Augustea SpA is a traditional
shipping
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company from
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
,
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
founded in 1629.
The basic facts:
*In 1629 Pietro Antonio Cafiero created a mutual aid fund "Monte della S.S. Annunziata dei Cafiero", which was rescuing sailors kidnapped by
Barbary pirates
The Barbary pirates, or Barbary corsairs or Ottoman corsairs, were Muslim pirates and privateers who operated from North Africa, based primarily in the ports of Salé, Rabat, Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli, Libya, Tripoli. This area was known i ...
.
*Now Augustea Group employs about 630 people working on company's 50 vessels,
tugs and
barge
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s and controls another 24 ocean vessels.
*Augustea's fleet fully complies with the
International Safety Management Code
The International Safety Management (ISM) Code is the International Maritime Organization (IMO) standard for the safe management and operation of ships at sea.
The purpose of the ISM Code
* To ensure safety at sea and prevent damage to property, ...
.
*Augustea Group achieved accreditation
ISO 9001
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and
ISO 14000
ISO 14000 is a family of standards related to environmental management that exists to help organizations (a) minimize how their operations (processes, etc.) negatively affect the environment (i.e. cause adverse changes to air, water, or land); (b ...
.
See also
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List of oldest companies
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References
External links
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Shipbuilding companies of Italy
Companies established in the 17th century
17th-century establishments in the Kingdom of Naples
1629 establishments in Italy
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