Where was the 'Mary Celeste' going?

Genoa, Italy is the port to which Mary Celeste was going. The hermaphrodite brig in question left New York on November 5, 1872, and Staten Island on November 7, 1852, with a cargo of 1,701 barrels of alcohol from the New York-based German merchants Meissner, Ackersman and Company. The $36,000-valued cargo was supposed to be delivered no later than December 6, 1872.