Tirrenia di Navigazione

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Tirrenia di Navigazione is a shipping company owned by the Italian Government, which operates a fleet of 22 vessels on internal Italian routes and to Croatia and Albania.

M/S Aurelia in Cagliari.

Hsc Scorpio into Naples harbour.

Hydrofoil of the SIREMAR.

1 History
2 The company today
3 Tirrenia Group
4 Fleet
- 4.1 Historical fleet
5 Routes
6 External links

[edit] History

Tirrenia was founded in 1936, resulting from the nationalization of many private-owned Italian lines. After World War II, the few ships surviving the conflict were used to connect Italian islands, mainly Sardinia, to the mainland. In the 1970s ships were gradually replaced by ferries, and since the end of 1980s the company has been upgrading its older units with faster ones capable of reaching 30 knots.

[edit] The company today

Now Tirrenia is a modern state-owned company, having partly abandoned the oppressive bureaucracy and the personnel surplus typical of a public administration. The company connects the Italian mainland to Sardinia, Sicily, Tremiti Islands, Croatia and Albania. A distinguishing feature of the company is that the large majority of personnel comes from Naples.

[edit] Tirrenia Group

Tirrenia Group includes the following companies:

Caremar (Campania Regionale Marittima). Connects Naples with the islands of Ischia, Capri, Procida, and Formia with Ponza and Ventotene.
Saremar (Sardegna Regionale Marittima). Connects Sardinia with Corsica and the smaller islands of La Maddalena and San Peter.
Siremar (Sicilia Regionale Marittima). Connects Sicily with the Aeolian Islands, Lampedusa, Pantelleria and Aegadian Islands.
Toremar (Toscana Regionale Marittima). Connects the mainland with the Tuscan archipelago.

[edit] Fleet

**Tirrenia fleet** (subdivisions' fleets not listed)
Name	length m	Tonnage	Passengers	Car capacity / l.m.	Speed Knots	Type	Shipbuilder
Nuraghes / Sharden	214	39,780	3,000	1,085/1,900	29	Fast Cruise-Ferry	2004/2005 Fincantieri, Italy
Bithia / Janas / Athara	214	35,736	2,700	900/835	29	Fast Cruise-Ferry	2001/2002/2003 Fincantieri, Italy
Vincenzo Florio / Raffaele Rubattino	180	30,700	1,470	625/2,000	23	Cruise-Ferry	1998/1999 Cant.Nav.Orlando,Italy
Aurelia / Clodia / Nomentana	148	21,520	2,280	650/1,020	17	Cruise-Ferry	1980 Italcantieri, Italy
Domiziana / Flaminia	148	19,000	2,000	630/1,020	18,5	Cruise-Ferry	1979/1981 Italcantieri, Italy
Aries / Taurus / Capricorn / Scorpio	145	11,347	1,800	450/320	40	SuperFast Ferry	1997/1998 Fincantieri, Italy
Toscana	166	13,885	600	300/1,700	18.5	Ro-Ro Pax	1994 Cant.Visentini, Italy
Espresso Catania / Lazio / Puglia	150	14,400	100	300/1,750	19.5	Ro-Ro	1993/1994/1995 Fincantieri, Italy
Via Adriatico / Espresso Ravenna	150	14,400	100	300/1,750	19.5	Ro-Ro	1992/1993 Van der Giessen-de Nord,Holland