Namegiving ceremony FINNCANOPUS marks the completion of Grimaldi’s half-billion investment programme

FINNCANOPUS, the second hybrid freight-passenger Superstar vessel of Finnlines, was christened in Naantali, marking the completion of Finnlines’ EUR 500-million Green Investment Programme. Katariina Nurmi, representing DB Schenker, served as the vessel’s godmother, embodying Finnlines’ dedication...

https://ferryshippingnews.com/namegiving-ceremony-finncanopus-marks-the-completion-of-grimaldis-half-billion-investment-programme/

Green light from Italy’s Antitrust authority to TDT Terminal takeover by Grimaldi

The Grimaldi Group has received approval from Italy’s antitrust authority to acquire a 100% stake in Terminal Darsena Toscana from Gruppo Investimenti Portuali, a company controlled by the investment funds Infravia and Infracapital. The port authority of Livorno has also announced its intention to...

https://ferryshippingnews.com/green-light-from-italys-antitrust-authority-to-tdt-terminal-takeover-by-grimaldi/

Newark car carrier fire blamed on Ports America-owned Jeep Wrangler

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The deadly blaze aboard the car carrier Grande Costa D’Avorio in Port Newark, New Jersey, in July...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/newark-car-carrier-fire-blamed-on-ports-america-owned-jeep-wrangler

Grimaldi: Two new state-of-the-art ro-ro ships on the Venice – Bari – Patras line

With the new state-of-the-art ro-ro ships, ECO CATANIA and ECO MALTA, the Italian Grimaldi Group launched zero-emission-in-port vessels in Patras, Venice and Bari at the end of June 2023. Each of the two ‘GG5G’ class ships can carry around 500 trailers and 180 cars (7,800 lane meters), which is...

https://ferryshippingnews.com/grimaldi-two-new-state-of-the-art-ro-ro-ships-on-the-venice-bari-patras-line/

«Πονοκέφαλος» για τις ναυτιλιακές εταιρείες η μεταφορά ηλεκτρικών αυτοκινήτων – Ποιος ο κίνδυνος

Δυσκολότερο να σβηστούν, οι φωτιές των ηλεκτρικών αυτοκινήτων ανησυχούν τον τομέα των θαλάσσιων μεταφορών έπειτα από την εκδήλωση πολλών μεγάλων πυρκαγιών.

Το φορτηγό πλοίο Fremantle Highway που μετέφερε τρεις χιλιάδες αυτοκίνητα εξακολουθεί να φλέγεται ανοικτά των ακτών της Ολλανδίας. Η φωτιά εξελίχθηκε με τέτοια ταχύτητα που δεν ήταν δυνατόν για τους πυροσβέστες να ανεβούν στο πλοίο.

Αν και τίποτε δεν έχει επιβεβαιωθεί επισήμως, ένα από τα 25 ηλεκτρικά αυτοκίνητα που μετέφερε το πλοίο φαίνεται...

https://www.newmoney.gr/roh/palmos-oikonomias/nautilia/ponokefalos-gia-tis-naftiliakes-eteries-i-metafora-ilektrikon-aftokiniton-pios-o-kindinos/

Car carrier blaze in New Jersey port will burn ‘for a couple more days’

a photo of car carrier fire

The car carrier Grande Costa d’Avorio continued to burn on Friday alongside the pier in Newark, New Jersey. As firefighters doused the top decks with water, gas tanks of automobiles parked inside continued to periodically explode.

“The projected timeline at this point is that the fire is going to burn for a couple more days,” said Thomas Wiker, president of Gallagher Marine Systems, during a press...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/car-carrier-blaze-in-new-jersey-port-will-burn-for-days

2 firefighters killed in car carrier blaze at Port Newark

Two firefighters died while fighting a blaze aboard a Grimaldi roll-on/roll-off vessel berthed at Port Newark in New Jersey Wednesday night. 

Emergency personnel from the Port of New York and New Jersey as well as the New York and Newark fire departments and the U.S. Coast Guard responded to a blaze aboard the Grande Costa d’Avorio that reportedly broke out at about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The Grimaldi Group, the Italian company that owns the vessel, said in a statement that the fire erupted on the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/2-firefighters-killed-in-car-carrier-blaze-at-port-newark

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