Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane a centralization policy was carried out. The board of directors and chief administrator office were abolished at the end of 1922. The institution was administered by a commissioner, appointed by the King until April 1924. Since then, Ferrovie dello Stato was managed by the newly born Ministry of Communications (including rail transport), under Costanzo Ciano. After the armistice on 8 September 1943, Italy was divided and train operations were separately directed too, with headquarters in Salerno for the south and Verona for the north. At the end of 1944, the Ministry of Communications was split and the new Ministry of
Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane ferry boats. Until 2009 there was another ferry service for freight transport, which was activated in 1961 to connect the continent to the Sardinia, between Civitavecchia and Golfo Aranci. Since 2010, after the regular service has been suspended, there is an on-call service for Messina Marittima and Villa San Giovanni Mare railway station|Villa San Giovanni Mare. The former company CEOs were: :Lorenzo Necci (1989–1996), Giancarlo Cimoli (C1996–2004), Elio Catania (2004–2006), Mauro Moretti, (2006–2014), Michele Mario Elia (2014–2015), and Renato Mazzoncini (2015–2017) Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane has been sentenced by the Italian authorities for the 29 June 2009 accident in Viareggio,