On December the Grimaldi group will start a marine line passenger-mere us between Trieste, Ancona, Igoumenitsa and Patrasso



Today to Trieste the managing director of the partenopeo shipowning group Grimaldi, Emanuele Grimaldi, has met the summits of Trieste Passenger terminal Spa (TTP), the president and the managing director Antonio Paoletti and Franco Napp, and the president of the giuliana Harbour Authority, Marina Monassi, with which he has defined necessity and times for the start of a marine connection through ferry cruise the Cruise Europe and Cruise Olympia between Trieste, Ancona, Igoumenitsa and Patrasso.

The service, that it will be inaugurated to December, will leave from Trieste the monday, Wednesday and saturday. The connection with Greece is estimated in 24 hours. The two ships that will come employees on the route are able ognuna to transport 3,000 passengers with 3.000 linear meters useful for the contemporary boarding of 170 trucks and 250 motors vehicle.

"Draft - it has found Grimaldi - of an innovative service, with modern ships that are called "cruise" own because they offer the standards of acceptance of the cruise ships. We see the line as a freeway of the sea that will connect Greece and the Balkans. The ships will transport holiday passengers and, automobiles and truck. We remember, then, than the ancient one via Ignazia Roman that they give Igoumenitsa reaches all Balkans, Rumania, Bulgaria and the same Turkey offer to an interesting opportunity for fast transfers towards the markets of the Center and East Europe own through Trieste".

The TTP president has emphasized as the service constitutes "an important result after an intense job - Antonio Paoletti has said - made with the managing director of TTP, with a team engagement who carries an optimal occasion for Trieste, opening new markets are for tourists who for the goods, connecting Greece and the Balkans with the East Europe, Austria, Germany and obviously our territory".

"The definitive way to the line - it has added Franco Napp - will be to short, within year-end, to beginning December. A silent job but with optimal arrived results this today to I seal of the negotiation with the presence to Trieste of the Grimaldi gentleman accompanied from the technical summits of the company in order to define the improvements necessary to make to leave the service".