Satisfaction of the Harbor Authority of Gioia Tauro for the agreement Contship Italy-MSC


The president of the Harbor Authority of Gioia Tauro, Giovanni Grimaldi, has received positively the news of the income of shipowning group MSC in the capital of Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT), the society that manages the container terminal of the port calabro, of which has acquired 33% of the actions ( of 17 January 2012).

Grimaldi has explained that in the course of its travel to Amburgo last month president of Contship Italy and MCT was informed in detail of the good course of the negotiations from Cecilia Battistello, and that for discretion and in order not to interfere in the commercial negotiations of the two societies it has preferred to maintain Hush until the moment of the officer corps of the agreement, that is confirmed two days ago with a personal missive sent to it from the same Battistello.

"It is concluded, so, - it has observed Grimaldi - a within iter that it sees to reach Gioia Tauro the second company of more important navigation to the world. The parcel of shares of the group so is subdivided in three equal quotas, everyone to 33%, between the MCT, Maersk and MSC. With, these three colossus of the sea will be able to work in synergy in order to guarantee the increase of our port. I have greeted with the great approval the negotiation as soon as concluded because creed features of a most important agreement for the future of the port of call. In this way the MSC of Luigi Aponte is rooted in definitive way in the harbor dock of Gioia Tauro. They are sure that the new alliance, with the direct presence of MSC in Calabria, will be heralding of positive and future results".

"Today - it has added the president of the Harbor Authority - it will be able to be looked with rinvigorito positive spirit to the developments of the traffics and, therefore, to the increase of our harbor port of call that, infrastructurally, has all the papers in rule in order to return to guide the leadership of the international circuit of the transhipment in the Mediterranean".

Moreover Grimaldi has announced that "the positive climate, that is investing our port of call, becomes rich of others important innovations. Shortly - it has specified - three new services will be started by MSC in the port of Gioia Tauro that will be, so, connected with strategic ways of navigation. In particular, at the end of the month (28 January 2012), will reach the service "Canada Express" that it joins Gioia Tauro to Montreal with frequency weekly magazine. Successively, the service "Spain Saec" will be activated that will connect, weekly, the ports of the South America with our port of call. In the March month, moreover, "Jade" will be activated the new service whom she will join, also this with frequency weekly magazine, the ports of call of Shanghai-Singapore with those of the Mediterranean passing for Gioia Tauro".