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GF Porterm, a subsidiary of Italian fresh produce import company GF Group, has together with Autostrada dei Fiori finalised the purchase of the entire share capital in Interporto di Vado (also known as Vado Intermodal Operator – VIO) from the Pacorini group.

According to GF Group, the new shareholding structure of the transport, freight forwarding and warehousing company is composed of GF Porterm with 70 per cent of the shares and Austostrada dei Fiori with holding the remaining 30 per cent.

VIO operates at the Port of Vado Ligure in Savona, north-western Italy, as an integrated logistics platform for the handling, storage and distribution of various goods including fresh fruits and vegetables.

The company's operations cover a total area of 213,000m2, with 60,000m2 of covered space including 15,000m2 of refrigerated warehousing.

The Pacorini group says it will maintain a presence as VIO's key customer and continue to develop its activities based around its world-leading coffee business.

'The addition of further strategic partners to the company is foreseen in the future,' said a spokesperson for GF Group.