Christened the third new with-ro of the shipowning group Italian Messina



Today near the yards of the South Korean Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) the ceremony of baptism of the portacontenitori ship has been carried out ro-ro Jolly Cristallo of the shipowning society Italian Ignazio Messina & C. Spa. The unit is third (follows Jolly Diamante and Jolly Perla) of the eight new portacontenitori ships ro-ro that take part of the industrial plan of the genoese shipowning group and that they will be taken in delivery within 2014 ( on December 16, 2009 and 18 July 2012). The eight ships, with an ability to 3.100 teu or 6,350 linear meters of rotabile cargo, are between largest than this type never constructed.

The shipowning company has emphasized that the construction of Jolly Cristallo, with the realization of the other first two twin units, constitutes a carried out authentication for the Ignazio Messina & C Spa who have entered on the market of the newbuilding with the main objective of a modernization of the property fleet.

Entirely planned from the technicians of the genoese company under the guide of ingegner the Allieri, financed from Banca Carige the Group and constructed the first four from the Korean yards Daewoo, while next the four that will be delivered in the 2014 will be always realized in Korea but near yards STX, the new ships are to technology advanced and equipped of the most modern systems anti-pollution, as a sophisticated and innovative system of cleansing of gases of drainage in port and for this first to the world obtaining by the RINA the Greenplus qualification that certifys the maximum respect of the atmosphere. Long 240 meters and wide 37,50, the ships develop a speed of 21,5 knots fully loaded.

The new units have of great operating flexibility, in particular of the maximum draught of 11,50 meters with a capacity of 45.200 tons that allows they to scale also those ports Africans (credited - it has remembered the shipowning company - of strong potential development and on which the genoese company is more and more placing) that for the low backdrops and inadequate infrastructures of earth they cannot receive the great container vessels. The four twin units have moreover of a cargo ramp with a capacity of 350 tons planned in order to allow the transport of exceptional cargos and system material until seven meters of height lowerdeck. All the ships will fly Italian flag with class RINA and ABS, is joined the held International Registry near the Harbour office of Genoa and operated by crews mostly of Italian nationality.

The total value of this first phase of the investment of the Messina group exceeds 300 million dollars.