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Grimaldi orders to the Chinese ship yard Yangfan the construction of five ships PCTC
Investment of 300 million dollars. Option for ulterior seven unit
June 19, 2015
The Neapolitan shipowning group Grimaldi has ordered to the Chinese ship yard Yangfan the construction of five ships PCTC (Also Car Truck Carriers), for an investment total of 300 million dollars, with option for ulterior seven unit.
The five new ships garage, whose delivery is previewed within 2017, will be able to transport beyond 7.800 rotabili units and will come employees in the routes that they connect the Mediterranean with the America North, lines specifically dedicated to the export of vehicles of group FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) towards the markets American and Canadian.
"Beyond to being the car carrier larger on the market - they have emphasized the president of the group Grimaldi, Gianluca Grimaldi, and the managing directors, Emanuele Grimaldi and Diego Pacella - the new constructions will be extremely efficient from the point of view of the consumption and the respect of the atmosphere, to the point of being named "The Green PCTC". The already conspicuous fleet of the group will become rich with ships the vanguard that will allow with the group to supply services of more and more high level to the field automotive". Also the commercial director, of the operating logistics and of the group Grimaldi, Costantino Baldissara, has express great satisfaction for the store clerk thanks to which he will be able to satisfy the more and more increasing requirements of customer FCA.
The current pocketbook orders of the shipowning group previews also the delivery within year-end of two ships with-ro, last under construction of a store clerk of six unit near Korean yards, all destined to the connections of the group between Europe and West Africa. Moreover, within the 2016 five ships with-ro to the controlled Atlantic Container will be delivered Linens (ACL). With a cargo ability of 3.800 teu, 28,900 square metres of rotabile cargo and 1,307 automobiles, will be largest with-ro of their type to the world, beyond to being faster, more ecological and more efficient regarding the ships currently operated by ACL.
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The Neapolitan shipowning group Grimaldi has ordered to the Chinese ship yard Yangfan the construction of five ships PCTC (Also Car Truck Carriers), for an investment total of 300 million dollars, with option for ulterior seven unit.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
