The Genoese Sirius Ship Management, a company Crew recruitment controlled by the Shipowning Group d'Amico, has acquired Generalmarine, a company specializing in Solutions for navigation and communications electronics Maritime. Headquartered in Genoa and with offices in Venice, Augusta and Viareggio, Generalmarine supplies navigation systems, Satellite communication and 24-hour technical assistance for ships commercial, cruise ships, sedentary vehicles, yachts, offshore, tugboats and other commercial vehicles.

Generalmarine is certified as an Accounting Authority IU06 for the Italian flag and for many other flags International. The company manages, under contract, a a thousand ships, collaborating with several shipowners operating on national and international traffic, providing technical support and advanced solutions for navigation and telecommunications.

With this operation, Sirius extends its network of services, based on the services to the crews of more than 120 shipowners Italian and foreign countries. Founded in 1997 in Genoa to manage six ships of the d'Amico Società di Navigazione di Roma, today Sirius is Manning agent of over 120 ships of various types: tanker, bulker, ro/ro Pax, Cruise, Yachts of all flags with over 5,000 seafarers of 26 nationalities for Italian and foreign customers. With offices and in Italy and India, for a total of about 160 people employees, Sirius relies on a worldwide network of agents.

"The path started years ago with Generalmarine - explained the president of Sirius, Filippo Guadagna - has today as a logical evolution of the integration between the two companies, able to to provide a wide range of services to airlines navigation. The added value we achieved in the early years of collaboration is a guarantee of the quality of the even greater synergies that we will be able to offer to our customers».

"This operation - said the administrator delegate of Generalmarine, Emanuele Burlando - represents an important growth opportunity for our company. Our experience in the field of navigation electronics and maritime communications system integrates seamlessly with Sirius' expertise, allowing us to offer our customers even more advanced solutions and widespread assistance to international level. We will continue to maintain our commitment for innovation and quality of services, consolidating the our position as a reference point in the sector".