tirrenia compagnia italiana di navigazione type joint stock company founded 17 december 1936 naples campania italy headquarters naples italy revenue 296 millions 2007 net income 14.1 millions 2007 owner compagnia italiana di navigazione website tirrenia.it tirrenia compagnia italiana di navigazione is an italian privately owned shipping company contracted by the ministry of transportation to provide an essential link between the major islands and the mainland . it operates a fleet of 23 vessels on internal italian routes . m s sharden in olbia . m s raffaele rubattino contents 1 history 2 the company today 3 tirrenia group 4 fleet 4.1 historical fleet 5 routes 5.1 sardinia 5.2 sicily 5.3 tremiti islands 5.4 tunisia 6 references 7 external links history edit tirrenia was founded in 1936 resulting from the nationalization of many private owned italian lines . after world war ii the few ships surviving the conflict were used to connect italian islands mainly sardinia to the mainland . in the 1970s ships were gradually replaced by ferries and since the end of the 1980s the company has been upgrading its older units with faster ones capable of reaching 35 40 knots . however most of these were unpractical or too expensive to operate and are now scrapped . the italian government after having subsidiarized the company some years 1 privatised tirrenia in 2012 . the company today edit on 23 december 2009 tirrenia was put on the market . sixteen companies join the bidding including snav grandi navi veloci grimaldi lines moby lines ustica lines corsica ferries and mediterranea holding including regione siciliana and alexis tomasos . the latter ends up alone when al the other bidders quit . on 28 july 2010 mediterranea holding won the bidding for tirrenia and siremar . on 4 august fintecna announces that the sale will not happen since mediterranea holding did not show up for signing . on 12 august the company officially entered receivership 2 as requested by commissioner giancarlo d andrea . an agreement has been made for tirrenia to be taken over by compagnia italiana di navigazione cin in 2012 . however in may the competition authority opened an investigation into whether a dominant position in routes to sardinia would be created . 3 tirrenia group edit tirrenia group included until 2010 the following company siremar sicilia regionale marittima . connects sicily with the aeolian islands aegadian islands ustica lampedusa and pantelleria . fleet edit ship name flag built route tonnage length width passengers vessels lanemeters speed knots nuraghes 2004 civitavecchia olbia genoa porto torres 39.780 gt 214 6 m 26 4 m 3.000 1.085 1.900 29 sharden 2005 civitavecchia olbia genoa porto torres 39.780 gt 214 6 m 26 4 m 3.000 1.085 1.900 29 bonaria 2001 civitavecchia cagliari olbia genoa porto torres 36.825 gt 214 m 26 4 m 1.922 821 1.932 31.6 amsicora 2002 civitavecchia cagliari olbia genoa porto torres 36.825 gt 214 m 26 4 m 1.922 821 1.932 31.6 bithia 2001 genoa olbia porto torres civitavecchia cagliari olbia 36.475 gt 214 6 m 26 4 m 2.700 900 915 29 janas 2002 genoa olbia porto torres civitavecchia cagliari olbia 36.475 gt 214 6 m 26 4 m 2.700 900 915 29 athara 2003 genoa olbia porto torres civitavecchia cagliari olbia 36.475 gt 214 6 m 26 4 m 2.700 900 915 29 vincenzo florio 1999 naples palermo 30.650 gt 180 3 m 26 8 m 1.470 625 2.000 23 raffaele rubattino 2000 naples palermo 30.650 gt 180 3 m 26 8 m 1.470 625 2.000 23 dimonios 2007 naples cagliari cagliari palermo 26.500 gt 186 5 m 25 6 m 800 196 2.225 24 aurelia 1980 14.384 gt 148 m 25 4 m 2.280 650 1.060 17 via adriatico 1992 livorno cagliari ravenna catania 14.398 gt 150 4 m 23 4 m 50 300 1.750 19 espresso catania 1993 livorno cagliari ravenna catania 14.398 gt 150 4 m 23 4 m 50 300 1.750 19 espresso ravenna 1993 livorno cagliari ravenna catania 14.398 gt 150 4 m 23 4 m 50 300 1.750 19 puglia 1995 livorno cagliari ravenna catania 14.398 gt 150 4 m 23 4 m 50 300 1.750 19 isola di capraia 1999 termoli tremiti 1.927 gt 70 9 m 12 4 m 550 57 28 ro pax dimonios to livorno . ro ro via adriatico . m s athara to genoa . historical fleet edit type regione passenger ship campania felix 1953 1972 sardegna 1953 sicilia 1952 1988 calabria 1952 1988 lazio 1953 1979 type citt passenger ship citta di napoli 1961 1987 citt di nuoro 1962 1988 type regional ro pax la maddalena 1966 1988 arbatax 1966 1988 carloforte 1976 1986 limbara 1978 1988 isola di caprera 1986 1988 ichnusa 1986 1988 type poeta ro pax boccaccio 1970 1999 carducci 1970 1999 leopardi 1971 1994 manzoni 1971 1999 petrarca 1971 1999 pascoli 1971 1999 deledda 1978 1994 verga 1978 1997 type valletta ro pax la valletta 1971 1976 type staffetta ro ro staffetta jonica 1973 1978 staffetta adriatica 1973 1992 staffetta tirrenica 1973 1993 type espresso ro pax malta express 1976 1988 type tutto merci ro ro staffetta ligure 1979 1988 staffetta mediterranea 1979 1988 type strada ro pax emilia 1979 2006 domiziana 1979 2011 flaminia 1980 2012 type strada trasformata ro pax nomentana 1979 2012 clodia 1979 2012 type sociale ro pax arborea 1987 2004 caralis 1988 2000 torres 1988 2004 type capo ro pax capo spartivento 1987 2001 capo sandalo 1988 2000 capo carbonara 1988 2004 type campania ro ro campania 1988 2001 type tutto merci ro ro sardegna 1988 2006 calabria 1989 2006 sicilia 1990 2006 type viamare ro ro via tirreno 1996 2001 lazio 2000 2012 type toscana ro pax toscana 1994 2012 type aquastrada hsc guizzo 1993 2001 scatto 1994 2002 type jupiter ro pax hsc aries 1997 2011 taurus 1997 2011 scorpio 1998 2011 capricorn 1998 2011 routes edit ro pax amsicora docked at genova . sardinia edit genoa porto torres genoa olbia genoa arbatax via olbia livorno cagliari cargo only civitavecchia olbia civitavecchia arbatax civitavecchia cagliari naples cagliari sicily edit naples palermo cagliari palermo ravenna catania cargo only tremiti islands edit termoli tremiti islands tunisia edit genoa tunis in code sharing with compagnie tunisienne de navigation references edit the heart of the dispute with a genuan competitor was the interpretation of the european pro competitive rules on the abuse of a dominant position if the public subsidies to tirrenia had been lawfully given and or used buonomo giampiero 2013 . la lanterna che manca alla giustizia italiana . l ago e il filo edizione online . via questia subscription required il tribunale di roma dichiara lo stato di insolvenza per tirrenia in italian . il sole 24 ore . 12 august 2010 . retrieved 12 august 2010 . tirrenia antitrust apre istruttoria su vendita a cin in italian . reuters . 2012 05 31 . external links edit italy portal companies portal wikimedia commons has media related to tirrenia di navigazione . tirrenia di navigazione official website tirrenia info from the web retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tirrenia compagnia italiana di navigazione & oldid 714683055 categories italian brandscompanies established in 19361936 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