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.
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.
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''Tirrenia.it''
After World War II, the few ships surviving the conflict were used to connect Italian islands, mainly
Sardinia
Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...
, 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.
In the 1970s, ships were gradually replaced by ferries and the company developed its freight activities. In 1975, Tirrenia bought the Malta Express ferry.
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, privatised Tirrenia in 2012.
On 23 December 2009, Tirrenia was put on the market. Sixteen companies join the bidding, including
SNAV
SNAV (Società Navigazione Alta Velocità) is an Italian company that operates ferry services from Italy to Sardinia, Croatia and Sicily.
Routes
SNAV operates a large network of routes across the Mediterranean and Adriatic.
*Naples - Palerm ...
,
Grandi Navi Veloci,
Grimaldi Lines,
Moby Lines
Moby Lines (Moby Lines S.p.A.) is an Italian shipping company that operates ferries and cruiseferries between the Italian or French mainland and the islands of Elba, Sardinia and Corsica. The company was founded in 1959 under the name Navigazio ...
,
Ustica Lines
Ustica (; scn, Ùstica) is a small Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is about across and is situated north of Capo Gallo, Sicily. Roughly 1,300 people live in the ''comune'' (municipality) of the same name. There is a regular fe ...
,
Corsica Ferries
Corsica Ferries - Sardinia Ferries (Corsica Ferries France SAS – Forship SpA) is a Franco-Italian ferry company that operates traffic to and from the islands of Corsica, Sardinia and Elba.
The ferry company was founded in 1967 by the C ...
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,
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.
In 2014, the company moved from its historic headquarters of Rione Sirignano to Calata Porta di Massa, Interno Porto.
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. Vincenzo Onorato also owns the other ferry company of Naples, Moby. In 2019, Tirrenia raised its prices, leading to reactions from the weakened local competition.
[(In Italian]
Tirrenia, Onorato attacca Toninelli: "Solo demagogia"
''Adnkronos.com'', 17 January 2019
Tirrenia group
Tirrenia Group included until 2010 the following company:
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Siremar (Sicilia Regionale Marittima). Connects Sicily with the
Aeolian Islands,
Aegadian Islands,
Ustica
Ustica (; scn, Ùstica) is a small Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is about across and is situated north of Capo Gallo, Sicily. Roughly 1,300 people live in the ''comune'' (municipality) of the same name. There is a regular fer ...
,
Lampedusa
Lampedusa ( , , ; scn, Lampidusa ; grc, Λοπαδοῦσσα and Λοπαδοῦσα and Λοπαδυῦσσα, Lopadoûssa; mt, Lampeduża) is the largest island of the Italian Pelagie Islands in the Mediterranean Sea.
The ''comune'' of L ...
and
Pantelleria
Pantelleria (; Sicilian: ''Pantiddirìa'', Maltese: ''Pantellerija'' or ''Qawsra''), the ancient Cossyra or Cossura, is an Italian island and comune in the Strait of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea, southwest of Sicily and east of the Tunisi ...
.
Fleet
File:Tirrenia di Navigazione Via Adriatico ship 03.JPG, Ro-Ro ''Beniamino Carnevale''.
File:MN Athara, 30-03-2011, Genova.JPG, M/S ''Athara'' to Genoa
Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian census, the Province of ...
.
File:SHARDEN OLBIA 014.jpg, M/S ''Sharden ''in Olbia
Olbia (, ; sc, Terranoa; sdn, Tarranoa) is a city and commune of 60,346 inhabitants (May 2018) in the Italian insular province of Sassari in northeastern Sardinia, Italy, in the historical region of Gallura. Called ''Olbia'' in the Roman age ...
.
File:Traghetto Bithia della Tirrenia in navigazione verso Genova - aprile 2020.jpg, M/S ''Bithia'' to Genoa
Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian census, the Province of ...
.
Historical fleet
*Type ''Regione'' (Passenger ship)
**''Campania Felix'' (1953–1972)
**''Sardegna'' (1953– ?)
**''Sicilia'' (1952–1988)
**''Calabria'' (1952–1988)
** (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)
**''Aurelia'' (1980–2012)
**''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
*
Genoa
Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian census, the Province of ...
↔
Porto Torres
Porto Torres ( sdc, Posthudorra, sc, Portu Turre) is a comune and a city of the Province of Sassari in north-west of Sardinia, Italy. Founded during the 1st century BC as ''Colonia Iulia Turris Libisonis'', it was the first Roman colony of the ...
*
Livorno↔
Cagliari (Cargo only)
*
Civitavecchia
Civitavecchia (; meaning "ancient town") is a city and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Rome in the central Italian region of Lazio. A sea port on the Tyrrhenian Sea, it is located west-north-west of Rome. The harbour is formed by two pier ...
↔
Olbia
Olbia (, ; sc, Terranoa; sdn, Tarranoa) is a city and commune of 60,346 inhabitants (May 2018) in the Italian insular province of Sassari in northeastern Sardinia, Italy, in the historical region of Gallura. Called ''Olbia'' in the Roman age ...
*
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 ...
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Cagliari (Cargo only)
Sicily
*Naples↔
Palermo
Tunisia
*Genoa↔
Tunis
''Tounsi'' french: Tunisois
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(in Code Sharing with ''
Compagnie Tunisienne de Navigation'')
See also
*
Vincenzo Onorato
References
External links
Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tirrenia Di Navigazione
Italian brands
Transport companies established in 1936
Italian companies established in 1936
Tirrenia Compagnia Italiana di Navigazione
Ferry companies of Italy
Companies based in Naples