Barbaro Group is a modern organization which also carries out other activities of ship management such as ship agency, forwarding and hub agency through its seven Shipagencies all over Sicily: - Pietro Barbaro in Palermo, Termini Imerese and Cefalù (North coast) - Naviservice S.r.l.* in Augusta and Siracusa (East coast), www.naviservice.com - Pietro Barbaro in Porto Empedocle (West coast), - V.Cavallaro & C. S.r.l. in Milazzo (Sicilian canal), All the agencies have highly qualified and efficient staff. Our organization represents the best that Sicily can offer as reliability, professionalism and efficiency. Since 1950 the shipping agency division, with its excellent central position in the Mediterranean Sea, is active in the following areas: TRAMPING - liquid bulks – clean and dirty products, chemicals LNG, LPG; - dry bulks and general cargo; - transhipments, heavy lift vessels; - recovering slops; - bunker supply (IFO, MGO, and Lubes), fresh water and provision; LINER AGENT: - booking agent – general cargo, containers; - feedering; - coastal liners; CRUISE OPERATOR - Cruise vessels, shore excursion operators; - Foreign navy; - FORWARDING: - Air, sea and railway shipments; - Customs import & export; - Special transport and containers transport all over the world. HUB AGENT: - World Wide Agency appointment; - Contract with Port Services as Towage /Boatmen etc.; - Negotiating agreements with Port Agents; - Control of tariffs reduction based on number of calls and type of cargo; - Control of tariffs reduction based on S.B.T. rebate and on reduced GT as reported on the International Tonnage Certificate 1969 and I.O.P.P. Certificate; - Compiling standard Port Cost per Vessel/Port; - Analysis and control Proforma Disbursement Account; - Verification, confirmation and subsequent recommendation of authorisation of payment of proforma and final d/a; - Reporting of all financial transactions monthly; - Reporting all of advanced remittance to cover Port expenses at all ports; - Analysis and control Final Disbursement Account based on our updated Port Tariffs. - Providing web-based access, when implemented of d/a status, and financial information. - Annual reconciliation's to be done at year end, for internal audit/cross reference purposes.