Friday at the South Korean Hyundai Mipo shipyard Dockyard Co. of Ulsan the Grimaldi group has taken delivery of the Great Cotonou, sixth and last of the multipurpose ro-ro ships of class "G5" became part of the fleet of the Neapolitan Shipowning Group. 250 meters long, 38 meters wide and With a deadweight capacity of 45,684 tons, these ships can transport 4,700 linear metres of rolling cargo, 2,500 CEU (car equivalent unit) and 2,000 TEU containers. Compared to the previous one class G4, the new units have a rolling capacity unchanged, while that for containers has doubled.

Next month, Great Cotonou will inaugurate a the group's new scheduled connection between China and Lagos (Nigeria), on which it will be operational with a sister unit guaranteeing the service an initial monthly frequency. The new service, in addition to being dedicated to the transport of goods rolling stock of all kinds such as cars, vans, trucks, cars construction and agricultural sectors, will also allow the transport of containers from China with transhipment at the PTML terminal in Lagos, owned by the Grimaldi group, for the main ports of West Africa and Brazil.