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New freeway of the sea Genoa - Livorno - Palermo - Tunisi of the Grimaldi group
Saturday will be inaugurated and will have trisettimanale frequency
June 27, 2011
Next saturday the Neapolitan shipowning group Grimaldi will inaugurate a new freeway of the sea between the ports of Genoa, Livorno, Palermo and Tunisi dedicated to the TIR transport, semitows, automobiles and other goods rotabile. The marine connection will be operated with the two twin ships Eurocargo Genoa and Eurocargo Alexandria conceived and constructed near the Korean yards of Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in order to satisfy the requirements specific of this line.
The two ships have a length of 200 meters, a tonnage of 32.700 tons, and are able to transport each about 4.000 linear meters of goods rotabile, pairs to 280 semitowings, and 200 cars, to a speed of service of 23 knots. Moreover, thanks to their ramp in a position to loading unit with weight until 120 tons, these ships are adapted also to the exceptional cargo transport.
The new service will have trisettimanale frequency from and for all the served ports. The departures from north towards south will be every monday, Wednesday and saturday from Genoa for Palermo and Tunisi, every monday, Wednesday and friday from Livorno for Palermo and Tunisi and every tuesday, thursday and Sunday from Palermo for Tunisi. The departures from south towards north will happen every monday, Wednesday and saturday from Tunisi for Palermo, Livorno and Genoa and every tuesday, thursday and Sunday from Palermo for Livorno and Genoa.
"This initiative - the managing director of the group has commented, Emanuele Grimaldi - once again demonstrates the engagement of the Grimaldi group to ulteriorly upgrade the marine connections between the North Italy, the Sicily and Tunisia. Col launch of this new freeway of the sea between the two sides of the Mediterranean the group will offer a service still more reliable and answering to the requirements of the road haulage employing two efficient ships highly, are from the economic point of view that environmental: to benefit some they will be not only the Italian logistic operators and foreign countries, but also the Sicilian exporter which see ulteriorly upgraded own channels of access towards the European continent and Tunisia".
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Next saturday the Neapolitan shipowning group Grimaldi will inaugurate a new freeway of the sea between the ports of Genoa, Livorno, Palermo and Tunisi dedicated to the TIR transport, semitows, automobiles and other goods rotabile. The marine connection will be operated with the two twin ships Eurocargo Genoa and Eurocargo Alexandria conceived and constructed near the Korean yards of Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in order to satisfy the requirements specific of this line.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
