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Elbana di Navigazione

Elbana di navigazione is a family-run business working in the shipping industry since the 1940s. The history begins when Mr. Alessandro Freschi set up the Freschi Alessandro & C. Shipping agency in the port of Piombino.

With the end of WW II and the resumption of trade, Mr. Freschi bought the first ship of his fleet, called APUANO, a wooden motor vessel of 150 tons of deadweight, employed for the transportation of steel products between the mainland and the islands.

In 1971 Elbana di navigazione was established. In the same year, a dry cargo carrier of 4,500 tons of deadweight was acquired. The fleet was then composed by two other dry cargo carriers almost exclusively used for the transport of steel products to the national firms.

History

By the end of the 1970s, the drop in the demand for steel and the increasing difficulties in using in an efficient way the ships pushed the company to diversify its offer. In 1978, the first tanker vessel, the M/C CROCE DEL SUD, was bought. The good results obtained with this ship convinced the company to invest in the transport of chemical and petroleum products and abandon dry cargos.

Since then, the company has never stopped investing and expanding in the transport of chemical and petroleum products becoming one of the leading company in this area at national and international level.

Currently the fleet is composed by six tanker vessels with an average age of 13 years. The vessels are almost exclusively employed in the Mediterranean sea. The leading European petrochemical companies and international traders are among the major clients of Elbana di navigazione. With the exception of the LETIZIA EFFE, almost exclusively used for the transport of refined oil products, the other ships all have stainless steel tanks that guarantee the maximum transport quality for chemical products and the maximum flexibility, allowing the transport of almost all liquid products.

ELBANA DI NAVIGAZIONE CHRONOLOGY

1945

Mr. Alessandro Freschi set up Freschi Alessandro & C. Shipping Line Ltd. and in the same period he buys a wooden motor vessel, called APUANO, thus starting the shipowning activity of the Freschi family.