Grimaldi Group: New direct service between Italy and North America

The Grimaldi Group strengthens its presence in Civitavecchia to support Fiat Chrysler Autobiles with a new direct maritime service

The Grimaldi Group starts the year with an service innovation: As from February, it will launch a new direct maritime service between Civitavecchia (50 km north of Rome) and the North American ports of Baltimore and Halifax for the transport of cars and other rolling cargo.

The new link is the first direct and regular service between the Mediterranean and North America for the ro/ro-car carriers sector. Thanks to the deployment of four ro/ro-car carrier vessels whose total loading capacity is of 25,000 cars, the new regular line offers a transit time of only 13 days between Italy and North America. The complete schedule includes, sequentially, calls at Gemlik (Turkey), Bar (Montenegro), Civitavecchia, Baltimore (USA), Halifax (Canada) and Antwerp (Belgium).

The new link will also support Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) for the export of its new models produced in Melfi (Potenza, Southern Italy): the Fiat 500X and the Jeep Renegade – the first Jeep manufactured outside the borders of the United States.

With the new connection, the Neapolitan group confirms the importance of the Port of Civitavecchia as a main hub, not only for intra-European but also for intercontinental traffic flows. In addition to North America, the Port of Civitavecchia is connected, directly or through transhipment, with more than 120 ports in the Mediterranean, Northern Europe, North South America and West Africa served by the Group.

The Grimaldi Group, headquarter in Naples, operates a fleet of more than 100 ships and is a world leading operator in the transport of cars and ro/ro cargo. Established in 1947, it has about 10,000 employees. In the passenger sector, the Group controls Finnlines, leader in ro/ro transport in the Baltic Sea and Minoan Lines, the Greek ferry operator leader in the Adriatic Sea and on the route between Piraeus and Crete.

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