OUR SHIPPING COLLECTION

Real "relics" that tell us the story of Shipping ...

The Captain Alberto Bertacca during his long career has succeeded in gathering and perfectly preserving a large number of instruments and objects through which we can retrace the fundamental stages of boating in the last centuries.
Picture by Giorgio Michetti (1912-2019) which represents the emblem of our Agency.
Mardegani Painter - Year 1948
Mardegani Painter - Year 1945

These memorabilia, of the famous "Panerai", are a pleasant remembrance of the Marquis Durand de la Penne fon Captain  Alberto Bertacca, who was still a child, when  he became his apprentice along the water front of Punta Bianca (Bocca di Magra), taking part in dives with a  suite made to measure and with an ARO self-contained breathing apparatus.

                                    Painter Domenico Gavarrone
                           Brigantino L'Ammirabile Colombo - 1851
The Hydrographer of the Navy was pleased to present this chart n.832, as a commemorative gift, on the occasion of the Bicentenary of the UK Hydrographic Office to the Shipping and Port Agency Captain Alberto Bertacca.
     Painter Angelo Arpe - L'Emilia - 1845
Painter Vincenzo Luzzo - Italian Brich Caterina Geman - 1808
Painter Giuseppe Domenici - Pietro Casu Sail Vessel
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Painter Alfredo Catarsini - 1950
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Painter Mardegani - 1952
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