Ranalli S.r.l.

Maritime services agency Ranalli was founded in 1931 by Captain Giuseppe Ranalli. The family was already in possession of a number of trawlers, such as Vittorio, Dared, Caterina, Ortona I, Giuseppe Ranalli, Baicin Papa and Sebastiano, which during that period were rendering assistance to the small cargo ships (motor-sail boats) transporting lumber, building materials and oil products in transit to the port of Ortona. In 1966, after the death of the Captain, the company was inherited by Dr. Rocco Ranalli, who decided to diversify the activities of the enterprise, concentrating mainly on the commercialization of oil products and operating a commercial warehouse within the harbour for the storage of trawler diesel oil. Eventually, in 1996 the company was acquired by Adv. Giuseppe Ranalli, who started a fierce internal re-organization that strongly influenced the growth of the regional port industry.