From the second half of July to mid-September the GNV shipping company will strengthen its ferry service between Civitavecchia and Tunis that in the period will connect the two ports directly and weekly adding to the historic Civitavecchia-Tunis route via Palermo operated by GNV. The company has announced that the connection was created with the aim of responding to the growing demand of direct connections between Italy and Tunisia, offering a faster and capacity building, and is It has also been created to support the mobility of the Tunisian community residing in Central-Southern Italy during the Summer.

The new direct connection will offer departures every Tuesdays from Civitavecchia in July and every Saturday in August. At the same time, the route will remain active Civitavecchia-Palermo-Tunis which will continue to operate in the Weekend with departure from the Lazio port on Friday.