The competitive confrontation that in recent months saw the Venetian company Petromar oppose the Genoese incumbent Ciane in the activities of maritime transport and supply of bunker fuel to ships in the port of Genoa has reached its conclusion (at least for this year).
This is learned from the fact that the two barges San Giorgio I and San Polo have left the Ligurian capital’s port and have returned to the Adriatic. To SHIPPING ITALY, the company Petromar confirmed that “the unit San Giorgio I is currently in Venice and is about to undergo the planned reclassification. The m/c San Polo, however, is expected in Venice, after a technical stop in Taranto, where it will enter service, replacing another Venetian unit which will in turn be involved in scheduled maintenance.” The company controlled by getoil (the Gambini family) more precisely explains that, “in light of the concurrence of the end of the seasonality in the port of Genoa and a significant contraction in bunkering volumes at the national level, the company has opted for the repositioning of both units to Venice.”
In addition to the market context, the plans of Petromar in the port of Genoa were also complicated by the detention, by the local Port Authority, of both barges for reasons of navigation safety. Some of the remarks and critical issues that in recent months had been reported by the maritime workers of Ciane, were then confirmed by the checks of the maritime authority.
Last July the barge San Giorgio I, flying the Maltese flag, had been detained “following the emergence of deficiencies (some serious), concerning the generator diesel and emergency generator diesel,” to which were added “poor familiarity with on-board equipment and lack of flag endorsement on Stcw certification.” The San Polo, a few weeks later, had also been detained “following serious and numerous irregularities emerged during an inspection visit.” Both, after having remedied the reported critical issues, were able to return to service, but from Genoa (where in the summer they had guaranteed supplies mainly to the ferries of Grimaldi, GNV and Moby) have now been repositioned to Venice, leaving once again (and exclusively) to Ciane the task of supplying the ships under the lantern.
