the shipowning group Grimaldi strengthens the marine connections between Italy and Spain



The Neapolitan shipowning group Grimaldi will strengthen the marine connections between Italy and Spain. From next 16 January the Savona-Barcelona service, served from the company from june 2012, will come considerably upgraded with the doubling of the frequency and the extension of the line also to the transport of passengers, with the introduction of the modern Florencia ferry. Currently the connection between Savona and Barcelona is served, every trisettimanale, from two modern ships ro-ro of the class "Eurocargo" for the transport of automobiles, van, truck and semitowings.

Constructed in 2004, the Florencia has a length of 186 meters, a tonnage of 26.000 tons and is able to transport 1,000 passengers, 170 cars to the continuation let alone 2,250 linear meters of rotabile cargo to a cruise speed of 23 knots. The ship is equipped of a room with 199 reclining seats and of 96 cabins - between internal, external and suite - all equipped of wc, shower and air conditioning. Various they are the offered services on board, which restaurant self-service, cafeteria, area games and slot machine, stores and room for the children.

The departures of the Florencia from Savona will happen every monday, Wednesday and friday to the hours 23:59, with arrival to Barcelona the day after to the hours 18:00. The departures from the Catalan port of call will be the tuesday, thursday and saturday, always to the hours 23:59, with arrival the next day to Savona to the hours 18:00.

"The bet on the port of Barcelona by the Grimaldi group - it has found the president of the Harbour Authority of Barcelona, Sixte Cambra - is strengthened with this new connection towards Savona which joins already to those operated from the new Grimaldi terminal in our port. The Grimaldi group has an offered wide of competitive connections (with Civitavecchia, Livorno, Savona, Porto Torres and Tangeri) which contribute to decongest the freeways. Grimaldi - it has added Cambra - is aware that the frequency of the services is that which loyalizes the customers and is sure that this new connection will have happened as the launch others from and for our port. The Harbour Authority of Barcelona will continue to support the Grimaldi group short in the development of new marine connections beam because it believes that, in this way, it is contributed to develop a more efficient and sustainable logistics".

"With the potenziamento of the Savona-Barcelona connection - it has emphasized Emanuele Grimaldi, managing director of the partenopeo group with brother Gianluca - the Grimaldi group for the first time offers to a service of transport for passengers between the North Italy and Spain. Moreover, thanks to the cargo ability and to the frequency of the service to all purposes and effects you increase, to benefit of this new investment they will be also the companies of transport of the Italy North and Nord and Centro Europa that enliven goods which ortofrutticoli, ittici and pharmaceutical producing highly perishable and that need of connection marine frequent and punctual towards the Iberian Peninsula".