New Freeway of the Sea of the Grimaldi group between the ports of Venice and Patrasso



Today to Monk of Bavaria, in the course of the fair Transport Logistic, the president of the Harbour Authority of Venice, Paolo Costa, and the commercial director Short Sea Shipping of the Neapolitan shipowning group Grimaldi, Guido Grimaldi, has announced the launch of a new Freeway of the Sea between the ports of Venice and Patrasso, dedicated to the rotabile cargo transport, that it will be operating from the next month.

The frequency will be of three departures weeklies magazine in both the directions and will be employed two modern ships ro-ro each able to transport 3,500 linear meters of rotabile cargo. The service will be classified to the transport of trailer (included average cooled), van, car and other goods rotabile that travel between the Italy North, Centro Europa North and Greece beyond to other Balkan Countries.

"We are pleased - Paolo Costa has declared - that Grimaldi has chosen the port of Venice for the activation of a new direct line that will connect the European markets with Greece. The port of Venice in these years has realized important railway and street investments that allow it to put in value the peculiarities that return it a privileged European door from and for the Mediterranean and the East. The new terminal of Fusina (Marghera), with four approaches dedicated to the Freeways of the Sea, four dedicated railroads that they can daily serve trains from 650 meters of length, highway connections and railway that guarantee the full intermodalità, it is recognized by numerous international operators as the most modern Italian port for the traffic ro-ro".

"With this action - it has specified Guido Grimaldi - the port of Venice enters in the net of Freeways of the Sea of the Grimaldi group. Venice is chosen for the strategic role that it carries out as logistic platform thanks to the connections directed with the railway and street net, affording to our group to offer services of multimodale transport, and guaranteeing punctuality, speed and a efficient spin of the towings".

With the new service the Grimaldi group, through the marks Grimaldi Lines and Minoan Lines, ulteriorly widens the range of lines of marine transport for goods and passengers between Italy and Greece connecting the ports of Trieste, Venice, Ravenna, Ancona and Brindisi with the Greek ports of call of Igoumenitsa and Patrasso.