After a fractious period when Italian shipowners looked on the verge of a damaging split, two of the opposing factions have patched up their differences.

The d’Amico cousins, Paolo and Cesare, who pulled out of Rome-based shipowners' association Confitarma last year, have renewed the membership of their d'Amico Societa di Navigazione.

The cousins patched up their differences with Confitarma in October, ending a year of rancour over the direction the association was taking that started with their withdrawal in the summer of 2017.