1999: EUROGATE is founded and EUROKAI acquires a majority shareholding in Contship Italia
EUROGATE is founded as a 50:50 joint venture between EUROKAI and the BLG LogisticsGroup.
EUROKAI acquires the remaining 66.6 percent of the shares in Contship Italia from the family of company founder and long-time Eckelmann partner Dr Angelo Ravano and from then on acts as the Group holding company.
Contship Italia incorporates the Medcenter Container Terminal in Gioia Tauro, the leading transhipment centre in the Mediterranean, La Spezia Container Terminal, as well as the intermodal transport group Sogemar in Milan and on a pro rata basis the partnership shipping line United Feeder Services in Limassol.