Toremar

Toremar SpA
legal form	Società per Azioni
founding	7th November 1975
Seat	Livorno
Branch	transport
Website	www.toremar.it

Toremar (abbreviation for To scana Re gionale Mar ittima SpA) is an Italian ferry company that belonged to the Tirrenia group until autumn 2011 and emerged from the state's former mail ship service. Toremar was a subsidiary of Moby Lines until October 2018 ; the latter company was incorporated in Tirrenia at the end of 2018.

On behalf of the state, Toremar is responsible for the island transports in the Tyrrhenian Sea , which, as former mail ship services, are intended to ensure the continuity of the territory .

To do this, it connects the islands of the Tuscan Archipelago with the Italian mainland . In particular, it is the only line that goes to all islands with ferry ports and the only connection for smaller islands such as Capraia and Gorgona; However, Gorgona has not been approached since 2014, as it was only possible to boat there, which is considered too dangerous. On Elba , the largest island in the Tuscan archipelago, the Toremar serves the ports of Portoferraio , Rio Marina , Cavo and, until 2007, Porto Azzurro . The island of Giannutri and the uninhabited Montecristo are not approached.

history

The company was founded in 1975 as the successor to a predecessor company (Navigazione Toscana Spa) and was originally a line belonging to the state-owned Tirrenia Group, like the other regional ferry companies in Italy ( Siremar , Caremar , Saremar , Adriatica and the parent company Tirrenia). The Tirrenia Group in turn belonged to Fintecna , an Italian state company , until 2009 .

From 1999 to 2007 the Toremar served the route Piombino - Rio Marina (Elba) in 30 minutes with the monohull high-speed ferry Isola di Capraia (see below). Since the normal crossing also only takes 1 hour and the high-speed ferry cost significantly more, the offer was not granted permanent success. Similar experiments with high-speed ferries on the other regional lines and the parent company Tirrenia were reported to have contributed significantly to the poor financial situation of the group, which eventually triggered the privatization under the Berlusconi IV government.

In 2009 the Toremar was transferred to the Tuscany region. In May 2011, the previous direct competitor Moby Lines won a tender from the region for privatization and took over Toremar in October 2011 with the obligation to rejuvenate the fleet and continue to perform public transport tasks in the future, for which the region received a price of € 160 million 12 years paid. In 2012 the takeover and the construction of several new ships were announced, the Rosa D'Abundo was initially purchased . In January 2015, the takeover by Moby was canceled by the Consiglio di Stato (the highest Italian administrative court) and a new tender was requested because a competitor had been unlawfully excluded from the proceedings. Moby also won the new tender; an objection from unsuccessful interested parties was again rejected by the Consiglio di Stato in July 2016 .

Events

The Aegilium , which operated between Porto S.Stefano and Giglio Porto , - together with a ferry operated by the Maregiglio company - picked up numerous shipwrecked passengers on the Costa Concordia , which was wrecked directly in front of the port entrance of Giglio Porto , and landed them on land as well as later transported to the mainland. In the meantime, the Aegilium has been replaced by the rented Giuseppe Rum .

fleet

The Toremar operates 10 car ferries and one HSC catamaran, with which it sails to the islands of Elba , Pianosa , Giglio and Capraia from Livorno , Piombino or Porto Santo Stefano . Gorgona has not been served since 2014. Ship list as of 2016 according to:

Marmorica
Oglasa
Stelio Montomoli (ex Aethalia)
Liburna
Giuseppe Rum
Aegilium in front of the wrecked Costa Concordia

Surname	Ship type	Trunk line	GT	Construction year	Drive (kW)	Speed kn	Number Passengers (winter / summer)	Number vehicles	Remarks
Rio Marina Bella	car ferry	Piombino - Portoferraio	2,390	2004	5400	18th	900	124	ex Lora d'Abundo , bought by Medmar in 2012
Stelio Montomoli (ex Aethalia)	RoRo car ferry	Piombino - Portoferraio	2,780	1991	5692	18th	790	96	Aethalia is the Greek name of the island of Elba
Marmorica	RoRo car ferry	Piombino - Portoferraio	2386	1980	7560	18th	530	101	Marmorica is a Latin name for the island of Gorgona
Oglasa	RoRo car ferry	Piombino - Portoferraio	2386	1980	5561	18th	530	101	Oglasa is a Latin name for the island of Montecristo
Giovanni Bellini	RoRo car ferry	Piombino - Rio Marina (-Pianosa)	1,573	1985	3707	16.5	390/430	60	Chartered by Siremar in 2005, bought in 2007
Liburna	RoRo car ferry	Livorno - (Gorgona) - Capraia	1,551	1988	4270	16.5	550/690	76	Liburna is the Latin name of the city of Livorno
Giuseppe Rum	car ferry	Porto S.Stefano - Giglio Porto	497	2005	?	16	633	40	Leased from Maregiglio for 12 years in 2012 , replacement for 'Aegilium'
HSC Schiopparello Jet	High speed ferry	Piombino - Cavo - Portoferraio	209	1999	?	38	187	-	-

Former Toremar ships

after and

Surname	GT	Construction year	Drive (kW)	Speed kn	Number Passengers (winter / summer)	Number Car	Remarks
Aegilium	283	1948	?	?	?	-	ex VAN DER STENG, was in operation from 1954 to 1968. After it was sold to a German private person in 1969, it was renamed “Gloria I”, later to “Albacora I”. In 2008 it was converted into a yacht, renamed "Albacora of Tortola".
Capo Bianco	2,196	1959	4235	17.5	900	80	ex PRINS BERTIL, Toremar since 1974, sold to Saudi Arabia in 1990, in service there until 2011
Rio Marina	352	1960	671	10.5	250	25th	ex M / S ROSPIGGEN, since 1962 Toremar or predecessor line, sold 1981, scrapped 2010
Città di Piombino	495	1964	1942	?	495	?	ex M / S MALMØ, built at the Meyer shipyard in Papenburg, since 1969 Toremar or predecessor line, sold 1976, still in service, 2013 as Don Peppino Pozzuali - Procida
Isola d'Elba	499	1961	971	?	300	40	ex M / S SKÅNE, built by Jansen Werft Leer, since 1967 Toremar or the predecessor line, sold in 1980, on the ground in the port of Brindisi
Aethalia	1306	1956	2054	14th	1300	48	sold to Tanzania in 1989, deleted from register in 2002
Isola di Capraia	1927	1999	9400	32	544	57	Jet-powered Aquastrada TMV70 fast ferry, delivered to Tirrenia in 2007, data at
Planasia	1408	1980	3707	16.5	550/710	60	Planasia is the Latin name of the island of Pianosa, sold to Balearia in 2012 , now sails as Posidonia
Aegilium	631	1979	1854	14th	250/380	15th	Aegilium is the Latin name of the island Giglio has been driving for Gestur as Macaiva since 2013
Fabricia	224	1987	2685	32	208	-	Hydrofoil, replaced by HSC Agostino Lauro Jet , sold to Siremar in 2013
HSC Acapulco Jet	286	1989	2 × 2638 kW	33	300	-	-