources for this transformation are in a phase of strong development; however for now the decision to move to this sort of technology lies with yacht owners. Our partnership with Water Revolution Foundation will allow us as an industry to continue working with data-based research to find ways to transfer new technologies to the existing fleet.”
