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The Grimaldi Group (Naples) launches the first motorway of the sea linking Northern Italy, Sicily and Greece. Starting from the 20th of February, the new service will link, on a weekly basis, the ports of Genoa and Catania with Patras and Igoumenitsa. It is the first time that a maritime service dedicated to trucks, trailers and any other rolling cargo links directly Northwestern Italy and Sicily to Greece, opening a fast and economically convenient access to the Greek peninsula, Turkey and the whole Balkan area.
The port of Patras will serve southern Greece and the Athens area, while the port of Igoumenitsa will be used for freight traffic to/from Northern Greece, Turkey and the Balkans. Operated by the modern vessel “Eurocargo Napoli”, with a cargo capacity for 260 new cars and 1940 linear meters for ro/ro vehicles, the new service confirms the efforts of the Grimaldi Group to open up new maritime services which are sustainable both environmentally and economically and it goes in addition to the 9 new links for passengers and freight successfully introduced by the Grimaldi Group last January. “The service between Genoa, Catania, Patras and Igoumenitsa is a real innovative link which will enhance the development of commercial flows between Italy, Greece, Turkey and the whole Balkan area with clear advantages both environmentally and economically” has declared Emanuele Grimaldi, co-managing director of the Grimaldi Group.
In order to improve the efficiency of the service, the new line will benefit from the cooperation of the local agencies of Minoan Lines, company of the Grimaldi Group.
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