Assarmatori expressed appreciation for the government's choice to send to the Red Sea area, after repeated attacks on merchant ships in the region, frigate Virginio Fasan, as announced by the Minister of Defence, Guido Crosetto, at the end of the meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. 'The situation in the Red Sea - stressed the President of Assarmatori, Stefano Messina - is at very high risk and calls for a cohesive effort from the international community and the Maximum attention. The priority is the the need to ensure the safety of our crews, who carry out precious, irreplaceable, complex and often underestimated by the public. The dispatch of the Virginio Fasan in the Red Sea, and therefore Italy's participation in the international task force - added Messina - represents a A very important signal. The Italian armament, which has always been able to benefit from an excellent working relationship with the Navy Military, it now counts on fundamental protection; The Continuous anti-piracy exercises and constant dialogue between the top management military and shipping companies represent an asset of inestimable value in a time of great emergency such as that current'.

In the meantime, the shipping company Ignazio Messina & C. of the Messina Shipping Group, chaired by Stefano Messina, has taken to be delivered in these hours in the Bay of Singapore the container ship Jolly Rosa. Registered in the International Register at the Genoa Port Authority, the ship, on which he is already The Italian flag has been hoisted, it is a long full container 260 meters by 32 meters wide, with a gross tonnage of 42,112 tonnes and a transport capacity of 4,387 containers TEUs, 360 of which are reefers. Entrusted to Commander Simone Galli, the ship has a crew of 23 people, 13 of whom are Italian, four EU and six non-EU airlines, and joins the fleet Messina, the container ships Jolly Oro and Jolly Argento purchased and entered into service for the group in recent months. The twins, who were previously named Rosa and Lana, were owned by Marlow Navigation of Cyprus and then rented to the Danish Maersk. Both have been built by the Korean shipyard Daewoo in 2010. In the first decade In January, a sister ship will be taken over, which will be christened Jolly Giada.