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New Livorno‑Catania‑Malta
service launched
The Grimaldi Group continues its policy
of strengthening and expanding
its activities in the Western Mediterranean
by launching another maritime
link. As from the 25 th of September, a
new regular service for rolling freight
between the ports of Malta, Catania and
Livorno (the main port of Tuscany), has
become operational.
The new line has a twice-a-week frequency,
with departures from Livorno
to Catania on Thursdays and Sundays,
and to Malta on Mondays and Thursdays.
Departures from Malta to Livorno
are on Mondays and Saturdays, while
from Catania to Livorno on Tuesdays
and Saturdays. The new call at the port
of Livorno has been integrated into the
regular service currently offered by the
Group between the ports of Genoa, Catania
and Malta.
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Valencia
Barcelona
Genoa
Porto Torres
Two sisterships are operating on this new
connection: the “Eurocargo Malta” and
“Eurocargo Genoa”, the youngest units
of the Group’s fleet. Delivered by the
Hyundai Mipo shipbuilders last summer,
both units can carry about 4,000 linear
metres of rolling cargo, equivalent to 280
trailers, at a service speed of 23 knots.
With the launch of these new mari-
Irish Minister of Defence
visits the “Grande Senegal”
On the 26 th of July 2010 the Irish
Minister for Defence, Tony Killeen
TD, accompanied by Defence
Forces Chief of Staff, Lieutenant
General Sean McCann, were in the port
of Dublin to oversee to the discharge
operations of the Defence Forces equipment
from the “Grande Senegal”, which
had transported the equipment from
Chad.
The arrival in Dublin represents the final
phase of a major logistics operation
which began in April, following the Irish
Government's decision to commence the
withdrawal of its troops from Chad.
The operation began with the dismantling
of Defence Forces facilities in Goz
Beida, Eastern Chad. Cargo was moved
about 900 km across the desert and
then sensitive cargo was flown to the
Cameroonese port of Douala, while the
remaining equipment of the Defence
Forces was moved 900 km by road and
then onward by rail to the port of Douala.
On the 13 th of July over 3,000 tonnes of
equipment were loaded on board the
“Grande Senegal”, from Douala to Dublin;
the equipment included 208 TEU containers
and 75 trucks, 4x4 and armoured
vehicles, with an assortment of trailers,
fuel bowsers and other wheeled units.
Chad which is located in Central Africa,
is approximately twice the size of France,
with little or no infrastructure.
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Tunis
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Livorno
Civitavecchia
Palermo
Trapani
Salerno
Catania
Malta
Patras Corinth
time links the Grimaldi Group further
strengthens its Motorways of the Sea
network and confirms its commitment
to provide an extensive range of direct
connections for the transport of rolling
freight between Northern Italy (Genoa),
Central Italy (Civitavecchia), Sicily (Catania)
and, via transhipment, to the markets
of Greece, Libya and Spain.
The “Grande Senegal”, with a length of
210.92 metres, a width of 32.26 metres
and a gross tonnage of 47,300 tonnes, is
able to load 2,000 cars/vans, 2,000 linear
metres of rolling cargo and 800 TEU. It is
deployed on the Southern Express Service
linking North Europe to the southern
ports of West Africa and the Lisbon Express
Service, linking Portugal with West
Africa.