Fratelli Cosulich Mourns Loss of Chairman Callisto Gerolimich Cosulich

Published Sep 13, 2007 12:01 AM by The Maritime Executive

Callisto Gerolimich Cosulich, chairman of the multi-faceted shipping group Fratelli Cosulich, passed away on September 5, 2007, at the age of 95.

Callisto Cosulich had been group chairman since 1977, when he took over from Mario Cosulich, his cousin. He was still quite active in the business, albeit on a reduced scale, attending the Trieste headquarters of the company every day.

Callisto Cosulich was a past president of the Trieste Ship Agents’ Association, as well as a member of the board of the Bank of Italy.

Antonio Cosulich, vice-president of Fratelli Cosulich, says, “We -- and the shipping industry in general - have lost a great man. But his name lives on.”

The multi-faceted shipping group Fratelli Cosulich is celebrating 150 years in shipping during 2007. The Euro600m turnover global group began as a shipowner in 1857 and today has diversified interests in shipowning, liner, tramp, yacht and cruise agency, ship management, bunkering, freight forwarding and NVOCC, travel agency, trading and IT. The group employs about 350 people in six offices in Italy and 10 offices abroad. There are subsidiary companies fully controlled by the group in Hong Kong, Singapore, Switzerland, China, Turkey, UK, Ireland, Brazil and the USA.

For more information:

Antonio Cosulich / Fratelli Cosulich / +39 010 271 5202 / [email protected]