Amico & Co Consolidates Two Centuries of Shipbuilding Under a Single Brand: Amico Marine
Genoa's most storied superyacht refit operation has a new name for the sum of its parts. Amico & Co has announced the launch of Amico Marine — a unified brand bringing together every entity within the group active in yacht refit, maintenance, and services under a single, coherent identity for the first time in the company's history.
The consolidation reflects the scale of what Amico & Co has become since Alberto Amico and his father Guido founded the modern yard in 1991. That operation was itself the latest chapter in a shipbuilding tradition the Amico family has maintained without interruption since 1799, when master builder Matteo Amico established his first yard in Loano on the Ligurian coast. Two hundred and twenty-seven years later, the group now spans multiple shipyards, a technical marina, digital management services, metalwork facilities, and a crew and owner hospitality hub; all in and around the Port of Genoa.
"The Amico Marine system represents the evolution of our strategic vision and the result of the long growth journey of Amico & Co," said Bruno Guglielmini, CEO of Amico & Co. "By integrating shipyard operations with marina services, technical services and the local area, we have contributed to making Genoa one of the world's leading hubs of excellence in the sector- a position we intend to further strengthen."
What Amico Marine Comprises
The new brand consolidates what had previously operated as a set of related but separately branded entities into a single, navigable group structure. The components:
Amico & Co and Amico Loano handle the large-vessel core of the business: superyacht refit and repair for vessels from 30 to 140 metres LOA, across the group's 65,000 square metre yard in the Port of Genoa. Facilities include a 4,000-tonne ShipLift for vessels up to 95 metres, three dry docks accommodating vessels up to 170 metres LOA, twelve covered refit and repair sheds, and dedicated paint hangars capable of housing vessels up to 102 metres. The yard processes an average of 110 projects per year, with approximately 90 percent of clients coming from international markets. Amico & Co is a selected partner in the Feadship Refit Service Network; a designation that speaks to the quality standards the yard operates to.
Gatti Shipyard serves vessels and yachts up to 30 metres: extending the group's capability into the mid-size market and ensuring the Amico Marine network has a coherent offering across the full size range rather than exclusively at the superyacht end.
Waterfront Marina provides the hospitality and operational infrastructure around which the yard's client experience is built. The marina's 26 berths accommodate yachts up to 120 metres and serves as the staging point for vessels before and after refit periods; allowing preparation and post-refit activities to take place outside the shipyard itself, reducing time spent in the yard and, by extension, daily operating costs for the owner. Crew facilities at the Waterfront Marina include lounges, gyms, yoga studios, sports courts, concierge services, and medical care.
Acier-Sarimi contributes metalwork fabrication capacity: structural and outfitting metalwork for complex refit projects.
Amico Servizi handles general services and operational support, while Marine Tools provides digital solutions for yacht management processes; a technology layer that addresses the growing demand for digital oversight of refit schedules, cost tracking, and compliance documentation among professional yacht managers.
Genoa Superyacht Hub, managed in partnership with the Pesto Group, delivers crew and client services for the broader Genoa port ecosystem; extending Amico Marine's reach beyond its own physical facilities into the wider port environment.
The Logic of Integration
The consolidation is not simply a rebrand. It reflects a deliberate view that superyacht refit is increasingly evaluated by owners and managers as a total service proposition: not as a set of discrete specialist engagements. An owner who brings a 70-metre vessel to Genoa for a major refit needs the shipyard itself, but also safe berthing before and after the work, reliable crew accommodation and services during a multi-month project, digital tools that allow the yacht manager to track progress in real time, and the metalwork and technical sub-contractors to be coordinated under a single point of accountability.
Until now, those elements existed within the Amico & Co group but were not presented as a unified system to clients. Amico Marine resolves that.
"With the launch of Amico Marine, we aim to clearly and consistently represent our identity: a network of companies providing full technical and operational support to owners, crews and managers at every stage of a superyacht's life," said Alberto Amico, founder and partner of Amico & Co. "Our operational model is based on direct and continuous relationships with clients, prioritising collaboration, planning and process control to ensure quality, timely delivery and cost transparency."
The Genoa yard's environmental credentials, first Italian shipyard to achieve ISO 14001 environmental management certification, electrified docks since 2007, and a photovoltaic plant now covering 53 percent of the yard's energy needs, sit under the Amico Marine umbrella as well, giving the consolidated brand a sustainability narrative that the fragmented predecessor structure made harder to communicate.
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