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QUARTERLY PUBLICATION OF THE GRIMALDI GROUP

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Pubblicazione trimestrale

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Reg. Trib. Napoli n. 5150 del 26/9/2000

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GRIMALDI GROUP

Via Marchese Campodisola, 13

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Top 20 business reputation

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New MoS route

Barcelona linked to Tangier

The Civitavecchia-Catania-Malta service resumes

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Finnlines takes delivery of

“Finnbreeze” and “Finnsea”

Hull and Immingham

connected to the Euromed

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“Grande Costa d’Avorio” further

enhances the MEX service

Ceremony on board “Grande Togo”

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Ferry Shipping Conference 2011

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ACl recertified

sAL gets IsO 9001 certification

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New offices in Antwerp

Piazza di siena horse show

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Grimaldi lines and Redtortuga

Transport Logistics Fair of Munich

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News

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Agent list

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Schedules

- Mediterranean Short Sea Network

- Finnlines (Baltic & North Sea)

- Atlantic Network

- ACL

- Euro Med Network

I

n a business like ours, reputation is everything. A good name is a testament to honesty

and integrity over time, and to a relationship with existing customers that is a guarantee

of quality and probity for customers to come. By the same token, a poor reputation,

justified or not, can scare away potential clients, and can be devilishly hard to shake off.

I am proud to say that we at Grimaldi have always been proud of the way we conduct our

business. Of course we might be considered somewhat partial on the subject, so it is

grati-fying to find that our view is shared by respected and impeccably independent observers.

Last April, the Reputation Institute in partnership with the Italian market research institute

Doxa released a report on corporate reputations in Italy. Entitled Reputation Pulse 2011,

it asked some 3,000 interviewees to grade the top 100 Italian companies according to

such emotional factors as trust, admiration and positive or negative perceptions, and more

“rational” indicators such as innovation, work environment, ethics, leadership and corporate

social responsibility.

We are pleased to say that Grimaldi scored 74.4 points out of 100, placing us 13th out

of those leading companies in the reputation rankings. This achievement is all the more

remarkable given that we do not have the visibility of a business that is publicly listed or

that deals primarily with consumers. Perhaps even more gratifying, we were judged the

fifth most ethical company of the 100 considered in the poll.

A good reputation is built in many ways, as this study makes clear. It is about treating your

employees as well as your clients. It is about taking responsibility for the environment in

which you work, and in our case that means the sea and the air. And it is about behaving

with responsibility in the market in which you operate.

This last is all the more difficult when competition is tough, and given the scale and depth

of the continuing economic crisis, there can rarely have been a tougher market than the

one we are dealing with today. Everyone is under pressure, from the companies we are

competing with on the Motorways of the Sea to the banks that finance them.

In such conditions, it might be understandable that some shipping companies continue to

run old ships at often uncompetitive rates in order to maintain cash flow. It might also be

comprehensible that banks defer tough decisions – to withdraw support, for instance, from

companies that are not viable over the long term – in the hope that with time the wider

pressure on their balance sheets will ease and they will be able to deal with problems in

a measured way.

For the market as a whole, however, such an approach becomes a cross that everyone

must bear. These are, I should reiterate, abnormal times in which we are all having to

respond quickly and under the pressure of changing circumstances. But the market will

only recover its equilibrium once reason returns, and that means obsolete tonnage

drift-ing out of the market, and banks withdrawdrift-ing their support from perennially loss-makdrift-ing

companies as they move to clean up their balance sheets.

Once that happens, Schumpeter’s theory of creative destruction, in which those companies

that innovate and invest survive and prosper and those that do not go to the wall, will come

into play once again to the benefit of all. In the meantime, we intend to continue on a path

that has not only yielded strong financial results but an iron-clad reputation for integrity.

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n a recent survey, the Grimaldi

Group has been placed thirteenth in

the list of Italian companies with the

best reputation, and in fifth place for the

most ethical companies in Italy.

The Group reached the score of 74.4

out of 100 in the “Reputation Pulse 2011”

survey, the most important national

research on the corporate reputation

and factors influencing it. Made by the

Reputation Institute, the leading

world-wide Group on issues like corporate

branding and reputation management,

the research was conducted in

coopera-tion with Doxa (the Italian institute leader

in market research), among the top 100

companies listed in the 2010 annual

re-port of Mediobanca about the “Italian

leading companies”.

Admiration, esteem, positive or

nega-tive perceptions and trust, are the basic

elements of the online survey

complet-ed by more than 3,000 participants

be-tween January and March 2011. These

factors related to emotional feeling were

joined by seven rational elements

relat-ing to: products and services,

innova-tion, working environment, ethics,

cor-porate social responsibility, leadership

and perception of performance.

“

We are extremely gratified by the

out-come of this research

”, said Gianluca

and Emanuele Grimaldi, Managing

Directors of the Grimaldi Group. “

This

is the result of a corporate culture that

has always paid great attention to the

enhancement of human resources and to

issues of social responsibility

”.

The companies ranked in the top three

were Ferrero with a score of 81.7,

fol-lowed by BMW (81.2) and Barilla (81.1).

The Group is thirteenth nationwide and fifth among

the most ethical Italian companies

Grimaldi in the top 20

for the best corporate

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n April the Group introduced a new

weekly passenger and freight service

linking Barcelona with the Moroccan

port of Tangier.

The route is served by the modern ferry

“Ikarus Palace” which has a length of 200

metres and a 26 metre beam. This fast

ferry can sail at a speed of up to 26 knots

and is able to accommodate up to 1,500

New MoS between Northern

Italy, Sicily and Tunisia

O

n the 2

nd

of July the Grimaldi

Group proceeded to the

launch of a new ro/ro service

between the ports of Genoa, Livorno,

Palermo and Tunis in order to

strength-en its presstrength-ence in the Western

Mediter-ranean.

This new link, dedicated to the

trans-port of trucks, trailers, cars and other

rolling freight, is operated by the two

sister vessels Eurocargo Genova and

Eurocargo Alexandria. Both vessels

were designed and built by the Korean

Hyundai Mipo shipyards to meet the

specific needs of this route.

The two vessels have a length of 200

metres, a gross tonnage of 32,700

tonnes, and are each able to transport

about 4,000 linear metres of rolling

car-go, which is equal to 280 trailers, and

200 cars, at a service speed of 23 knots.

Their six wide decks, two of which

hoistable and dedicated to the

trans-port of cars, were designed to

mini-mize any potential damage to freight

during transport. Furthermore, thanks

to their ramp they are able to load units

with a weight up to 120 tonnes.

“

This initiative proves once more the

commitment of the Group to further

strengthen the maritime links between

North Italy, Sicily and Tunisia

” stated

Emanuele Grimaldi, managing director

of the Grimaldi Group. "

With the launch

of this new motorway of the sea between

the two shores of the Mediterranean, the

Group will offer an even more reliable

service, satisfying the market’s

require-ments by deploying two high

perform-ance vessels, both in economic and

environmental terms. The beneficiaries

will not be only the Italian and foreign

logistics operators, but also the Sicilian

exporters who will have a greater access

to the Western Mediterranean and

Tu-nisia

”, concludes Emanuele Grimaldi.

The new motorway of the sea has

a three-times-a-week frequency

from and to all the ports served.

Southbound departures are every:

- Monday, Wednesday and Saturday

from Genoa to Palermo and Tunis;

- Monday, Wednesday and Friday from

Livorno to Palermo and Tunis;

- Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday from

Palermo to Tunis.

Northbound departures are scheduled

every:

- Monday, Wednesday and Saturday

from Tunis to Palermo, Livorno and

Genoa;

- Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday from

Palermo to Livorno and Genoa.

Thanks to the new link, the Grimaldi

Group offers now a daily service

be-tween Genoa, Livorno and Sicily,

alter-nating the calls at the ports of Catania

and Palermo.

On the 2

nd

of July the Group launched

the Genoa - Livorno - Palermo - Tunis service

operated by the two sister vessels

Eurocargo Genova and Eurocargo Alexandria

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New MoS between Northern

Italy, Sicily and Tunisia

A

s from the 28

th

of May, the

weekly service between

Civitavecchia, Catania and Malta

has been extended once more to

passengers with the deployment

of the m/vessel Catania, which

has a gross tonnage of 26,000

tonnes, a length of 186 metres

and a cargo capacity of 2,230

linear metres of rolling units. She

can also accommodate up to 800

passengers thanks to 92 cabins

and 62 reclining seats.

Departures from Civitavecchia

are every Saturday at 22,30 hours

with arrival in Catania on Sunday,

17,00 hours; the departure to

Mal-ta is the same day at 22,30 hours

and arrival is scheduled on

Mon-day, at 07,00 hours.

Through its extended Motorways

of the Sea network the Grimaldi

Group regularly links the port of

Civitavecchia to Barcelona,

Por-to Torres, Tunis and Trapani Por-too.

Furthermore, through the

Euro-Aegean service, Civitavecchia is

a major hub between the ports

of Hamburg, Antwerp, Portbury,

Setubal, Valencia, livorno and

the ports of Salerno, Palermo,

Pi-raeus, Alexandria, Beirut, Tripoli,

Tartous, lattakia, Mersin, Gemlik,

Yenikoy, Southampton and

Flush-ing for the transport of new cars

and other rolling cargo.

Tangier

Barcelona

Genoa

Livorno

Tunis

Palermo

Barcelona

linked to Tangier

The Civitavecchia -

Catania - Malta

passenger

service resumes

passengers in 200 cabins and 180

com-fortable reclining seats along with up to

160 units of trucks and trailers.

The vessel is equipped with à la carte and

self service restaurants, two lounges, two

swimming pools, a shopping centre, a

discotheque, an internet point, a rich

variety of video games and a children’s

playground. All these onboard facilities

guarantee maximum comfort for tourists

and truck drivers.

Departures from Barcelona are every

Sunday at 23,59 hours with arrival in

Tangier on Tuesday at 10,30 hours. From

Tangier departures are every Tuesday at

17,00 hours with arrival in Barcelona on

Wednesday at 20,00 hours.

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innlines strengthens its fleet by

announcing the deployment of

the two new ro/ro sister vessels

“Finnbreeze” and “Finnsea” which are

part of a series of six new units ordered

by the company from the Jinling shipyard

over the next two years.

On the 10

th

of March a ceremony was

held for the simultaneous christening

of these two new vessels at the Chinese

shipyard. The godmother of the

m/ves-sel “Finnbreeze” was Finnlines’ CEO

Uwe Bakosch’s wife Kerstin, while the

company chief financial officer, Seija

Turunen did the honours for “Finnsea”.

The two ships have a gross weight of

28,000 tonnes each, a length of 188

me-tres and a service speed of 21 knots.

Thanks to their four decks, two of which

hoistable, each of them can carry 3,326

metres of rolling cargo and 600 cars.

Furthermore the vessels have three

in-ternal ramps in order to speed up the

loading operations.

With their rudder/propeller combination

technology and bulbous bow they are

designed to achieve significant

improve-ments in fuel economy and therefore slot

perfectly into the company’s

environ-mental programme.

Finnlines is now focusing on reducing

the carbon footprint of its ships across

their life-cycle. Time-planning is an

im-portant tool in reducing CO2 emissions,

as is the optimisation of voyages and

routes to achieve the highest possible

capacity utilisation.

The m/vessel Finnbreeze was delivered

Finnlines takes delivery of

The first two of the six state-of-the-art new vessels

delivered from the Jinling shipyard in China

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T

aking advantage of the Finnlines

North Sea weekly connection

link-ing the ports of Hull and Immlink-ingham

to Antwerp, the Euromed network is

also able to extend shipments from the

North East area of the United Kingdom

to the main Euromed destinations.

The Finnlines service offers a

de-parture from Hull/Immingham on

Wednesday with arrival on Thursday

in Antwerp. The unit serving this

con-nection is the ro/ro vessel Birka, with

a length of 154,5 metres, a gross

ton-nage of 12,251 tonnes, and a loading

capacity of 1,690 metres of rolling

cargo and containers.

This connection creates a fast link

from Antwerp to the destinations on

the Euromed service, such as

South-ampton, Salerno, Malta, Piraeus, Izmir,

Ashdod, Limassol and Alexandria.

Furthermore, from Antwerp it is also

possible to link the Finnlines service

to the Grimaldi Lines twice-a-week

Euro Aegean service which calls at

the Mediterranean ports of Setubal,

Valencia, Livorno, Civitavecchia,

Salerno, Palermo, Piraeus, Beirut,

Lattakia, Mersin, Alexandria, Gemlik

and Yenikoy.

Hull and Immingham

connected to the

Euromed network

Finnlines takes delivery of

on the 26

th

of April and celebrated her

maiden call in May in the beautiful city

centre of Helsinki, while her sistership

“Finnsea” was delivered on the 10

th

May.

Both are now deployed on the weekly

service linking Helsinki, Kotka,

Zee-brugge, Bilbao, Antwerp, Saint

Peters-burg, Turku and Lübeck/Travemünde.

“

These new vessels are the proof of our aim

to offer a better quality of service and

ad-vanced technology to our customers

“ said

Finnlines CEO Uwe Bakosch. “

These

are vessels which Finland can be proud

of, symbolising the company’s, as well as

the country’s, commitment to the

environ-ment and to the generations that will follow

ours as stewards of the world’s seas and

skies

” Mr Bakosch concluded.

Hull

IMMINGHAM

Antwerp

Wallhamn

Bristol

Cork

Setubal

Savona

Esbjerg

Salerno

Malta

Alexandria

Piraeus

Izmir

limassol

Ashdod

Southampton

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nEtwork

A

s from July, the Mediterranean

Express service (MEX) linking

the Mediterranean to West

Afri-ca, has been strengthened further with

the deployment of the m/vessel Grande

Costa d’Avorio.

The new vessel was built by the Uljanik

shipyards of Pula (Croatia) and was

delivered on the 4

th

July to replace the

current m/vessel Eurocargo Istanbul on

the MEX service. This new unit has an

overall length of 214 metres, a width of

32.25 metres, a gross tonnage of 50,000

tonnes and a service speed of 20 knots.

Its ideal cargo intake is 1,500 cars/vans,

2,500 linear metres of rolling freight and

800 TEU.

At the end of July the “Grande Costa

d’Avorio” was repositioned on the route

between North Europe and West

Af-rica enabling the Group to deploy the

m/vessel Repubblica del Brasile on the

Mediterranean Express Service, whilst

her sistership “Repubblica di Argentina”

will join at the end of September. With

a gross tonnage of about 52,000 tonnes

and an overall length of 206 metres, each

of these roro-multipurpose vessels can

ideally carry 2,400 linear metres of

roll-ing freight, 700 cars/vans and 600 TEU.

Thanks to the deployment of these two

vessels, the MEX service will increase its

loading capacity by about 40%, both for

containers and rolling freight, while the

frequency will improve from the current

18 days to around 16 days.

The MEX service is dedicated to the

transport of rolling freight, containers

and project cargo and currently links

the ports of Salerno, Genoa, Marseilles

and Valencia with the ports of

Casablan-ca (Morocco), Dakar (Senegal), Lome

(Togo), Lagos (Nigeria) Cotonou (Benin)

and Tema (Ghana).

The future plans of the Grimaldi Group

foresee the deployment of a third vessel

on the MEX service, as soon as the

mar-ket conditions have improved.

“Grande Costa d’Avorio” further

enhances the MEX service

O

n the 7

th

of March at the Port of

Lome in Togo a ceremony was held

onboard the m/vessel “Grande Togo”,

which was delivered to the Group on the

27

th

of January from the Uljanik shipyard

in Pula (Croatia).

Many local authorities, customers and

government members attended the

cer-emony, including the Togolese Minister

of Transport M. Ninsao Gnofam.

After the welcoming speech held by the

Master of the vessel Antonio Graziani, Mr

Gnofam thanked the Group for having

named the vessel after the name of the

country, which was a symbol of

friend-ship and cooperation between ltaly and

Togo. Furthermore, the Managing

Direc-tor of Grimaldi Togo and Grimaldi

Be-nin, Giuliano Petrellese, underlined the

importance of the partnership between

the Group and Togo by highlighting that

more than 300,000 vehicles were

dis-charged in the last ten years and calls to

the Port of Lome have been increased.

The ceremony ended with the exchange

of gifts and a visit of the vessel.

The con/ro vessel Grande Togo has a

gross tonnage of 47,300 tonnes, a length

of 210 metres and a width of 32 metres.

She is able to transport more than 3,000

cars and 1,360 containers.

Ceremony

on board the

“Grande Togo”

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T

he 2011 edition of the "Ferry

Ship-ping Conference”, the most

impor-tant international ferry event, took

place from the 12

th

to the 14

th

of April

onboard the m/vessel “Cruise

Barce-lona”, the modern flagship of the Group

which operates between Barcelona and

Civitavecchia.

The conference was entirely dedicated

to the problems and challenges of the

European ferry sector, with two days of

meetings, sessions and discussions. It

was attended by about 400 delegates of

the major international companies

oper-ating in the ferry shipping field, as well

as representatives of port authorities,

shipbuilders, shipbrokers, naval

suppli-ers and professional associations from

all over Europe, the USA, Canada and

Australia.

During the conference, it was clear that

the current situation in the industry is not

easy: the soaring bunker costs, pending

emission control and other regulations

were sources of great concern to the

ferry operators attending the event.

Dur-ing the debate, Mr Emanuele Grimaldi

underlined the importance to reduce

overcapacity through the scrapping in

Europe of vessels of 30 years and older,

while, after stating the problem of bunker

costs, he suggested the introduction of a

pan-European ecobonus scheme,

chan-neling the government funds directly to

those hauliers who make use of the

ship-ping lines to shift trucks from the road to

the sea. Finally, all the top ferry operators

agreed that it was time to speak with one

voice to confront all of these challenges.

The 2011 edition of “Ferry Shipping

Con-ference” was organised, as in the past, by

BOLT Consulting and ShipPax

Informa-tion, editor of the best known and most

comprehensive annual database

dedi-cated to the maritime passenger

trans-port, as well as the monthly magazine

“Cruise & Ferry Info”.

On the 12-14 April the

flagship of Grimaldi

Lines hosted the

most important

international ferry event,

on the Barcelona-Civitavecchia route

Ferry Shipping Conference 2011

onboard the “Cruise Barcelona”

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candinavian Auto Logistics

(SAL), the Group’s logistics

company based in Esbjerg

(Denmark), achieved the ISO 9001

certificate, in compliance with the

terms of the ISO Registration. The

certificate was officially handed over

to Henrik Otto Jensen, Managing

Di-rector of SAL, by Auditor Mr. Jorgen

Larsen from DS Certification A/S.

Scandinavian Auto Logistics,

cre-ated in 1999 by Niels Winther & Co.

together with Grimaldi and other

strategic partners, performs the

dis-tribution of new cars as a fully

inte-grated intermodal supply chain from

factory to dealer, offering car

han-dling and transportation system from

manufacturers to their customers. In

addition to the stocking of new cars,

its 40,000-square metres fully fenced

terminal is able also to handle ro-ro

cargo. In 2010, SAL handled 31,529

cars and transported 15,471 cars.

Scandinavian Auto Logistics

gets ISO 9001 certification

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CL was recertified by the U.S. Coast

Guard for their Qualship 21

certifica-tion for its five G3 vessels. This certificacertifica-tion

recognizes ACL’s compliance with

interna-tional and U.S. standards of the U.S. Coast

Guard initiative to identify high-quality

ships and operations for the 21

st

century.

After an initial vessel screening and a

se-ries of questions, U.S. Coast Guard

head-quarters determined ACL's eligibility. The

Company’s G3 vessels received Qualship

21 certification which allows a maximum of

two years of reductions in port state

con-trol examinations, streamlined inspection

procedures to vessels meeting its criteria as

well as Qualship 21 and EQUASIS webpage

recognition.

ACL is committed to the highest vessel and

service standards, complying with all

rel-evant registrations. Its vessels received ISO

14001 Environmental Management System

Certification and they are also in

compli-ance with the mandatory International Ship

and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS).

ACL recertified for

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A

t the end of June the newly-built

Grimaldi offices in Antwerp were

finally completed. Located in the

his-torical centre of the city and walking

distance from the premises of the

Ant-werp Port Authority, the new “Grimaldi

House” is a six-floor building with a

to-tal office space of around 4,000 square

metres. The building was completed in

three years and offers top quality

facili-ties for Grimaldi Belgium’s 100 members

of staff along with the 45 employees of

ACL Benelux.

Grimaldi Belgium, headed by Karel

Ver-beke, acts as the port and commercial

agency for the Grimaldi Group’s

serv-ices that call at the port of Antwerp. ACL

Benelux is headed by Bernard Moyson

and is responsible for assisting the ACL

vessels calling at Antwerp and for the

canvassing of the company’s regular

services.

Today, Antwerp is called at by the

Grimaldi Lines Atlantic network

serv-ices which link North Europe with West

Africa and South America, and by the

Euro-Med network, connecting Northern

Europe with the Mediterranean.

Further-more, the ACL service links North

Eu-rope with North America and calls at the

Belgian port twice a week (westbound

and eastbound).

In 2010, the Grimaldi, ACL and Finnlines

vessels performed 525 calls in Antwerp

making it the most important hub port for

the Group in Northern Europe.

New address of Grimaldi Belgium &

ACL Benelux:

Grimaldi

House

Brouwersvliet

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Antwerp

Belgium

Brand new offices for Grimaldi in Antwerp

G

rimaldi Lines sponsored the

79

th

edition of the famous horse

show “Piazza di Siena” which

was held in the beautiful gardens of Villa

Borghese, in the heart of Rome from the

26

th

to the 29

th

of May. The show is one of

eight prestigious international equestrian

competitions included in the “Meydan FEI

Nations Cup”, the most important circuit

in the world of show jumping.

More than 52,000 spectators followed

the event, which included 70 riders from

all over the world. Guido Grimaldi, son

of Emanuele Grimaldi and Commercial

Manager of the short sea routes,

partici-pated in the event and won the second

cat-egory of the Rome Marriott Grand Hotel

Flora Master Amatori.

Grimaldi Group at Piazza

di Siena horse show

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W

ith the aim of offering an even wider range of services to

its customers, Grimaldi Lines recently became partner

of REDTORTUGA, a leading European company whose

credentials include offering services to international road transport

hauliers.

REDTORTUGA offers many services to its customers, such as

insur-ance, management of traffic fines, VAT refund, release of vehicles

and roadside assistance. Furthermore, REDTORTUGA offers the

famous “Diesel Card”, which provides customers with many

dis-counts and advantages when refueling.

Through the REDTORTUGA card scheme truckers can get

dis-counted fuel in more than 100 stations in six European countries

such as Spain, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and Portugal. The

biggest station is at “La Jonquera”, at the strategical border between

Spain and France, an area fully equipped with facilities dedicated

to drivers such as a fuel station, 24-hour controlled parking area,

restaurant, hotel, super-market, shops and a casino.

On the 29

th

May REDTORTUGA hosted the 2011 edition of the “Solo

Camión Festival” in La Jonquera, an event entirely dedicated to

truck drivers. During the event Grimaldi Lines offered the winning

driver of the prize draw a trip on board one of its cruise vessels on

the route between Barcelona and Porto Torres (Sardinia) for himself

and his family.

Partnership between

Grimaldi Lines and Redtortuga

T

he Grimaldi Group attended the “Transport Logistics

Fair 2011”, the world´s largest trade fair for logistics,

mobility and supply chain. The event was held in Munich

from the 10

th

to the 13

th

of May.

The joint 140 m2 stand was made up of various

compa-nies part of the Grimaldi Group including Finnlines,

Mi-noan Lines, ACL and Unikai. The famous fair attracted

over 51,000 visitors and was an important occasion for the

Group not only to meet all logistics operators, but also to

strengthen its presence in the international markets.

The Group at the

Transport Logistics

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The Royal Shakespeare

Company shipped

by ACL

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CL transported the Royal shakespeare Company’s

latest production for the New York’s Lincoln Center

Festival.

90 containers of theatrical equipment and staging were

transported from Liverpool, U.K., to New York City, in

two moves: on the 21

st

of May 48 containers sailed

onboard the m/vessel “Atlantic Concert”, while the re-maining containers were loaded on board the m/vessel

“Atlantic Companion” a week later. In this rare U.s. ap-pearance, the world’s most famous Classical Theatre

Company will be at the Park Avenue Armory as part

of the Lincoln Center Festival in New York City for the

2011 summer season. To return back to the UK, the 90

containers will be shipped on three consecutive vessels

of ACL during the month of August 2011.

High value yacht

on “Grande Ellade”

O

n the 30

th

April a sunseeker Manhattan 52 was loaded

onboard the Euromed vessel Grande Ellade from south-ampton to salerno. This big yacht had a length of 17 metres, a

width of 4.46 meters and a weight of 27 tons.

Rally World Championship

cars shipped to Sardinia

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cars from Ashdod (Israel) to Cagliari via salerno. The rally cars

were participating in the famous World Rally Championship

2011 held in sardinia, from the 5

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convoys were loaded on board the m/vessel “Grande Mediter-raneo” on the weekly Euro-Med service route linking Ashdod

with salerno. The 36 trucks were then shipped on the short sea

route linking salerno with Cagliari on board the m/vessel “Euro-cargo salerno”. Nine passengers who were members of the rally

teams were also travelling with the cars, including the world rally

champion sebastian Loeb who is representing Citroen.

A roll from Setubal

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a length of 15 metres and a weight of 66 tonnes,

was shipped from setubal to Finland and then returned

back. This unit belongs to the huge Portuguese paper

mill “Portucel”. The roll left setubal loaded on board the

m/vessel “Grande scandinavia” and was transhipped

at the Grimaldi terminal in Antwerp and arrived at Hel-sinki on board the m/vessel “Birka Express” on the 7

th

of December. It then returned on board the m/vessel

“Finnmill” on the 17

th

of March from Helsinki, and then to

setubal with the m/vessel “Grande Ellade” arriving on

the 12

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