Yacht Sanitization in Nice
A city port with the airport next door, used for crew changes and quick stops.
Nice is where people get on and off. Guests fly in, crew rotate, and the yacht is often alongside for a couple of days between one programme and the next. That makes it a good place for the fast jobs and a poor one for the slow ones.
Crew changes are when problems get reported
A new crew notices what the old one stopped noticing. Nice is where a lot of these calls start.
Someone joins, takes a shower in a cabin that has not been used for weeks, and says the water smells. Or a new chef opens the galley and finds the extraction has not been touched in two seasons. The problem is not new; the person is.
That is useful, because it is honest information. A crew that has lived with a smell for a year has stopped registering it, and the yacht carries on with it until a guest says something instead.
A short stop in Nice is enough to sample the water and find out whether the new arrival is right.
Everything we can treat while you are in Nice
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.
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Legionella 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.
Use the stop to find out, not to fix everything
Two days alongside will not fix a system. It is more than enough to establish what is actually wrong.
Sample here, get the result while the yacht moves on, and plan the real work for the next port with a proper window.
If the galley extraction is the complaint, that can usually be finished inside the stop.
From the first call to the report
The sequence is the same whichever berth you are on in Nice. 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 Nice.
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.
Monaco
East along the coast.
Open
Antibes
West, the wintering port.
Open
Cannes
Further west.
Open
Sanremo
East, over the Italian border.
OpenThe complete list is on the ports page.
Working in Nice: frequently asked questions
New crew say the water smells. Are they right?
Often yes, and a sample settles it either way. It is the cheapest thing on the list and it stops an argument becoming a guest complaint.
We are only here for two days. Is it worth calling?
For sampling and for the galley side, yes. For anything that means opening cabins, plan it for a longer stop and use this one to work out what is needed.
Can you meet a yacht arriving from Italy?
Yes. We travel to the berth and the visit is planned around your arrival and departure times.
Stopping in Nice?
Tell us the yacht, the dates alongside and what the crew has reported. 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.