The Palumbo shipbuilding group – present for twenty years in the city of the Strait – has presented an offer for The Italian Sea Group (TISG), the nautical group from Marina di Carrara dedicated to the construction of luxury yachts and superyachts, in serious financial crisis. The Board of Directors had approved, on November 2nd, the choice of the composition with creditors which provides for the sale of the entire company complex. Yesterday on the table, in addition to the 220 million euro offer presented by SRI Group – of Giulio Gallazzi and Bernardo Vacchi – also came that of the Neapolitan group which presented a higher one demonstrating great financial solidity.
“A shipyard is not just a set of infrastructures, systems and orders”, commented Antonio Palumbo, the president of the Group which next year will celebrate sixty years of history and which has shipyards not only in Naples and Messina, but also in Malta, Marseille, Rijeka, Ancona and Savona. “Above all – he continued – a heritage of professionalism, experience and production capacity. Our plan arises from the desire to preserve this heritage and enhance it through new investments and new opportunities, guaranteeing the continuity of all production activities. Whatever decision is taken – concluded Palumbo – cannot ignore the protection of that wealth which we know well how precious it is and which it would be a shame to lose”.