title: Augustea SpA
text: # Augustea SpA
  
  Augustea SpA is a traditional shipping company from Naples, Italy founded in 1629.
  
  The basic facts:
  
  * In 1629 Pietro Antonio Cafiero created a mutual aid fund "Monte della S.S. Annunziata dei Cafiero", which was rescuing sailors kidnapped by Barbary pirates.
  * Now Augustea Group employs about 630 people working on company's 50 vessels, tugs and barges and controls another 24 ocean vessels.
  * Augustea's fleet fully complies with the International Safety Management Code.
  * Augustea Group achieved accreditation ISO 9001 and ISO 14000.
  