In these hours in the port of Barcelona two ships of the Genoese Ignazio Messina & C. Spa of Genoa, Jolly Palladio and the Jolly Titanio, have set sail carrying to the port of Yanbu the more than 800 vehicles that will participate in the Dakar Rally. The The caravan on board from the two Jolly of the Messina is composed of 845 vehicles (cars, trucks, quads and motorcycles), for 7,500 linear meters of cargo, 34 containers and five helicopter platforms.

The ships will arrive on December 14 in the Saudi port in sight of the race on 5 January. The Genoese shipping group plans to re-embark the entire caravan on 25 January.