A working port where yachts come to be looked after
Yacht marble restoration in Genoa is shaped by what the city is: one of the Mediterranean’s great industrial harbours, with superyacht marinas sitting a short walk from dry docks, steel workshops and refit sheds. Many yachts that arrive here are not on holiday. They come for a yard period, a warranty visit, a winter berth or the Salone Nautico, and that changes what their stone needs and when it can be treated.
A season of guests leaves its mark on a marble interior: rings from glasses on a bar top, dull traffic lanes across a saloon floor, etch marks on a vanity from a perfume or a lemon wedge, limescale in the showers. In Genoa, the yacht is often already in a technical frame of mind, with contractors on board and a project manager holding the schedule. That is the right moment to bring the marble back. Our team travels to your yacht in Genoa, whether she lies in a marina in the city centre, beside the airport in the west, or inside a yard.
Where we work in Genoa
- Marina Genova
- Marina Porto Antico
- Marina Molo Vecchio
The port of Genoa stretches for kilometres along the coast, and the yachting side is split between the historic basin in front of the old town and the newer marina at Sestri Ponente. Knowing which is which saves time on the day, because access, parking and security procedures are different at each.
Marina Molo Vecchio
Set in the oldest part of the harbour, on Calata Molo Vecchio, this is the marina that takes the largest yachts in the city centre, with berths listed for vessels up to around 150 metres. It hosted the MYBA Charter Show before the event moved to Sanremo in 2025, which says a lot about the kind of yachts that lie here. For our team, the quays are close to the old town, so materials arrive on foot or by small van, and work can be organised around the crew’s own routine.
Marina Porto Antico
On Molo Ponte Morosini, in the Porto Antico redeveloped around the old docks, this marina has roughly 270 berths and takes yachts of the smaller and mid-size superyacht range. It operates under ISPS security, so the names of the people boarding and the time of arrival are agreed with the captain beforehand. It suits short visits: a vanity top, a shower tray, a table that needs its shine back before the next owner trip.
Marina Genova, at Sestri Ponente
To the west, alongside Cristoforo Colombo airport and sheltered by the airport sea wall, Marina Genova has more than 500 berths across four basins, over a hundred of them for boats above 24 metres, and can take yachts up to about 130 metres. It has round-the-clock guarding, a crane, a dry dock and workshops on site, and the Tankoa Yachts shipyard is in the same district. For an owner flying in, or a team arriving with equipment, the airport next door is a real advantage.
The refit yards of the port
Genoa’s superyacht refit activity is concentrated in the eastern part of the port. Amico & Co, a long-established refit and repair yard, has covered sheds and dry docks for large yachts and runs the Waterfront Marina, 26 superyacht berths beside the yard on the Levante waterfront designed by Renzo Piano. In May 2026 the group brought its yards, marina and technical services together under the name Amico Marine. The port authority’s list of dry-dock and workshop operators also includes T. Mariotti, San Giorgio del Porto, Ente Bacini and Cantieri Navali Genovesi. When a yacht is inside one of these yards, we work as a subcontractor under the yard’s rules: badges, safety briefing, hot-work and dust schedules, and the project manager’s sequence.
At anchor off the Ligurian coast, if the captain can arrange tender transfers and the sea allows, we can also board there. And if a removable piece, such as a table top or a vanity slab, is easier to treat ashore, it can go to a workshop near the yacht and come back finished. We come to your yacht, wherever she is.
Stone work that fits inside a refit schedule
A Genoese refit is crowded: painters, joiners, electricians, AV technicians, sometimes a new tender garage or a re-routed piping run. Marble is fragile in that environment. A dropped tool chips a step; masking tape pulls at a fresh sealer; a cleaning product used on paint overspray etches the floor beside it.
The answer is timing. We prefer to agree with the project manager when the dusty trades are finished and before the final clean, then polish and protect in one continuous pass. Joinery, carpets and adjacent floors are covered, dust is extracted at the source, and the products we use are suited to closed interior spaces with poor ventilation.
Our services for yacht marble restoration in Genoa
Every service below is carried out on board or as close as possible to the yacht, wherever she happens to be in the port.
ShinePolishing
Honing out wear and scratches, then bringing the original gloss or a matt finish back.Read more
HardnessCrystallisation
A surface treatment for calcareous marble floors that take daily foot traffic.Read more
Chips, cracksRepair
Tinted resin filling for chips and cracks, nosings and steps rebuilt in place.Read more
StainsEtch mark removal
Acid etching, limescale and rust marks treated without changing the surface around them.Read more
SealingProtection
Water and oil repellent impregnation once the stone is clean and dry.Read more
PlanningMaintenance contracts
Regular visits planned around the yacht’s programme, with a report for the manager.Read moreThe same care applies to onyx, travertine, granite and quartzite. Backlit onyx panels, common in bars and master bathrooms on Italian-built yachts, need particular attention because heat from the lighting and the stone’s translucency make any repair visible.
Season and planning in Genoa
Genoa’s calendar is more about the yard than about charter. Three periods matter for marble.
Autumn, around the boat show. The Salone Nautico Internazionale fills the Levante waterfront every autumn; the 66th edition ran from 1 to 6 October 2026. Yachts on display want flawless interiors for visitors, and a stone surface that has been polished and sealed a few days before the opening stands up better to thousands of shoes. Booking early is wise, because everyone on the waterfront has the same deadline.
Winter, the refit and lay-up months. From late autumn to early spring, yachts lie in Genoese yards or in the marinas for their winter berth. This is when heavier work makes sense: restoring a whole saloon floor, rebuilding chipped stair nosings, re-polishing a set of guest bathrooms. Crew are on board, guests are not, and the work can run over several days without disturbing anyone.
Spring, before departure. Before the yacht leaves for the season, a last visit deals with what the yard period left behind: overspray residue, a cleaner that dulled a floor, a scratch from a trolley. Then the stone is protected so that the first charter does not undo the work.
Practical detail: if your yacht is in a yard, tell us which one and give us the project manager’s contact. If she is in Porto Antico or Molo Vecchio, the marina office will want our names in advance. At Sestri Ponente, the airport road makes arrival and parking easy.
Surfaces we treat on board
Each surface on a yacht wears differently, and each has its own page explaining what we do.
- Marble bathrooms: vanities, shower trays and walls, often the first to suffer from limescale and cosmetics.
- Marble floors: saloons, lobbies and corridors, where traffic dulls the finish along the same paths.
- Bars, counters and tables: the surfaces that meet wine, citrus, ice buckets and glassware every evening.
- Marble stairs: nosings that chip and treads that wear in the centre.
From the first message to the finished surface
- 01
Photos on WhatsApp
Send a few photos of the surfaces and tell us where the yacht lies: which marina, which yard, and until when.
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Visit and quote
When useful, we come to see the stone on board before quoting, with the captain, chief stew or yard project manager.
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Slot agreed with the yacht
We fix the days around the crew, the other contractors and, in October, the boat show deadline.
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Work and check
Areas are protected, the work is done, and the result is reviewed with the chief stew before we leave, with advice on daily care.
The whole method is described on our page how we work on board. Yacht managers coordinating several vessels in Genoese yards can read our page for managers; crews will find practical advice on the page for captains and crew. Our other Italian ports are listed on the Italy page.
Genoa: questions from captains and managers
Our yacht is in refit at a Genoese yard. Can you work alongside the other contractors?
Yes, with the yard’s agreement. We follow its access and safety rules and fit our days into the project manager’s schedule, ideally after sanding and painting are finished and before the final clean.
Can the marble be ready for the Salone Nautico?
Yes, if we are booked in time. We suggest finishing a few days before the yacht opens to visitors, so the protection has cured before the first day of the show.
Can you board at Marina Genova near the airport as easily as in the old port?
Yes. Sestri Ponente is often simpler for a team with equipment, as the marina is next to the airport and has parking. In Porto Antico and Molo Vecchio, the marina usually needs our names in advance.
The yard used a strong cleaner and the floor is now dull. Can it be saved?
Usually, yes. Acidic or alkaline products used to remove paint or adhesive often etch polished marble. The surface can be honed and polished back, then protected. Photos help us judge the depth of the damage.
Is a piece better removed and treated ashore?
Sometimes. A loose table top or a vanity slab that is already out for a refit can go to a workshop near the yacht. Fixed floors, walls and stairs are always treated in place.
Do you have an office in Genoa?
No. Our team travels to your yacht in Genoa for each job. We have no local address or phone number for now; all requests go through the same WhatsApp number and form.
Interventions in Genoa are carried out today by the travelling team of Les Traitements du Sud, the stone-care company that looks after yachts on the Côte d’Azur. NDA available on request; yacht names are never published without consent.
Works in Genoa are carried out by Les Traitements du Sud (France), travelling team.
Is your yacht in Genoa?
Tell us the marina or yard and send a few photos. We reply with a first opinion and a proposed date.