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June 13, 2011
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- Grimaldi will further enhance its service Mediterranean Express
- Will be introduced with the new ro-multipurpose "Grande Côte d'Ivoire", later replaced by ships' Republic of Brazil and the Republic of Argentina "
 Next month, the Grimaldi Group Naples owner will further enhance its service Mediterranean Express (MEX), which connects the Mediterranean with the West Africa enter the new ship / ro-multipurpose Grande Côte d'Ivoire, which was built by the shipyard of Croatian Uljanik Pola. On July 4 the unit will be used, for its maiden voyage, on route to replace the MEX Eurocargo Istanbul.
- La Grande Côte d'Ivoire is 214 meters long, 32.25 meters wide, a gross tonnage of 50,000 tonnes and a service speed of 20 knots. Its load capacity is 1,500 ideal car / van in addition to 2,500 linear feet of cargo container stock and 800 teu.
- The subsequent insertion of the Grande Côte d'Ivoire Grimaldi lines between North Europe and West Africa will enable the group Neapolitan place already by the end of July, the ship Republic of Brazil on the Mediterranean Express service, while its sister Republic of Argentina alongside the end of September. With a gross tonnage of about 52,000 tons and a length of 206 meters, each of these ships with ro-multipurpose can carry 2,400 linear meters of freight rolling stock, 700 car / van and 600 teu. The use of these two units, the service MEX 40% increase its carrying capacity, both for container for rolling stock, while the frequency will improve from the current 18 days to about 16.
- The MEX service dedicated to the transport of goods stock, container and project cargo, currently connects the ports of Salerno, Genoa, Marseilles and Valencia with Casablanca (Morocco), Dakar (Senegal), Lome (Togo), Lagos (Nigeria) Cotonou (Benin) and Tema (Ghana).
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