IGNAZIO MESSINA & C
FAMIGLIA MESSINA
In 1921 Giuseppe Messina, after several professional experiences in shipping, moves to Genoa and entrust his son Ignazio with the management of his company. Ignazio starts a regular line to Northern Africa, using Italian-flagged vessels. The company is awarded with the Postal Pennant for Libia. In 1935 the service is extended to the Red Sea, the Saudi Arabia, Eastern Africa and, in the post-war period despite having lost most of the fleet, towards Tunisia, Algeria, Lebanon, Egypt and Western Africa. In 1956 Ignazio Messina’s sons, Gianfranco, Giorgio and Paolo join the company.
At the end of the 60’s, the traditional shipping activity changes and specializes in regular ro-ro container lines. During the shutdown of the Suez canal the ships from Messina are the only Italian-flagged to guarantee a regular service to Eastern Africa and in 1975 it is one of the company’s vessels to first navigate the canal after its re-opening. Several routes are added to include a line to the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf and later to India, Pakistan and South Africa. At the end of the 80’s the fourth generation starts managing the company with Andrea Gais, Massimo, Ignazio, Stefano and Emanuele Messina, who guarantee a family-run kind of business.
In 1996, after nearly twenty years the company establishes its own terminal in the port of Genoa (on the Nino Ronco and Canepa docks), that will be the fisrt one to obtain a RINA registration for safety and sustainability and a ISPS Safety Code rating.
In 2015 the company concludes a total renewal of its fleet (that started in 2009) adding the eight biggest ro-ro container ships in the world, built by the South Korean yards Daewoo and STX.
FAMIGLIA MESSINA
In 1921 Giuseppe Messina, after several professional experiences in shipping, moves to Genoa and entrust his son Ignazio with the management of his company. Ignazio starts a regular line to Northern Africa, using Italian-flagged vessels. The company is awarded with the Postal Pennant for Libia. In 1935 the service is extended to the Red Sea, the Saudi Arabia, Eastern Africa and, in the post-war period despite having lost most of the fleet, towards Tunisia, Algeria, Lebanon, Egypt and Western Africa. In 1956 Ignazio Messina’s sons, Gianfranco, Giorgio and Paolo join the company.
At the end of the 60’s, the traditional shipping activity changes and specializes in regular ro-ro container lines. During the shutdown of the Suez canal the ships from Messina are the only Italian-flagged to guarantee a regular service to Eastern Africa and in 1975 it is one of the company’s vessels to first navigate the canal after its re-opening. Several routes are added to include a line to the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf and later to India, Pakistan and South Africa. At the end of the 80’s the fourth generation starts managing the company with Andrea Gais, Massimo, Ignazio, Stefano and Emanuele Messina, who guarantee a family-run kind of business.
In 1996, after nearly twenty years the company establishes its own terminal in the port of Genoa (on the Nino Ronco and Canepa docks), that will be the fisrt one to obtain a RINA registration for safety and sustainability and a ISPS Safety Code rating.
In 2015 the company concludes a total renewal of its fleet (that started in 2009) adding the eight biggest ro-ro container ships in the world, built by the South Korean yards Daewoo and STX.
AMALIA MESSINA
The AMALIA MESSINA is a passenger and carrier ship built at the Cantieri del Mediterraneo shipyard in Pietra Ligure in 1952.
Ignazio Messina owned passenger ships, famous for their efficiency that since 1939 linked Italy, Libya and Eritrea. During the 70’s the company launched lines to Western Africa with the Jolly ferries. During the shutoff of the Suez Canal the ships from Messina were the only ones able to guarantee regular links to East Africa and the Red Sea.
As the was compensations were not paid, tow of Messina’s ships Amalia Messina and Giuseppe Messina were sold to the V.O. Exportkhleb, a Soviet company specializing in transporting wheat that renamed them Norilsk e Tobolsk.
JOLLY TITANIO
The JOLLY TITANIO is the biggest Ro-Ro ship ever built. The ship can carry any kind of vehicle , embarked through a huge ramp 50 metre long and 13 metres wide.
The Jolly Titanio is the biggest ro-ro ship ever built and can carry any vehicle through a big ramp, 50 metre long and 12,50 metre wide.
She is owned by Ignazio Messina & Co, the first Italian and second worldwide shipping company, moving around 70% of the goods on global scale.
Since the early 70’s, the fleet owned by Messina managed weekly lines to Western Africa and the Red Sea.
Its fleet is made mainly of ro-ro container cargo ships, besides other charter vessels.
The Association aims at to maintain and promote the heritage and the exhibits kept at the Galata Museo del Mare, at the Naval Museum of Pegli and at the Commenda di San Giovanni di Prè.
We are a no-profit organization made of several companies from the Genoese shipping business. Our association is inspired by the anglo-saxon cultural foundations.
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