F2i’s infrastructural fund secured the 50-year concession for the management of Lavagna Marina, following the tender issued by the Municipality of Lavagna in 2025.
The marina is located in the Tigullio’s Gulf (Genoa) and currently has approximately 1,500 berths for vessels ranging from 8 to 51 meters, making it one of the most important Italian ports in terms of available moorings. Over the next four years, the concessionaire F2i Levante, controlled by the ANIA F2i Fund, will invest €75 million to modernize and develop the marina and to enhance its integration with the city of Lavagna, benefiting both the local community and tourists. These initiatives aim to meet the main objectives set out in the tender, managed by the Liguria Region as the Contracting Authority on behalf of the Municipality of Lavagna. The new entity will be named Marina di Lavagna, and all current employees will be retained; as required by the tender, the concessionaire will take over operations and staff from the outgoing operator without interruption.
The main areas of intervention will include five key projects: the redevelopment of the area known as the “Piastra” and the breakwater pier, the burial of the municipal parking lot, the creation of walkways along the breakwaters, and the construction of a dry dock facility.
Great attention will be paid to the quality of customer service, and thanks to improvements to the infrastructure, the marina will be able to accommodate larger vessels, thereby expanding its target market.
Giuseppe Pontremoli, a manager with extensive experience in port management, has been appointed CEO of F2i Levante. “With the award of the Lavagna Marina concession”, said Renato Ravanelli, CEO of F2i, “we continue our strategy of investing in Italian infrastructure and enter, for the first time, the prestigious sector of marinas. The Italian marina sector is currently highly fragmented, and users demand ports with excellent services and the ability to accommodate increasingly larger vessels. The Mediterranean is the world’s leading destination for mega-yachts, yet it has a limited number of berths, and 50% of global production of these yachts is made in Italy, requiring winter moorings and maintenance facilities as well.”
F2i Levante is 99% owned by the ANIA F2i Fund and 1% by the Leonardo Consortium, which comprises companies specialized in civil and infrastructure works, and Injectosond, a company specialized in soil and foundation consolidation.
(Lavagna Marina, F2i Fund awarded the concession – Barchemagazine.com – January 2026)
