Just over a month after its launch, the Grimaldi Group’s Trieste-Ambarli ro-ro route will be enhanced with an intermediate call at the port of Patras. The aim is to establish a direct connection between Greece and Turkey, and to make the connections between these countries and Italy even more extensive and efficient, according to Naples-headquartered Grimaldi group.
The new Trieste-Patras-Ambarli service will become fully operational starting on October 23 and will be operated by the sister vessels Eco Mediterranea and Eco Malta.
These hybrid ro-ro ships, each have a transport capacity of over 500 trailers.
With two weekly departures from each of the three ports, the Trieste-Patras-Ambarli service complements Grimaldi Lines’ network of routes.
In combination with the thrice-weekly Venice-Bari-Patras service (also operated by two Eco-class vessels) and through transshipment at the Greek port, the route will extend its reach to southern Italy enabling the easy movement, Grimaldi group said, of rolling cargo to and from Turkey via the Apulian port.
Furthermore, Venice will serve as another gateway for rolling freight transported between northern Italy and Turkey via the same transshipment mode.
“The new Trieste-Patras-Ambarli route is yet another demonstration of the great potential of the Motorways of the Sea network offered by our Group. With the addition of one port of call, the scope of a service expands exponentially, leveraging the reach, frequency, and efficiency of our connections as a whole,” said the Neapolitan group’s managing director Emanuele Grimaldi.
“A third sister ship of Eco Mediterranea and Eco Malta, recently launched at the Jinling shipyards in China, will soon be deployed on this route between Italy and Turkey, and the addition of a fourth Eco-class vessel is not ruled out,” concluded Emanuele Grimaldi.
