Contship Italia's highly regarded vice-president, Marco Simonetti, dies after short illness

Marco Simonetti, vice-president of Contship Italia, has died at the age of 63 after a short illness, leaving the ports community in a state of sadness and shock.

Mr Simonetti, who only took on the vice presidency in February, had been VP marine terminals, after serving as president of the company’s La Spezia terminal. He was also VP of La Spezia football club.

Highly regarded by the industry, he had been tipped to take over as president of a combined Savona and Genoa port ...