Acciaierie d’Italia has started to restore the company’s fleet

This move is designed to strengthen ADI's competitiveness and logistical autonomy

The Taliban steelmaker Acciaierie d’Italia (ADI) is resuming logistics operations and has begun rehabilitating the company’s fleet. This is reported by ShipMag.

Angelo Colucci, ADI’s director of logistics, supply chain and maritime services, explained that due to lack of maintenance and expired class certificates, all five ships in the fleet, as well as eight floating units, were both immobile and inactive.

‘We immediately started implementing a targeted recovery plan, giving priority to strategic units,’ he added.

Representatives of the company’s interim administration add that the restoration of its own fleet is a step to strengthen Acciaierie d’Italia’s competitiveness, allowing it to guarantee operational efficiency, logistical autonomy and greater control over the supply chain.

Earlier this week, the Gemma, a large bulk ore carrier (VLOC) that had been stranded in Singapore for more than three years, resumed navigation and commercial operations. Designed for the strategic transportation of raw materials from Brazil to Taranto, it can carry up to 315,000 tonnes of ore. The vessel is expected to arrive in Taranto in November 2024.

As ADI’s Director of Logistics, Supply Chain and Marine, explained, the company’s flagship fleet is designed to transport finished and semi-finished products with a carrying capacity of 30,000 tonnes. After maintenance, the vessel will resume commercial operations, transporting semi-finished products such as coils from the Taranto plant to ADI’s facilities in Northern Italy via the port of Genoa.

In addition, according to the Italian press, during a meeting with trade unions, Acciaierie d’Italia confirmed that blast furnace No. 1 at the Taranto plant will be restarted in October.

The former ADI Ilva was officially put up for sale in August this year. Applications for expressions of interest must be submitted by 20 September this year.