The next Grimaldi month will start a trisettimanale service Brindisi-Igoumenitsa-Patrasso



Next 11 April the Neapolitan shipowning group Grimaldi will launch a new marine connection trisettimanale rotabili and fleeting Brindisi-Igoumenitsa-Patrasso dedicated to the transport of goods. In more, to support of the tourist flow, in the summery season the service will offer to an ulterior port of call weekly magazine to Corfù.

The departures from the apulian port will be the monday, the Wednesday and the friday to the hours the 19,30 with arrival tuesdays, thursday and saturday to hours 04,30 to Igoumenitsa and hours 13,00 to Patrasso. The inverse distance previews the departure from Patrasso the tuesday, thursday and saturday to hours 17,00, from Igoumentisa the Wednesday, friday and Sunday to the hours the 01,00 with arrival to Brindisi Wednesdays, friday and Sunday to hours 8.00.

To serve the new line it will be Sorrento, a modern ferry in a position to transporting beyond 800 passengers, 170 cars to the continuation let alone 2,250 linear meters of rotabile cargo. With a length of 186 meters, a tonnage of 26.000 tons and a cruise speed of 23 knots, Sorrento (constructed in the 2003 and clapper Italian flag) is equipped of 93 cabins - between internal, external and suite - let alone 62 comfortable reclining seats. Numerous they are the offered services on board, which restaurant - self service, cafeteria, area games and slot machine, stores, solarium with cribs and bar.

Grimaldi has emphasized that with the new line the partenopeo group, leader together with the controlled Minoan Lines in the marine transport between Italy and Greece, a connection also from the South Italy can so consolidate own position offering to the customers. "The line towards Greece - the managing director of the Grimaldi group has confirmed, Emanuele Grimaldi - represents a new opportunity in order to strengthen the net of offered freeways of the sea from our group in the Mediterranean. Graces also to the grip collaboration with the Harbour Authority of Brindisi, the Grimaldi group will be able to offer to the user is Italian who foreign a quality connection, to accessible prices and to guarantee a continuity of service in the time".

"The choice of Brindisi by the Grimaldi group - the president of the Harbour Authority of Brindisi has declared, Hercules Haralambides - is a "vote of confidence", also one compensates, for our efforts in order to offer modern harbour services, of elevated quality, to competitive prices. Brindisi always has been the "point of reference" for Greece and from Greek I am particularly proud of this development. But the world - it has continued Haralambides - does not stop itself to Greece. The Grimaldi group has great projects in the Mediterranean and we, as Harbour Authority, we will put our best foot forward in order to contribute to realize them. The presence to Brindisi of an enterprise blue-chip as Grimaldi sure will transform our port and our city. And it is for this reason that I thank and give them sentitamente they a warm welcome".