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Grimaldi Group: Order signed for nine pioneering ro-pax ships
Six vessels will be deployed in the Mediterranean under the Grimaldi Lines and Minoan Lines brands, while three will be operated by Finnlines in the Baltic Sea. Key features include reduced environmental impact and enhanced onboard comfort. As part …
Apr 11, 2025 / Vessels
Maiden Call of The Great Casablanca from Grimaldi in Amsterdam
On February 10th, the vessel - The Great Casablanca - from the Grimaldi Group docked for the first time in the Port of Amsterdam. This impressive Container/RoRo ship is 250 meters long, 38 meters wide, and has no fewer than 12 decks. It boasts …
Feb 17, 2025 / Vessels
Grimaldi adds Patras call to its Trieste-Ambarli ro-ro line
The Group's vast Motorways of the Sea offering is further expanded and enhanced, providing increasing opportunities for the transport of rolling freight between Italy, Greece and Turkey. Just over a month after its launch, the Grimaldi Group's …
Oct 25, 2024 / Curious
The Grimaldi Group takes delivery of the Great Casablanca
The fifth of six units of the innovative "G5" class joins the fleet, offering even greater capacity and sustainability for connections between Northern Europe and West Africa. The Grimaldi Group took delivery on Wednesday (Aug 28) of the fifth …
Aug 30, 2024 / Vessels
The Grimaldi Group's Great Abidjan delivered in South Korea
The Great Abidjan has joined the Grimaldi Group’s increasingly large and modern fleet. She is the fourth of six multipurpose ro-ro units belonging to the innovative "G5" class and commissioned from the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd shipyard in Ulsan …
Apr 26, 2024 / Curious
Grimaldi strengthens its Brindisi-Igoumenitsa link
The Grimaldi Group will offer even more transport capacity and comfort on its connections between Italy and Greece: from next 29 February, the Neapolitan company will deploy the vessel Europalink on the twice-daily Brindisi-Igoumenitsa service. It is …
Feb 29, 2024 / Curious
Three of the most efficient and sustainable ships in the world operate on the Finnlines (Grimaldi Group) weekly service linking the Port of Bilbao with Northern Europe
The terminal of the company Toro y Betolaza in the Port of Bilbao has been the setting chosen by the shipping company Finnlines, of the Grimaldi Group, for the official presentation of its ultra green hybrid ro-ro vessels of the Finneco series, the …
Sep 28, 2023 / Curious
Grimaldi Group: Great Lagos delivered
The second multipurpose ro-ro vessel belonging to the innovative "G5" class will soon be deployed between Northern Europe and West Africa With the delivery of the Great Lagos, which took place on 30 August at the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd. …
Sep 4, 2023 / Curious
Two more ammonia-ready PCTC vessels for Grimaldi: 17 car carriers now under construction for the Group
The Grimaldi Group has further grown its order book with two more new Pure Car & Truck Carrier (PCTC) vessels. Last January, the company signed an agreement with Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Company Limited (SWS) and China Shipbuilding …
May 31, 2023 / Curious
Grimaldi takes delivery of the Great Antwerp: new “G5” vessel class inaugurated
Tuesday (Apr18) the Grimaldi Group took delivery of the vessel Great Antwerp at the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd. in Ulsan (South Korea). This is the first of the six multipurpose ro-ro units commissioned from the Korean company just over two years …
Apr 19, 2023 / Vessels