291: Winners of the Blue Wake Awards 2026: The innovators tackling sustainability from every angle

Corrado, tell me, Amico & Co, what sustainable practices have you implemented at your yard?

So for us, sustainability is really about how we run the shipyard every day, from how we generate and use energy to how we manage water, operate our facilities and minimise our impact on the environment.

One of our main priorities is protecting the water and the marine ecosystem.

We have an in-house wastewater treatment plant that treats the wastewater from all the yachts, more than our marina, as well as the ones that are on the hard.

The treated water is then discharged directly into the city's wastewater system.

So we avoid discharging wastewater into the sea and also we eliminate the need to store it in an IBC tank and then transport it by truck for disposal.

On the energy side, we have invested heavily in renewable power.

Our one megawatt photovoltaic system generates around 1,000 megawatt hours of electricity in 2025, last year, avoiding 427 tons of CO2 emission.

That is the equivalent of more or less 20,000 trees absorbing carbon annually.

over a year.

So at full capacity, our photovoltaic system has the potential to cover all the shipyard's electricity consumption, excluding obviously the electricity supplied through shore power to the yachts.

All our docks are on land slots, are equipped with shore power, allowing yachts to switch off their diesel generator completely.

In the Port of Genoa, we were pioneers in bringing electrification to the quays.

Inside the yard, major works take place in permanent insulated sheds that are equipped with multi-layered VOC and dust filtration.

These facilities allow us to reduce methane consumption by up to 70% compared with temporary structures, while also improving the air quality for our workers and the surrounding community, also in compliance with the AUA, that is the Unified Environmental Authorization, issued by the City of Genoa.

Finally, sustainability is also about culture.

We are partners of Water Revolution Foundation.

We promote the environmental crew guidelines, which can help reduce onboard emissions up to 30%.

And we have been ISO 14001 since 2002, making us the first repair shipyard in Italy to receive this certification.

So you really know your stuff and you really take this seriously and that's brilliant.

And it sounds like you're doing some brilliant 360 sort of changes around and implementations around the yard.

So what made you decide to invest so heavily in making the yard itself sustainable? Most people think about the yachts, but actually think about the yard itself.

Why did you invest so heavily in making the yard sustainable? Why was it important to you?

For Amico Shippers, sustainability isn't a marketing exercise.

It's been part of our identity for a long time.