HISTORY

Five generations

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The year is 1886: the Impressionists realized their last show on the other side of the world, in New York the Statue of Liberty is inaugurated, Thomas Alva Edison patented the carbon microphone. Giovanni Pietro Farinato, at the age of 22, founded the Shipping Agency FARINATO with the order no.1789 on the 31st of March 1886 from the Headquarters of Police of Venice.

FROM PAST TO PRESENT

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Giovanni Pietro is followed by four generations: Antonio, Armando, Pierantonio and Alessandro.
130 years of success and technological advances accompanies the adventures of each day.
Today Farinato is the oldest Freight Forwarding Company in our territory.

  • 1886 - BIRTH OF FARINATO

    Birth of Farinato, and began working with customs operations and loading/unloading of general cargo in the port of Venice.

  • 1926 - GROWTH

    In this period, with the increase of port traffic, Farinato develops and consolidates its activities within maritime.

  • 1954 - GOLD METAL

    Certificate of Gold Medal from the Venice Chamber of Commerce.

  • 1954 - MUNICIPALITY OF VENICE

    The Municipality of Venice entrusts Farinato the exclusive contract to transport meat into the city with 8 motorboats with built-in cold storage.

  • 1958 - SEA SALT IN BULK

    Begins the shipping activities with the purchase of two ships (P.fo SIOR PIERO bulk carrier 2200 tons. and M/V FERTILIA bulk carrier 3000 tons.) both dedicated to the transport of sea salt in bulk on behalf of the Administration of State Monopolies.

  • 1970 - MOVED TO MESTRE

    the company is moved from Venice to Mestre as the port activity is transferred to Porto Marghera.

  • 1991 - NEW OFFICE IN MESTRE

    Opening of the new office in Mestre, Via Caposile 7 owned by Farinato.

  • 1998 - ISO CERTIFICATION

    Farinato obtains the first of the Corporate Quality System Certification in accordance with the requirements of ISO standards. Will continue in the activity of strict control and surveillance foreseen by the standards to the current reaffirmation of its management system certification.

  • 2000 - SOCIETA' PER AZIONI

    Founded as a sole proprietorship, the company with the increase of employment, transformed over the years in s.a.s., srl, and finally in 2000 in S.p.A.

  • 2011 - HISTORY COMPANY

    It is the oldest Freight Forwarder in the territory.

  • 2012 - OWNERSHIP CRANE

    Ownership crane for salt displacements.

2016 SIXTH GENERATION

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Since few Years, the Farinato family has ensured the Company the Sixth generation to continue its journey towards the future.

... and the story goes on

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The roots of the Company that we have become today lie in a past that has been able to project into the future the same essential values of life, source of certainty and reassurance, loyalty and respect, sacrifice and determination.
So, we would like the future generations to follow, that they too were full of aspirations and memories, of curiosity and certainties, of dreams and concreteness, of wide horizons and solid foundations, of the future and the past.

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