Almost fifty years after the birth of Corsica Sardinia Ferries the family of its founder Pascal Lota, deceased At the beginning of 2016, it announced the sale of the shareholding majority of the shipping company to Pierre Mattei, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the subsidiary Lota Maritime, and to the top managers of the maritime company. It was not specified the consistency of the controlling share, participation of majority that previously belonged to Pascal's four children Lota through the Genevan financial Lozali which held 70% about capital.

The parties stressed that the takeover bid is It was built "with the firm intention of maintaining the level employment in Corsica Sardinia Ferries, to develop traffic to Corsica, Sardinia and Elba and to preserve the root deeply race of the company".

"The new partners, Pierre Mattei and the top management - is specified state - have the firm will to continue the work of President Pascal Lota, who recently passed away, and the his family, in order to guarantee independence and greatness of the company, continuing to carry on the principles that have made Corsica Sardinia Ferries strong and are fully mobilized and personally involved in order to ensure a total continuity of management, with the aim of supporting its path of growth in a lasting and responsible way and of remain a point of reference for customers».

"In just under 50 years - highlighted Pierre Mattei - Corsica Sardinia Ferries has risen to the first places among the maritime transport operators to Corsica, Sardinia and Elba. Today we measure our responsibility also as a member And it is important to us that the company maintains a leading position in the economic landscape of Corsica and of Europe, in order to ensure its continuity and future of its employees. With my partners, we are continuing the work started by Pascal Lota in 1968, for a Corsica Sardinia Ferries always innovative and successful».

Corsica Sardinia Ferries currently has about 1,400 employees and operates a fleet of 13 ships that in 2016 transported over 3.7 million passengers. The company's ferries are employed on routes to Corsica departing from the ports of Toulon, Nice, Savona and Livorno, on routes to Sardinia with departures from Livorno, Nice and Toulon and, in summer, from Piombino and in the summer connections with the island of Elba from Piombino and Bastia, while Corsica and Sardinia are connected by annual connections. In the Bastia headquarters of the company are concentrated the Directorate-General and Administrative and other management functions as well as the call center for France, while at the headquarters of Savona-Vado Ligure of Corsica Sardinia Ferries are located the Sales Directorate Europe, Human Resources Directorate and armament, the Directorate General Services and the Technical Directorate and the call center for Italy and German-speaking countries.