NEWS 62 - Grimaldi Group

Service Development
MEX service further enhanced
With the deployment of the Repubblica di Roma
the Group improves its service between
the Mediterranean and West Africa
Valencia
Marseille Genoa
Salerno
As from the 17 th of May, the Mediterranean
Express service (MEX)
linking the Mediterranean with
West Africa has been enhanced through
the deployment of additional tonnage.
The con/ro-multipurpose vessel Repubblica
di Roma joined the two other vessels
of the same capacity already deployed
on this service, the Repubblica di Argentina
and the Repubblica del Brasile. With
a gross tonnage of about 52,000 tonnes
and a length of 210 metres, each of these
vessels can ideally load 2,400 linear metres
of rolling freight, 700 cars/vans and
600 TEUs.
The MEX service, dedicated to the transport
of rolling freight, containers and
project cargo, currently links the ports of
Valencia, Marseille, Genoa and Salerno to
Casablanca (Morocco), Dakar (Senegal),
Conakry (Guinea), Lome (Togo), Lagos
(Nigeria), Cotonou (Benin) and Abidjan
(Ivory Coast).
With the deployment of these three vessels
the service increased by over 30%
in its loading capacity for both containers
and rolling cargo. The frequency
improved from 18 to 14 days, with departures
from the ports of Valencia, Marseille,
Genoa and Salerno, on fixed days in alternate
weeks.
Furthermore, the Group regularly links
Northern Europe with West Africa with
three services employing more than 20
con/ro-multipurpose vessels transporting
rolling cargo, containers and project
cargo. With these services, freight from
the Mediterranean transported via the
MEX service, can achieve extremely
competitive delivery times and freight
Dakar
Casablanca
Conakry
Abidjan Lome Cotonou
Lagos
rates. Various other ports of Africa indirectly
served by transhipment to the port
of Dakar are: Banjul (Gambia), Freetown
(Sierra Leone), Monrovia (Liberia), Tema
(Ghana), Douala (Cameroon), Libreville
and Port Gentil (Gabon), Boma (Dem. Rep.
of Congo), Pointe Noire (Congo-Brazzaville)
and Luanda (Angola).
New Grimaldi
offices in Benin
New address of Grimaldi Benin:
GRIMALDI BENIN
IMMEUBLE GRIMALDI, Rue 231 Cotonou - Benin
Tel: 00229 21317889 / 21317890
Contacts: grimaldi@grimaldi-benin.com
As from the 1 st of February Grimaldi
Benin, acting as exclusive
shipping agent for the Grimaldi
Group’s services calling at the port
of Cotonou, inaugurated its new offices
in the Beninese economical
capital.
The Benin Grimaldi new building
is located in a strategic position in
front of the main entrance of the
port. The property is of over 1,800
square metres while the office is a
two-floor building with a total surface
of 1,500 square metres.
The building hosts the Grimaldi
Benin staff of 37 employees plus
additional 25 desks for the management,
administration and financial
departments of Roro Terminal Benin
stevedoring company, whose
the majority shareholder has been
Grimaldi Benin since the starting
activities in October 2010.
The new office with the same concept
and style as other Grimaldiowned
buildings in West Africa,
provides the latest camera security
system coupled with a modern organisation,
to provide the most efficient
customer support.
Grimaldi Benin has handled over
500,000 vehicles over the last five
years and serves a Grimaldi vessel
every 2.5 days. Cotonou is currently
called by the Grimaldi Lines
regular MEX service, linking the
Mediterranean with West Africa,
the North Europe-West Africa and
the North America-West Africa services.
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