Micoperi
| Micoperi Srl
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| legal form | Srl |
| founding | 1946 |
| Seat | Ravenna , Italy |
| management | Claudio Bartolotti |
| Branch | Service provider in the offshore industry |
| Website | www.micoperi.com |
The Micoperi Srl , also Micoperi Marine Contractors is a Italian service provider in the offshore but also in onshore industry operates. Micoperi's headquarters are in Ravenna . The company also has a base in Ortona , which acts as a logistics center and maintenance base.
Company history
Micoperi was founded in 1946 as a salvage company to clear shipping lanes of shipwrecks that sank during World War II . After activities in the Mediterranean subsided, the company played an important role in clearing the Suez Canal .
In the late 1980s, the company ran into financial problems with the decline in orders caused by the low oil price . The company was then restructured and Micoperi was forced to sell many of its large ships, such as the Pearl Marine and the Saipem 7000 , the second most powerful floating crane in the world.
In 1996 Micoperi was taken over by the Protan Group , which is also based in Ravenna. Protan has been one of the main contractors for the Italian energy company Eni since 1962 .
Products and Activities
Business areas
- Construction, transport and installation of offshore structures
- Laying gas and oil pipelines at sea
- Manufacture and installation of jetty bridges and ocean terminals
- Construction of harbors, piers and breakwaters
- Research and studies for deep sea projects
Business regions
The main regions in which the company operates today are the Mediterranean Sea, Southeast Asia and West Africa mainly off Nigeria.
Pirates kidnap the Buccaneer
In April 2009, the company received wide international media coverage when the tug Buccaneer (Eng. "Privateer") was hijacked. The Micoperi tug was on its way from Singapore to Suez when it came under the control of Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden on April 11, 2009 . The crew of the 75 m ship consisted of ten Italians, five Romanians and one Croat. The ship's crew and the ship itself were finally released on August 10, 2009.
Salvage of the Costa Concordia
In April 2012, a consortium made up of Titan Salvage and Micoperi was awarded the contract to rescue the Costa Concordia , which ran into a reef off the island of Giglio in January 2012 and consequently went aground off the island. Due to the location of the wreck in the national park directly in front of the island, the ship should be erected on site with the help of floating bodies and transported away in one piece. The recovery is the largest operation of its kind ever carried out. The costs are expected to amount to around 400 million euros.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Micoperi's history on the company's website (accessed April 12, 2009)
- ↑ a b Micoperi with the main business areas (English, accessed on April 12, 2009)
- ↑ Article on kidnapping on 20min.ch (accessed April 12, 2009)
- ↑ Tagesschau.de Fears about US captain Phillips
- ↑ CNN.com with a message about the kidnapping (accessed April 12, 2009)
- ↑ Spiegel Online with notification of release (accessed December 7, 2009)
- ↑ Domani si comincia a svuotare i serbatoi In: iltirreno.it , January 16, 2012.
- ↑ The wreck of the "Costa Concordia" is secured at tagesschau.de, November 2, 2012 (accessed October 2, 2012).