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Corsica Ferries Sardinia Ferries

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Industry
  
Shipping, Transport

Website
  
www.corsicaferries.com

Founder
  
Pascal Lota

Headquarters
  
Bastia, Vado Ligure

Parent
  
Lozali S.A

CEO
  
Pierre Mattei (Aug 1993–)

Founded
  
1967

Corsica Ferries - Sardinia Ferries

Profiles

Corsica Ferries - Sardinia Ferries (Corsica Ferries France SAS) – (Forship SpA), is a France-Italy based ferry company that operates traffic to and from the islands of Corsica, Sardinia and Elba.

Corsica Sardinia Ferries is a ferry company which started services in 1967 under the name of Corsica Line with the ferry Corsica Express. Since the company’s humble beginnings it has grown into what is today the market leader to Corsica and Sardinia. Corsica Sardinia Ferries is the premier ferry operator on the Western Mediterranean Sea transporting more than 1 million passengers annually aboard their ferries running to and from France and Italy to Corsica, Sardinia and Elba.

Corsica Sardinia Ferries operate 2 return routes from Italy to Sardinia and 10 return routes from France and Italy to Corsica, with a total of up to 13 crossings daily.

The fleet currently consists of 14 vessels. Thanks to its no-frills economical model, the company represents today 60% of the maritime traffic to Corsica.

In 2005, Forship Spa, a subsidiary of Corsica Sardinia Ferries, has been condemned to pay 490 000 euros by the Tribunal of Marseille for having "voluntary discharged at sea" offshore of the Cap Corse on May 12, 2004.

Routes

  • Sardinia
  • Golfo Aranci - Livorno
  • Elba
  • Piombino - Portoferraio
  • References

    Corsica Ferries - Sardinia Ferries Wikipedia