
SUPERYACHT #9 Summer 2006
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Article by Martino Motti
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CANTIERI AMICO, GENOA
The Amico & Co. Shipyard is an intrepreneural reality of
international success specialised in repairing and
restructuring super yachts. Right from the beginning, in
1991, the company has distinguished itself for the services
offered. The results produced have since been in a continuous
upward trend and an investment programme which started in the
'90s is still underway and growing.
Having their head office
in Genoa and given the Genoese local administration's
conviction on the issue of development and productivity of
the yachting world, Amico & Co. have decided to expand even
more. A concrete example of the administration's will
together with that of local businessmen to increase
investments in the pleasure yachting sector is underscored by
The Genoa Trade Fair's restructuring which is being handled
by the Port Authority and financed by the Ministry of
Infrastructure and Transport. In fact a new marina will be
completed with a technical area positioned in its vicinity.
This area will be deployed for maintenance and refitting
purposes. Local companies and shipyards including Amico &
Co. will thus be able to take advantage of the new space
made available. Aside from the space they already have, Amico
& Co. will also have more new space in protected waters
capable of offering mooring facilities to yachts up to 160
metres long.. Thanks to a special system needed to create
still water, Amico & Co. will have a water space dedicated to
carry out absolutely accurate static tests and other work
whereby the complete stillness of the water is fundamental.
The technical marina will dispose of all the ecological and
security requirements typical to harbours with shipping over
500 tons. A new warehouse, with offices on the top floor,
will be built allowing a larger sized crane wagon to enter.
The current office space will become a hospitable recreation
and working area for crew members. Amico & Co. have from the
outset adopted a philosophy aimed at optimizing working
conditions of its employees. This is why working areas are
closely monitored so as to ensure, cleanliness, order and
waste disposal in compliance to environmental needs. This
permits staff members to work in welcoming surroundings
ensuring high qualitative standards in whichever task they
may be faced with. In actual fact more and more yacht owners
and charter companies are bringing their fleets to Genoa for
repairs and also when these are of a more complicated nature.
An example of this trend lies in one of the orders received
by Amico & Co. The order consisted in lengthening
"Almenwar's" stern, a Nicolini 63 metre super yacht. It
wasn't a particularly complex job in itself, but what was
worthy of note, was the precision with which it was executed
under the constant supervision of Lloyd's Register. The
original stern jutted out over the water without a bathing
deck. The Middle Eastern owner's needs were both aesthetic
and practical. In three months, employing specialized
personnel in various different sectors, a modern bathing deck
with a double stairway accessing the cockpit was added. The
bathing deck's structure was built so as to make it function
also as an extra fresh water tank. Another of the
accomplished tasks on this yacht was to create a service
room to store CO2 cylinders in compliance to fire norms. (The
fire fighting system was also reconditioned and modernized.)
The structure's ribs and the outer covering was made of 10
mm. steel sheets and soldered on each side as required by
Lloyds. Once the soldering was finished inspections were
carried out with penetrating liquids and analysed by x-ray in
as much as the most critical aspect of the work is matching
the structures and soldering them together. On this same
occasion, on "Almenwar" two lateral structures were placed in
the stern area containing large lockers and a flight of steps
surrounded by underwater lighting.
For further information kindly contact: Amico & Co.,
Calata Gadda, via dei Pescatori, 16128 Genoa. Tel:
+39.010.2470067, Fax: +39.010.2470552. e-mail:
amico.yard@amico.it webpage: www.amico.it
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