Yacht Sanitization in Porto Cervo
Costa Smeralda, where the season is short, intense and unforgiving of delays.
Porto Cervo in August is not a place to start a job you cannot finish before dinner. We plan around that: the survey happens early, the work happens in the gap, and nothing is left half done on a yacht with guests arriving.
A guest port, first and last
Everything here is judged on how the yacht feels to the people on board. That is also what makes air and water worth getting right.
The complaints that matter in Porto Cervo are the ones guests notice: a shower that smells of sulphur first thing in the morning, a cabin that smells stale for the first ten minutes after the air conditioning starts, a cooking smell that reaches the saloon. None of them are mechanical failures, and all of them come from the same few places.
A short guest turnaround is enough to treat the water system and to deal with the galley extraction. It is not enough to open every fan coil, so if that is the real cause we say so and plan it for the end of the season rather than pretend.
The work is done quietly, with the decks protected and the equipment kept on the quay.
Everything we can treat while you are in Porto Cervo
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.
Prepare in May, repair in October
The Costa Smeralda season is too compressed to absorb surprises. The yachts that have a quiet August are the ones that did the work in spring.
Before the season: treat the water system, sample it, and deal with the air side while there is still time for a second pass if something comes back wrong.
After the season: the full air-side job, with panels off, before the yacht goes into winter layup carrying a summer of dust and damp on the coils.
From the first call to the report
The sequence is the same whichever berth you are on in Porto Cervo. 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.
Every port has its own rhythm. We plan the visit around the berth and the crew, not the other way round.
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 Porto Cervo.
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.
Olbia
The gateway port, just south.
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Palermo
Across to Sicily.
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Naples
On the mainland, to the east.
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Monaco
The other end of the summer circuit.
OpenThe complete list is on the ports page.
Working in Porto Cervo: frequently asked questions
Can you come during the season?
Yes, but the window has to be real. Tell us the gap between guests and we will tell you honestly what fits in it.
How discreet is the work?
The units stay on the quay, the decks are covered and the team works in uniform. On a guest turnaround nobody should be able to tell we were there except that the problem is gone.
The shower smells only in the morning. Why?
Because the water has been standing in that branch overnight and warming up. It is the classic sign that the problem is in the line rather than in the tank, and it is one of the reasons we sample at several points rather than one.
In Porto Cervo this season?
Tell us the yacht, the berth and the gap between guests. A technician calls you back within 24 hours and says straight away what fits.
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.