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A little history
The Cooperative founded on people!
Società Cooperativa L'Unione del Porto a.r.l.
The Cooperative, created in 1974, in Genoa, was the first Shipping Cooperative.
Over the years, it has been able to establish itself thanks to its members’experience and professionalism.
It continues to work at the service of simporters and exporters in assorted fields: from wool to cars, from home appliances to coffee, cocoa, colonial goods in general, and the most diverse goods.
Warehouse proximity to the port, airport and motorways facilitates speedy goods forwarding and deliveries to clients.
The Cooperative has specialised in the coffee sector for several years, providing it with state-of-the-art services.
The contractor relationships with different international warehouses, located in strategic positions and equipped with coffee processing plants facilitate transforming bags and/or loose coffee into bulk bags, delivery in tanker, cleaning by optical sorting and/or product densimetric tables, as well as winnowing and blending.
Since 2004, L’Unione del Porto has been accredited and controlled by the C.C.P.B. of Bologna for storing and processing organic goods.
The company adheres to the Lega Nazionale delle Cooperative e Mutue (National League of Cooperatives and Mutual Societies) and its provincial and regional trade bodies.
- Excellent quality
- Sector experience
- Management of entire procedure
- Personalised solutions
- Competent staff
- Fair prices
Mission
Our founding members’ mission is to achieve continued employment and better social and working conditions, through the business organisation form association
Vision
The purpose of the Cooperative is to contribute to improved operations at Genoa Port and the ports in the region of Liguria in the interests of operators and users
Corporate values
To offer excellent services at the best market prices, operate in the social sector with humanitarian shipments and, as according to the Articles of Association, direct part of the residual assets to charitable purposes