Italian shipowner Gianfranco Messina has died at the age of 82.
Messina was for many years the head of the Genoa-based shipping company named after his father Ignazio Messina.
In 2013, he and his brother Paolo handed the managerial reins to a third generation of the family led by Ignazio and Stefano Messina and Andrea Gais .
The funeral will be held in Genoa tomorrow.
According to Clarksons, Ignazio Messina controls a fleet of of eight ro-ro vessels, built between 2011 and 2015.
