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June 27, 2011
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- New motorway of the sea Genoa - Livorno - Palermo - Tunis Grimaldi
- It will be inaugurated on Saturday and will have three times a week
 Next Saturday the group will inaugurate a new owner Grimaldi Naples motorway of the sea between the ports of Genoa, Livorno, Palermo and Tunis for the transport of trucks, trailers, cars and other goods stock. The sea link will be operated by the two sister ships Eurocargo Genoa and Alexandria Eurocargo designed and built at the shipyard of Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Koreans to meet the specific needs of this line.
- The two ships have a length of 200 feet, a tonnage of 32,700 tons, and are each capable of carrying about 4,000 linear meters of freight rolling stock, equal to 280 trailers and 200 cars at a service speed of 23 knots. In addition, due to their ramp capable of loading units weighing up to 120 tons, these ships are also suitable for carrying cargo.
- The new service will have three times a week to and from all ports served.Departures from north to south will be every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday from Genoa to Palermo and Tunis, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from Livorno to Palermo and Tunis, and every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday from Palermo to Tunis. The departures from south to north will take place every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday from Tunis to Palermo, Livorno and Genoa, and every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday from Palermo to Livorno and Genoa.
- "This initiative - said the group's managing director, Emanuele Grimaldi - once again demonstrates the commitment of the Grimaldi Group to further strengthen maritime links between Northern Italy, Sicily and Tunisia. With the launch of this new highway of the sea between the shores of the Mediterranean, the group will offer an even more reliable and responsive to the needs of road transport ships using two highly efficient, both economically and environmental benefit to be not only the operators Italian and foreign logistics, but also exporters Sicilians who see further enhanced their channels of access to the European continent and Tunisia. "
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