Setramar Group operates in the port and land logistics sectors, providing a wide range of related services with a strong emphasis on intermodality. Through continuous investments in infrastructure, technology, know-how, and staff training, Setramar has established itself as a specialized, cutting-edge logistics operator. The Group’s forward-thinking entrepreneurial approach positions it as a proactive economic player, ready to seize and explore new market opportunities.
By prioritizing customer needs and demonstrating high professionalism and dynamism, Setramar Group consistently offers prime solutions to its partners, reinforcing its role as a leading entity in its field.
mission
To be the trusted partners of every customer and supplier. Reliability, authenticity, and professionalism are the qualities we constantly seek and invest in, recognizing that our greatest asset is our people.
vision
We aim to grow by developing dedicated logistics corridors for our customers, with a strong focus on intermodality. Our vision is to create integrated and efficient logistics solutions that connect different modes of transport, optimizing the flow of goods to meet our partners’ needs.
our values
Partnership
Collaborating with customers and suppliers, understanding their needs, and seeking the most appropriate solutions together
Respect
For our collaborators and the environment
Solidity
Practicing pragmatism and attentiveness in our operations
Safety
Ensuring a secure and reliable work environment
Reliability
Fulfilment of commitments
Sustainability
Seeking solutions and systems that align with environmental protection, avoiding waste of natural resources, and prioritizing renewables
Responsibility
Demonstrating involvement and commitment to all of our stakeholders and the environment.
history
Domenico Poggiali founded Setramar Group in 1965 establishing Transwood, a company specializing in timber transport at the Port of Ravenna. Two years later, expanding into port logistics, he added International Docks, which later became Setramar Spa. Between 1968 and 1970, Setramar acquired storage areas near the port quays and those for warehouses building, enabling the integration of unloading and loading services with the custody, storage, and shipping of goods, primarily solid bulk. This made Setramar the first private operator at the Port of Ravenna.
Setramar continued to grow, and by 1973, it had specialized in providing integrated port services, including shipping and towing. By the mid-1990s, Setramar Group had evolved into a synergistic industrial entity, collaborating with major international operators.
In response to markets change resulting from the 2007-2008 financial crisis, Setramar Group reorganized itself, refocusing on its core business of port logistics and related services, and divesting from shipping, port towing, and anti-pollution activities. The port division successfully navigated the subsequent global Covid-19 pandemic, and, from 2021 to 2023, it posted the very same best results it achieved in the previous decade.
In June 2024, the investment fund Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP supported by its operating partner for investments in Italy One33, acquired a 70% stake in the port division of the Group. The remaining 30% continues to be held by the founding families: Poggiali and Brichetti. This new partnership will strengthen Setramar Group, fostering its development and creating further growth opportunities.