Tirrenia (company)

Tirrenia is a privately owned Italian shipping company contracted by the Ministry of Transportation to ship items between Italy's mainland and its major islands. It operates a fleet of 23 vessels.

Tirrenia
TypeJoint stock company
Founded17 December 1936
Naples, Campania – Italy
Headquarters
Naples and Cagliari
,
Italy
ProductsMass transit, Ship transport
Revenue€296 million (2007)
€14.1 million (2007)
OwnerCompagnia Italiana di Navigazione
Website

History

Tirrenia Società Anonima di Navigazione was founded in 1936, resulting from the nationalization of many private-owned Italian lines. The company gathered a fleet of 55 ships. When World War II broke out, the number of lines were reduced. By 1942, 50 ships were sunk following the armed conflicts in the Mediterranean sea.[1]

After World War II, the few ships surviving the conflict were used to connect Italian islands, mainly Sardinia, to the mainland. The company became public and its name was changed to Tirrenia di Navigazione S.p.A. In 1965, the company launched the production of fully-fledged ferries, the Poet Class.[1] In the 1970s, ships were gradually replaced by ferries and the company developed its freight activities. In 1975, Tirrenia bought the Malta Express ferry.[1] Since the end of the 1980s, the company has been upgrading its older units with faster ones capable of reaching 35–40 knots.

However, most of these were unpractical or too expensive to operate and are now scrapped. The Italian Government, after having subsidiarized the company some years,[2] privatised Tirrenia in 2012.

On 23 December 2009, Tirrenia was put on the market. Sixteen companies join the bidding, including SNAV, Grandi Navi Veloci, Grimaldi Lines, Moby Lines, Ustica Lines, Corsica Ferries and Mediterranea Holding (including Regione Siciliana and Alexis Tomasos). The latter ends up alone when al the other bidders quit. On 28 July 2010, Mediterranea Holding won the bidding for Tirrenia and Siremar. On 4 August, Fintecna announces that the sale will not happen, since Mediterranea Holding did not show up for signing. On 12 August, the company officially entered receivership,[3] as requested by commissioner Giancarlo D'Andrea.

An agreement has been made for Tirrenia to be taken over by Compagnia Italiana di Navigazione (Cin) in 2012. However, in May the competition authority opened an investigation into whether a dominant position in routes to Sardinia would be created.[4]

In 2014, the company moved from its historic headquarters of Rione Sirignano to Calata Porta di Massa, Interno Porto.[1] In 2015, Tirrenia was entirely acquired by Vincenzo Onorato and became part of the Onorato Armatori group. Pietro Manunta was named president and Massimo Mura Managing Director.[5] Vincenzo Onorato also owns the other ferry company of Naples, Moby.[6] In 2019, Tirrenia raised its prices, leading to reactions from the weakened local competition.[7]

Tirrenia group

Tirrenia Group included until 2010 the following company:

Fleet
Ship nameFlagBuiltRouteTonnageLengthWidthPassengersVesselsLanemetersSpeed Knots
Nuraghes 2004 Civitavecchia ↔ Olbia
Genoa ↔ Porto Torres		 39.780 GT 214,6 m 26,4 m 3.000 1.085 1.900 29
Sharden 2005 Civitavecchia ↔ Olbia
Genoa ↔ Porto Torres		 39.780 GT 214,6 m 26,4 m 3.000 1.085 1.900 29
Bithia 2001 Genoa ↔ Olbia / Porto Torres
Civitavecchia ↔ Cagliari / Olbia		 36.475 GT 214,6 m 26,4 m 2.700 900 915 29
Janas 2002 Genoa ↔ Olbia / Porto Torres
Civitavecchia ↔ Cagliari / Olbia		 36.475 GT 214,6 m 26,4 m 2.700 900 915 29
Athara 2003 Genoa ↔ Olbia / Porto Torres
Civitavecchia ↔ Cagliari / Olbia		 36.475 GT 214,6 m 26,4 m 2.700 900 915 29
Vincenzo Florio 1999 Naples ↔ Palermo 30.650 GT 180,3 m 26,8 m 1.470 625 2.000 23
Raffaele Rubattino 2000 Naples ↔ Palermo
 30.650 GT 180,3 m 26,8 m 1.470 625 2.000 23
Beniamino Carnevale 1992 Livorno ↔ Cagliari
Ravenna ↔ Catania		 14.398 GT 150,4 m 23,4 m 50 300 1.750 19
Isola di Capraia 1999 Termoli ↔ Tremiti 1.927 GT 70,9 m 12,4 m 550 57 - 28
  • Ro-Ro Beniamino Carnevale.
  • M/S Athara to Genoa.
  • M/S Sharden in Olbia.
  • M/S Raffaele rubattino.
  • M/S Bithia to Genoa.

Historical fleet
  • Type Regione (Passenger ship)
    • Campania Felix (1953–1972)
    • Sardegna (1953– ?)
    • Sicilia (1952–1988)
    • Calabria (1952–1988)
    • Lazio (1953–1979)
  • Type Città (Passenger ship)
    • Citta Di Napoli (1961–1987)
    • Città di Nuoro (1962–1988)
  • Type Regional (Ro-Pax)
    • La Maddalena (1966–1988)
    • Arbatax (1966–1988)
    • Carloforte (1976–1986)
    • Limbara (1978–1988)
    • Isola Di Caprera (1986–1988)
    • Ichnusa (1986–1988)
  • Type Poeta (Ro-Pax)
    • Boccaccio (1970–1999)
    • Carducci (1970–1999)
    • Leopardi (1971–1994)
    • Manzoni (1971–1999)
    • Petrarca (1971–1999)
    • Pascoli (1971–1999)
    • Deledda (1978–1994)
    • Verga (1978–1997)
  • Type Valletta (Ro-Pax)
    • La Valletta (1971–1976)
  • Type Staffetta (Ro-Ro)
    • Staffetta Jonica (1973–1978)
    • Staffetta Adriatica (1973–1992)
    • Staffetta Tirrenica (1973–1993)
  • Type Espresso (Ro-Pax)
    • Malta Express (1976–1988)
  • Type Tutto Merci (Ro-Ro)
    • Staffetta Ligure (1979–1988)
    • Staffetta Mediterranea (1979–1988)
  • Type Strada (Ro-Pax)
    • Emilia (1979–2006)
    • Domiziana (1979–2011)
    • Flaminia (1980–2012)
  • Type Strada Trasformata (Ro-Pax)
    • Nomentana (1979–2012)
    • Clodia (1979–2012)
  • Type Sociale (Ro-Pax)
    • Arborea (1987–2004)
    • Caralis (1988–2000)
    • Torres (1988–2004)
  • Type Capo (Ro-Pax)
    • Capo Spartivento (1987–2001)
    • Capo Sandalo (1988–2000)
    • Capo Carbonara (1988–2004)
  • Type Campania (Ro-Ro)
    • Campania (1988–2001)
  • Type Tutto merci (Ro-Ro)
    • Sardegna (1988–2006)
    • Calabria (1989–2006)
    • Sicilia (1990–2006)
  • Type Viamare (Ro-Ro)
    • Via Tirreno (1996–2001)
    • Lazio (2000–2012)
  • Type Toscana (Ro-Pax)
    • Toscana (1994–2012)
  • Type Aquastrada (HSC)
    • Guizzo (1993–2001)
    • Scatto (1994–2002)
  • Type Jupiter (Ro-Pax HSC)
    • Aries (1997–2011)
    • Taurus (1997–2011)
    • Scorpio (1998–2011)
    • Capricorn (1998–2011)

Routes

Sardinia

Sicily

Tremiti Islands

Tunisia

See also

References
  1. History, Tirrenia.it
  2. The heart of the dispute with a Genuan competitor was the interpretation of the European pro-competitive rules on the abuse of a dominant position: if the public subsidies to Tirrenia had been lawfully given and/or used: Buonomo, Giampiero (2013). "La lanterna che manca alla giustizia italiana". L'Ago e Il Filo Edizione Online.  – via Questia (subscription required)
  3. "Il tribunale di Roma dichiara lo stato di insolvenza per Tirrenia" (in Italian). il Sole 24 Ore. 12 August 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
  4. "Tirrenia, Antitrust apre istruttoria su vendita a Cin" (in Italian). Reuters. 31 May 2012. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013.
  5. (In Italian) Traghetti, Onorato chiude l’affare Tirrenia: è al 100 per cento. Informata l’Antitrust, Ilfattoquotidiano.it, 7 July 2015
  6. (In Italian) Cercasi giudice a bordo a 10mila euro, Adnkronos.com, 19 May 2019
  7. (In Italian) Tirrenia, Onorato attacca Toninelli: "Solo demagogia", Adnkronos.com, 17 January 2019
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