Marine stations close the 2010 with a traffic record of 3,6 million passengers



In the 2010 Marine Stations Spa, the society that manages the terminals for passengers and crocieristi of the port of Genoa, it has totaled a profit before taxes of 3,89 million euros on revenues for 26,96 million euros respect to a profit before taxes of 3,27 million euros on revenues for 25,98 million euros in the year precedence. 2010 have been archived item with a profit clearly of 2,2 million euros; cash flow has exceeded 6,5 million euros and the carried out investments are piled to 3,7 million euros.

This morning the assembly of the associates of Marine Stations has held, that it has approved of budget 2010, and is named the new board of directors of the society that is constituted by Ferdinando Lolli, Edoardo Monzani, Lorenzo Cuocolo, Renato Midoro, Eugenio Kielland, Mauro Rovida, Fabio Capocaccia, Franco Ronzi and Massimo Mura. Admiral Ferdinando Lolli, than for some years has been commander of the Harbour office of Genoa and marine director of the Liguria, is named president and subentra in the assignment to Filippo Schiaffino, while the charge of Edoardo Monzani, previously general manager of the society, is transformed in that of managing director.

Al term of the assembly Schiaffino and Monzani has introduced the results of the company with the president of the Harbour Authority of Genoa, Luigi Merlo, and the Large managing director of Navi Veloci (GNV), Roberto Martinoli.

Merlon has restated the decision of the Harbour Authority to yield own quota in Marine Stations: in the end of this month or at the beginning of june - it has specified - Finporto, the holding company of the harbour agency, will publish the ban of contest for the cession of the quota that is pairs to 34.07% of capital (10.22% Harbour Authority and 23.85% through Finporto). From part its Martinoli has confirmed that GNV, that stops 32.01% of Marine Stations, will exercise own preemptive right in occasion of the cession of the parcel of shares of the harbour agency.

In the course of the encounter they are profitable famous also the recorded data of traffic last year. In the 2010 Marine Stations it has enlivened a total of 2.721.574 passengers of the ferries (- 2.8% on a 2009) and number record of 860.290 crocieristi (+28.1%). The total data of 2010 is of 3.581.864 passengers whom the new record of traffic represents compared to the previous record established in 2009 with 3.471.724 passengers.

Sul only forehead of the crocieristi, last year the landings place of the MSC ships Cruises has generated 77% of the traffic of Marine Stations enlivening beyond 661.000 passengers (+27.7%); it follows Louis Cruise Line with 123.500 passengers (+87.1%) and Royal Caribbean with about 44.000 passengers.

In the field of the ferries 975,698 cars (+2.2% are enlivened), 49,167 motorcycles (- 19.9%) and 1.979.100 linear meters of rotabili (- 9.6%).

For the 2011 Marine Stations it previews to record a substantial stability of the traffic you ferry, with a resumption of the commercial traffic (linear meters), whose positive trend - it has specified the society - already has been recorded in the first four months of the year. For the traffic cruises a substantial stability of passengers enlivened regarding 2010 is previewed: in fact, against the forecast of an ulterior increment of the MSC volumes Cruises - it has explained the society - a bending of the which had volumes of Louis Cruise Line to the positioning of a smaller ship is previewed on Genoa regarding 2010. Marine stations have moreover emphasized the importance of the seven ports of call that will be carried out this year in the capital of Liguria from the ship Mariner Of The Seas of Royal Caribbean International, that they will carry about 32.000 passengers and during which for the first time the American company will carry out operations of beginning and end cruise, using therefore Genoa as port base for cruises in the Mediterranean.

Monzani has evidenced as the crocieristico field is showing a positive and comforting course: the market - it has found - is consolidating and they have not happened fallen after the shattering increase of the last years. In the section of the ferries, instead - Monzani has said - a revolution is on, that it among other things sees the privatization of Tirrenia, the cessation of the operating activity of T-Link di Navigazione and the intention of the Sardinia Region to activate other lines with the continent.

Referring to this last initiative announced from the Sardinian regional agency which countermeasure to the increase of the rates of the ferries, president of the Harbour Authority Merlo has manifested perplexity "for the public participation in shipowning field". From part its Filippo Schiaffino has rimarcato the bankrupt outcome of the engagement of public bodies in this field, as company has happened - it has specified - with T-Link (that - we remember - is participated by the Sicilian Region through the bottom of private Chief equities Sicilian Region). Also Martinoli has found that us "it is not improvised" shipping, as they demonstrate recent events emerged in a period that is irto of difficulty for the companies of the field.

Monzani has confirmed to have had contacts with Saremar (Marine Regional Sardinia), former society of the Tirrenia group passed to the Sardinia Region, for possible landings place of the ships of the Sardinian company to the port of Genoa. In recent days the president of the Region Sardinia, Ugo Cappellacci, has announced that the first phase of the procedure for the chartering of ships for the connections of the Sardinia with the Peninsula has been concluded positively, for which has reached four manifestations of interest by primary societies of brokerage. "The Saremar - Cappellacci has said - is second acting the addresses indicated from the committee. We get ahead this initiative with the maximum determination for protecting the freedom of circulation and the freedom of enterprise of the Sardinians". "It is a experiment - it has specified the president of the regional agency - that represents an important test for a island that does not want to be under seizure".

Edoardo Monzani has explained to have by telephone felt the representatives of the Saremar twenty days ago, then - he has explained - not has been more contacts. However the Sardinian regional agency seems disposed to continue in its decision to activate through Saremar some new marine services with the continent and therefore with Genoa: "the procedure of finding of the ships, that they will allow the transport from and for the island - has confirmed the regional city council member to the Transports, Christian Solinas - is proceeding in the respect of the times and without some difficulty to confirmation of the value of the proposal shared from president Cappellacci and the regional committee".