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Three out six for Grimaldi’s West Africa route

Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of the Great Tema, the third of sixro-ro multipurpose G5 class vessels for its Northern Europe to West Africa service. Like her sister ships, she can carry 4,700 linear metres of rolling freight, 2,500 CEU (Car Equivalent Units) and 2,000 TEU (Twenty Foot Equivalent Units). Compared to the previous G4 class, the new vessels have the same capacity for rolling freight while their container capacity ... [+]

Great Lagos is giant of West Africa trade

Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of a second multipurpose G5 ro-ro vessel for its Northern Europe /West Africa service. The Great Lagos is named after Nigeria’s largest city and port and where Grimaldi coperates there the largest ro-ro multipurpose terminal in West Africa. The G5 class ships can carry 4,700 linear ... [+]

Grimaldi adds Zeebrugge call to Ireland route

Grimaldi Group has added a call in Zeebrugge to its recently introduced ro-ro  service between Belgium and Ireland. The service now offers two departures a week from the port of Zeebrugge and one from that of Antwerp to Cork and vice versa. The route will be operated by the Eurocargo ... [+]

Grimaldi to offer Cork-Antwerp link

Grimaldi Group is to offer a twice weekly direct ro ro service from Cork to Antwerp from the second week of May. It will be operated by the Eurocargo Bari. The Grimaldi Group hase been calling to Cork on a regular basis for almost 25 years carrying rolling freight and containers. ... [+]

Finnlines joins up with P&O for UK/Spain link

Grimaldi Group company Finnlines is offering a service for ro ro and containers between North Spain and the UK, connecting to and from P&O Ferries services at Zeebrugge. Finnlines is offering departures from Bilbao and Santander on Wednesday (the latter for self driving units) arriving in either Teesport or Tilbury the ... [+]

Grimaldi to open Sardinia link

Grimaldi is to introduce a new freight and passenger ro ro service from Livorno and Olbia in north eastern Sardinia from 11 January under the Motorways of the Sea scheme. The new route will be operated by the ro-pax vessel Zeus Palace offering 2,000 metres of freight space and will ... [+]

A Star is born

Grimaldi Group's ACL arm as taken of the Atlantic Star, the first of five new G4 con-ro vessels being built in China. She will join the transatlantic service in December, after being christened in Liverpool. The remaining four G4 vessels will be delivered during the first half of 2016. The G4s' innovative ... [+]

New ships for ACL by 2015

Grimaldi’s Atlantic Container Line has announced its long-anticipated retonnaging plans. It has signed a contract with a Chinese yard to build what it says will be the largest con-ro (container and ro ro) ships in the world. The ‘G4’ class ships will offer 3800teu of container capacity and a ro ... [+]

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