The MSC Group is set to build its new headquarters in Naples.
The Italian sub-holding Marinvest in its recently filed latest financial statements reveals that it has invested in the Campanian capital with the purchase of a property worth 29 million euros finalized last March. According to reconstructions by SHIPPING ITALY, it should be a property located at 40 Via Agostino Depretis, exactly opposite the current headquarters of MSC Crociere in Naples, known as “il palazzo dei Telefoni” (also called the central telephone exchange of the State); a monumental building that is part of the trilogy of telephone buildings constructed in the city around the 1920s of the last century. In all likelihood, once renovated, it will accommodate the growing staff of MSC Crociere and other tour operators and companies that have entered the orbit of the group founded or controlled by Gianluigi Aponte.
Marinvest itself in 2025 subscribed to two financing contracts for a total of 41 million euros after having early repaid five loans for a total of 11.9 million with the cancellation of the related mortgages and guarantees.
In the ‘significant events that occurred during the financial year’ the Italian strongbox of MSC also reports the two capital contributions, received between July and September of last year from the sole shareholder Sas Luxembourg Sarl (Aponte’s Luxembourg-based operational holding), for a total of 166.5 million euros which were subsequently paid to the subsidiary Grandi Navi Veloci.
The negative result of the Genoese ferry company (a loss of 256 million euros) also dragged the net result of Marinvest into negative territory, which closed the last financial year with a loss of 46.8 million (compared to a profit of 7.5 million achieved the previous year), despite income from participations rising to 45 million euros (from 35 million in 2023).
Regarding income from subsidiary companies, not only GNV but also Snav closed the last financial year in the red with a loss of 1 million euros, while the maritime agency MSC Italia (the former MSC Le Navi) contributed positively with a net profit of nearly 7.5 million, the maritime agency Spadoni of Livorno with a profit of 1.1 million and MSC Crociere Spa with a positive net result of 3.7 million.
Among the associated companies, the queen of financial income for Marinvest is always La Spezia Container Terminal (40% owned by MSC) which closed 2024 with 32.6 million euros of net profit and Ignazio Messina & C. (49% owned) with 11.8 million euros of positive net result, to which are added another 4.7 million in profits generated by Roma Cruise Terminal (33.3%), almost 4 million from Terminal Napoli (22.4%) and 3.5 million from Lorenzini & C. (50%).
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