Ethics and Integrity: The New Code of Ethics of Agenzia Autuori
To safeguard its business and the reputation it has built over time, and to establish a framework to guide its activities, Michele Autuori Srl Shipping Agency has decided to formalise the principles of honesty, fairness, transparency and legality that have always guided its work, and to call on its stakeholders – directors, employees, external associates, partners, suppliers, customers, etc. – to observe these principles.
The drafting of this Code of Ethics marks a key milestone in the agency’s decision-making process as it develops its organisational, management and control model to prevent the offences covered by Legislative Decree No. 231 of 8 June 2001.
"Where there’s sea, there’s bread."
"Salerno is strategically located and must have an important port".
It began as an idea that only seemed visionary: Michele Autuori expanded his business across the Mediterranean with the arrival of the first steamships, following an initial venture in merchant coastal shipping between the Sicilian ports and ports throughout the former Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Founded in 1871 by Michele Autuori, born in Cetara, in the province of Salerno, in 1846, the company is one of Italy’s oldest shipping agencies. Always run by the Autuori family, it operates in Salerno in the maritime and port sector, serving the shipping, industrial and commercial sectors. Its expertise in maritime transport, together with a strong commitment to investing in the development of Salerno’s port infrastructure, forms the solid foundation on which the company has built its growth.
From the end of the Second World War onwards, Michele Autuori, born in 1900, devoted considerable effort to the port expansion works through tireless involvement in politics, journalism and essay writing. When the major expansions of the port facilities that we still see today were completed in the early 1980s, the availability of the new areas laid the foundations for the significant growth in traffic we see today, consolidating our port’s importance in international shipping and securing jobs and growth for the port sector and local businesses (as discussed in numerous essays and writings by Michele Autuori).
The development of the Port of Salerno is still pursued with equal passion and dedication by the Autuori family, now in its fifth generation. They remain fully aware of how important it is to keep such a strategic infrastructure fit for today’s traffic and ready for future growth. The sea remains a cornerstone, an unparalleled resource for education and social, cultural and economic development.
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The sea brings us together, not divides us.
The legacy and vision of the fifth generation of the Autuori family.
“The sea brings us together, it does not divide us,” says Ferdinando Autuori, the company’s president and a member of the latest generation of the family, who, together with his sisters Antonia, CEO, and Lucia, Sales Manager, is actively involved in the shipping business. With this conviction and the expertise passed down through the family, Michele Autuori Srl ships goods by sea to and from the Port of Salerno, serving major Mediterranean and international destinations. It also provides all related maritime shipping services, including cargo insurance, customs services and consultancy, port assistance and consultancy, customs documentation, shipping quotations and cost optimisation, and import-export assistance.
With the same confidence and a relationship of trust with our clients at the heart of everything we do, Michele Autuori Srl continues to offer its clients experience, quality services and operational capability, becoming an ever more reliable partner for operators in central and southern Italy and beyond. Customer care, trust, expertise and knowledge of our work, together with the routes available, make Michele Autuori Srl a trusted partner for shipping goods by sea and door to door, including containers, rolling cargo, project cargo and general cargo, virtually anywhere in the world.
Many destinations are served regularly for transport and shipments to and from Salerno. The main routes are: Grimaldi Euromed southbound: Piraeus (GR) - Izmir (TR) - Limassol (CY) - Ashdod (IL) - Alexandria (EY). Grimaldi Euromed northbound: Savona - Setubal (P) - Portbury (UK) - Cork (IE) - Esbjerg (DK) - Wallhamn (S) - Antwerp (B) - Southampton (UK). Weekly Grimaldi Short Sea Shipping services to Malta, Tunis and Palermo; three times a week to Valencia; daily Salerno–Catania ship service. Weekly sailings to the ports of: Dakar (Senegal), Abidjan and San Pedro (Ivory Coast), Cotonou (Benin), Lagos - Tincan Island (Nigeria), Luanda (Angola), Matadi (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Pointe Noire (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Libreville (Gabon), Douala (Cameroon), Lomé (Togo).
