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Grimaldi upgrades the freeways of the sea with the Sicily and the Sardinia
Breaking in of ro-ro "the Eurocargo Istanbul" on the Livorno-Cagliari route
January 26, 2016
The Neapolitan shipowning society Grimaldi has announced a potenziamento of own services of line for rotabili that connect the continent with the Sicily and the Sardinia thanks to the introduction from next 28 January of the ship ro-ro Eurocargo Istanbul that will place side by side the Eurocargo Savona and Eurocargo Alexandria, units that are operating from last September on the four-week route between the ports of Genoa, Livorno, Cagliari and Palermo.
Eurocargo Istanbul has a cargo ability of 200 towings and heavy means. The ship will be employed exclusively on the Livorno-Cagliari draft offering so a connection directed between the Leighorn port and the Sardinian chief town. The departures from Livorno will happen the tuesday, thursday and saturday to the hours 23:59 with arrival the Wednesday, friday and Sunday to hours 18.00. The ship will share from Cagliari the monday, the Wednesday and the friday to hours 23,59 with arrival to Livorno to hours 18,00 of the next day.
The Eurocargo Savona and Eurocargo Alexandria, each with cargo an ability of about 250 rotabili means and 450 cars, will continue to connect the ports of Genoa, Cagliari and Palermo with a four-week and touched frequency additional a every week to Livorno.
The company has emphasized that the employment of a ship dedicated between Livorno and Cagliari will afford to offer to new transport opportunity is for the goods in import that for those in export between the Center/North Italy and the Sardinia. Moreover the arrival of the Eurocargo Istanbul will meaningfully increase the total cargo ability also on the lines from Genoa for Cagliari and Palermo with better transit times, programmed departure times and arrival in order to satisfy the requirements and the tempistiche of delivery of the companies of transport engaged in the traffics from and for the Sardinia and for Sicily.
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