Yacht Sanitization in Naples
A busy gulf with charter traffic, long stays and warm water all year.
The Gulf of Naples keeps yachts working later into the year than most of the Tyrrhenian, and the water stays warm. Both matter: a longer season means more use, and warmer water means the conditions bacteria like last longer.
A warm gulf and a long season
Temperature is not a detail. It decides how fast a problem develops in a water system.
Legionella grows fastest in the range between roughly twenty and forty-five degrees, and a yacht in a warm gulf spends much of the year inside it — in the tank, in the lines running through warm spaces, and in a calorifier that is often kept just below where it should be to save fuel.
A long charter season also means constant partial use: full one week, empty the next, topped up rather than emptied. That pattern leaves standing water in exactly the branches nobody thinks about.
The practical answer is not more treatment but regular sampling, so you find out before the guests do.
Everything we can treat while you are in Naples
The same six jobs make up almost every visit. On most yachts more than one of them is needed at the same time, which is why we survey first and then plan them into a single stop.
Fresh water system
Tanks, distribution lines and every outlet treated as one network, then checked.
Read moreLegionella testing and remediation
A sampling plan, accredited lab analysis, and treatment across the whole network if a sample comes back positive.
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HVAC and air ducts
Ducts and air handling units opened, cleaned and checked, cabin by cabin.
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Fan coils and air conditioning
Units opened, coils and filters cleaned, condensate trays checked — where the smell on start-up usually comes from.
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Galley hoods and extraction
Filters, hood and the duct run behind it degreased, right up to the fan.
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Odour and mould investigation
Finding where a smell or a damp patch actually starts, instead of covering it.
Read moreSee the full list of services if you are looking for something more specific, such as water sampling, post-refit or charter turnaround work.
Sample more often than you would further north
The same yacht in Naples and in Trieste does not carry the same risk, and the schedule should reflect that.
For a yacht working the gulf through the summer, sampling before the season and again mid-season is a reasonable rhythm. It costs little and it is the only way to see a problem developing rather than arriving.
If the calorifier is run below sixty degrees, say so. It changes what we look at and where we sample.
From the first call to the report
The sequence is the same whichever berth you are on in Naples. What changes is the timing, and that is planned around the yacht rather than around us.
We look before we quote
A technician goes through the yacht with the crew: which outlets are used daily and which almost never, where the air handling units sit, what the crew has actually noticed.
The visit is planned around you
We fit the work into the window you have — between charters, during a yard period, or over a quiet weekend alongside.
We work alongside
No yard move and no lift. The heavy equipment stays on the quay; only hoses and a small dosing unit come aboard, on protected decks.
You get it in writing
Sampling points, what was done, and the laboratory report where water was analysed. That document is what closes the job.
We come to the yacht, work at the berth and leave a written report. The crew keeps running the boat.
Francesco Colombo
CEO · AirBio Marine, a division of AirBio (Ekonore S.r.l.)
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Our own technicians, certified processes
Every intervention is carried out by AirBio technicians employed and trained in house, never subcontracted. We work under certified management systems and close each job with a technical report the captain can file on board.
- ISO 9001Quality
- ISO 14001Environment
- ISO 45001Health & safety
- ISO 16636Pest management
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What a visit looks like
A few moments from the jobs we do on yachts every season: the equipment on the quay, the systems we open and the checks we close with. The same way of working applies in Naples.
Other ports on the same run
If the yacht moves before we get to you, or you are berthed one harbour along, these are the pages for the ports next door.
Gaeta
North along the Tyrrhenian coast.
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Fiumicino
Further north, on the Rome coast.
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Palermo
South, across to Sicily.
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Porto Cervo
North-west, in Sardinia.
OpenThe complete list is on the ports page.
Working in Naples: frequently asked questions
Why does warm water matter so much?
Because temperature is what decides how fast bacteria multiply in a system. A gulf that stays warm for most of the year keeps a water system in the range where that happens.
How often should we sample?
For a yacht working a long warm season, before the season and again around the middle of it is a sensible rhythm. We agree the points so the results can be compared over time.
Can you work during a charter turnaround?
For the water system and the galley extraction, usually yes. Anything that means opening cabins needs the yacht clear.
Working the Gulf of Naples?
Tell us the yacht, the berth and your charter pattern. A technician calls you back within 24 hours.
Tell us about the yacht
Yacht length, marina, systems and what you have noticed on board. A technician reads the message and calls you back to plan the survey.
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Where we work
Italian Riviera and Tuscany marinas and yards — Viareggio, La Spezia, Portofino, Genoa, Sanremo, Livorno, Argentario — and other Mediterranean ports on request.
Documented work
Every job ends with a technical report and photos for the yacht's records.