The Italian bottom F2i enters in the harbour field finalizing the acquisition of the Port of Carrara Spa



The Italian bottom F2i has entered in the harbour field finalizing the acquisition of the terminalista society Port of Carrara Spa that manages terminal in the ports of Carrara, Marghera and Chioggia also through the controlled ones Fine Service and Transped enlivening annually a traffic of about five million tons of solid bulk. With the F2i operation it has found the quota majority of Port of Carrara stopped from the shipowner and harbour operator Enrico Bogazzi and that of minority stopped from the cooperative of harbour services Ciclat. The investment is realized through the deep third party F2i, assisted from Venice Shipping and Logistics (VSL) in quality of advisor industrial.

F2i has evidenced that the group Port of Carrara, that has closed 2018 with about 59 million euros of consolidated revenues, represents one of main the hub harbour Italian and work in the strategic field of supplying of some of the main Italian industrial rows. Through the terminals of group PDC - it has specified the society - they pass in fact the majority of supplyings iron and steel for the districts of Brescia, Verona and Vicenza, the destined cereals to the transformation in the alimentary industrial districts of the Po Plain and the marble and the destined stones to the lapidei districts of Carrara and Verona.

F2i has specified that it intends to continue in the marked operating track from the shareholder of outgoing control that it has known to make of group PDC one of the main Italian harbour poles.

"F2i - the managing director of the society has explained, Renato Ravanelli - has decided to enter in the field of the terminal portals for bulk because draft of a vital infrastructure for supplying of the Italian industrial rows and one I unwind myself strategic for the economic activity of the Country. Draft of a fragmented section, with many operators of small dimensions: F2i, faithful to its mission of aggregator in strategic fields for our economy, is candidated to create a national champion to control and Italian management, that it guarantees also the neutrality of access to strategic infrastructures which the ports. The birth Italian champion is extremely important for feeding the role of our Country in the world-wide economy, also to light of the impact that will by sea have on the international exchanges the Belt and Road Initiative in which Alto Adriatico it represents one I unwind crucial".

F2i has announced that in order to carry out the operation patron of Understanding has made use as bank Saint Paolo, assisted from the Chiomenti study, and as advisor industrial from society VSL. The bottom moreover is assisted by the following ones advisor: Cleary Gottlieb and the Zunarelli study for the lawyer; Virtax for the treasurer; Pwc for the accounting; Prothea for the financial aspects; Aon and Willis for the insurance aspects, Bain as advisor of market, Duff & real estate Phelps as advisor and Rina for the technical aspects.