Caronte & Tourist

Caronte & Tourist S.p.A. is a private shipping company resulting from the merger of two historic maritime transport companies, the Calabrian Caronte S.p.A. and the Sicilian Tourist Ferry Boat S.p.A. It works mainly with maritime connections in the Strait of Messina.

 History 
The company Caronte was born on June 19 1965. Since 1968 with the "Tourist Ferry Boat", Messina it's linked to Villa San Giovanni, today it has a substantial monopoly. Since 2001, the company connects Messina with Salerno. In 2003, the two companies merged into Caronte & Tourist S.p.A.

 Group 

 Caronte & Tourist S.p.A.
 Cartour S.r.l.
 Caronte & Tourist Isole minori S.p.A.: Società Navigazione Siciliana S.p.A. (50%), N.G.I. (Navigazione generale italiana) (100%), Maddalena Lines S.r.l. (travels La Maddalena-Palau, Sardinia) (100%), Traghetti delle Isole (50,9%)
 BluNavy S.p.A. (travels Elba island, Toscana) (25%)

 Property 

 Caronte S.r.l. (35%)
 Tourist Ferry Boat S.p.A. (35%)
 Basalt Infrastructure Partners (30%)

References


Category:Transport companies of Europe