Vincenzo Onorato leaves the presidency of the Moby group. “Forty years ago – he explains in a letter to the employees – I founded Moby starting from a small ship and 12 seafarers, creating, together and above all thanks to you, and thanks to 140 years of history and shipping culture, of which I am the keeper, the first worldwide ferry company with 6 thousand all Italian seafarers. I am and will always be one of you, because before being your owner, I worked as a hub on my father’s ships, it was the year 1970: I was only 13 years old. Today, those who call themselves “shipowners” define sea workers as “human resources”, I call them “my seafarers”, because I have experienced the sacrifices that this work entails on my skin. The companies of Onorato Armatori are solid, strong and above all today, as I write to you, very liquid », he continues.
«We have, in an advanced stage of construction, what will be the largest ferries that have ever sailed the seas, the first of which will be launched at the end of the month, where another 500 seafarers will work, they are my project and I am proud to entrust them to you. For the actions I am about to take in defense of our work and the company, I believe that the best choice is to take a step back and leave the presidency of the company », continues Onorato. “The person who will replace me will be worthy of this burden and this honor together with my children, Achille and Alessandro, and a young and motivated management that despite the Covid crisis and the cowardly attacks that have lasted for over two years, whose authors are finally coming to light, proving with facts to bring the ship to a safe harbor: the future. I am and will always remain next to you. A heartfelt hug and full force ahead as always », concludes Onorato.
Moby is going through a very delicate phase in its history. In July of this year, the Milan Court declared Moby and Cin Tirrenia, both of the Onorato group, “admitted to the composition procedure proposed by the company” pursuant to article 182 bis. This is the strategy that the Onorato family has proposed to bondholders, banks and the State involved in the Tirrenia affair.