NEWS 55 - Grimaldi Group

Events
Brand new offices for Grimaldi in Antwerp
At the end of June the newly-built
Grimaldi offices in Antwerp were
finally completed. Located in the historical
centre of the city and walking
distance from the premises of the Antwerp
Port Authority, the new “Grimaldi
House” is a six-floor building with a total
office space of around 4,000 square
metres. The building was completed in
three years and offers top quality facilities
for Grimaldi Belgium’s 100 members
of staff along with the 45 employees of
ACL Benelux.
Grimaldi Belgium, headed by Karel Verbeke,
acts as the port and commercial
agency for the Grimaldi Group’s services
that call at the port of Antwerp. ACL
Benelux is headed by Bernard Moyson
and is responsible for assisting the ACL
vessels calling at Antwerp and for the
canvassing of the company’s regular
services.
Today, Antwerp is called at by the
Grimaldi Lines Atlantic network services
which link North Europe with West
Africa and South America, and by the
Euro-Med network, connecting Northern
Europe with the Mediterranean. Furthermore,
the ACL service links North Europe
with North America and calls at the
Belgian port twice a week (westbound
and eastbound).
In 2010, the Grimaldi, ACL and Finnlines
vessels performed 525 calls in Antwerp
making it the most important hub port for
the Group in Northern Europe.
New address of Grimaldi Belgium &
ACL Benelux:
Grimaldi House
Brouwersvliet 37
2000 Antwerp
Belgium
Grimaldi Group at Piazza
di Siena horse show
Grimaldi Lines sponsored the
79 th edition of the famous horse
show “Piazza di Siena” which
was held in the beautiful gardens of Villa
Borghese, in the heart of Rome from the
26 th to the 29 th of May. The show is one of
eight prestigious international equestrian
competitions included in the “Meydan FEI
Nations Cup”, the most important circuit
in the world of show jumping.
More than 52,000 spectators followed
the event, which included 70 riders from
all over the world. Guido Grimaldi, son
of Emanuele Grimaldi and Commercial
Manager of the short sea routes, participated
in the event and won the second category
of the Rome Marriott Grand Hotel
Flora Master Amatori.
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