2. LOMÉ
LAGOS
DAKAR
TEMA
LUANDA
Agency Network
set up in Africa
Six new owned agencies have started operating since the
beginning of the year. To further increase the quality standards
GRIMALDI TOGO S.A.
Zone Portuaire, Route A3 d’Accès Nord,
P O Box 61214,
Lomé, Rep. of Togo
Tel.: +228 227 3231
Fax: +228 227 0718
E-mail: grimaldi@grimaldi-togo.com
GRIMALDI SENEGAL S.A.
33, Boulevard de la Libération
PO Box: 5 559 RP, 18524
Dakar, Senegal
Tel.: + 221 889 04 90
Fax: + 221 842 88 50
E-mail: grimaldi@grimaldi-senegal.sn
GRIMALDI GHANA Ltd
Torman rd. / Fishing Harbour rd.x,
Tema, Ghana
Tel.: +233 22 214091
Fax: + 233 22 214 095
E-mail: info@grimaldighana.com
SERVICES
G
rimaldi’s leading position
on the West African trades,
has been confirmed by the
decision to open owned agencies
in all the main markets in the area.
Since the beginning of this year as
many as six countries have joined
the Group network. They are: Sene-
gal; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Angola and
Nigeria. Grimaldi Senegal is based
in Dakar, the Group’s main hub in
the area, and is managed by Didier
Kinsoen; Grimaldi Ghana (based
in Tema) is managed by Erik Cole;
Grimaldi Togo is based in Lomé and
is managed by Axel Van Pul who is
also head of Grimaldi Benin, based
in Cotonou. Grimaldi Angola is
based in Luanda and is managed by
Arnaldo Dos Santos. Grimaldi Agen-
cies Nigeria is based in Lagos and is
managed by Ascanio Russo. In this
port the Group also runs PMTL, the
largest and newest Ro/Ro terminal
in the region. PMTL is managed by
Adriano Geretto.
Grimaldi serves the development
of West Africa by linking the region
to North Europe by means of three
different services with departures
every two days in addition to a fort-
night service to the United States of
America and a fortnight service from
South America.
GRIMALDI AGENCY NIGERIA Ltd
Grimaldi Port Complex,
Tin Can Island Port, PO Box 2953, Apapa
Lagos, Nigeria
Tel.: +234 1 5453433
Fax: +234 1 5873805
E-mail: info@grimaldi-nigeria.com
GRIMALDI BENIN S.A.
Port de Peche,
P O Box 01 BP 5401,
Cotonou, Republic of Benin
Tel.: +229 21 316728
Fax: + 229 21 316729
E-mail: grimaldi@grimaldi-benin.com
GRIMALDI ANGOLA
Navegação e Trânsitos Lda
Rua João de Barros N°. 56r/c
Luanda, Angola
Tel.: +244 222 310 500
Fax: +244 222 310 220
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3. Welcome
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4. I
n accordance with the strategic rel-
evance of Dakar as regional hub for
the Group network, Grimaldi Senegal
is consolidating its position in the Coun-
try investing in a 6,000 sqm area of land
located in the Dakar port-city area. The
Group’s local subsidiary is planning to
build new offices on the premises, and to
create a logistics centre for the trucking
activity, as well as offering an off-dock
container depot.
In order to guarantee the high standards
required to serve all Grimaldi lines on
the Atlantic routes with 200 ship calls per
annum, Grimaldi Senegal is also manag-
ing the only licensed car park area in the
port. The area has a surface of 7,500 sqm,
completely fenced and secured, in order to
ensure damage-free handling solutions for
both cargo transhipped for other west Afri-
can destinations, and the import of vehicles
bound for the Senegalese market.
Furthermore, in order to guarantee high-
quality standards of services to the cus-
tomers, Grimaldi Senegal is operating its
own haulage to door with a fleet which also
includes a side-lifter trailer equipped with
40 tons lifting capacity to allow deliveries
at any premises.
New terminal area
and logistics services
in Senegal
Investments carried out to widen
further both Dakar hub role and
services for the local market
With the aim to meet shippers’ re-
quests for more frequent sailings
from Europe to key West African desti-
nations, Grimaldi has taken the decision
to upgrade its Central Express Service
which, until the end of 2008, was served
by five large Ro/Ro multipurpose vessels.
From early 2009, this service is being
strengthened and improved through
the introduction of a sixth Ro/Ro mul-
tipurpose vessel which is replacing a
dedicated car carrier. This development
will mark an increase in cargo intake ca-
pacity to all the destinations covered by
the service while frequency is being in-
creased from 8 to 6 days.
Meanwhile, the service has recently re-
sumed calling at Abidjan, in Ivory Coast
marking a return to this important desti-
nation, offering a regular, fast and direct
access to European markets for Ivorian
exporters.
Once all the new developments are intro-
duced in early 2009, the result will be a
market leading combined Multipurpose
Ro/Ro service well suited also for project
cargo and containers, offering a direct
sailing every six days from Northern Eu-
rope to Lomé, Cotonou, Lagos, Tema and
Abidjan, thus allowing shippers to plan
more effectively their shipments.
Central Express Service improvements
The introduction of a sixth vessel increases hold capacity and improves the
frequency to every six days. Network extended to Abidjan Lome
Lome
Dakar
Tema
Cotonou
Lagos
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Finnlines
on the rise
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Atlantic trades
Despite the car industry downturn, the Port of Setubal (Por-
tugal) confirmed that in 2009 over 100 calls were made
by Grimaldi vessels.
The relationship between the Grimaldi Group and the Portu-
guese port began in the 1980’s, when the Grimaldi roll on/roll
off services started developing. Today the Group transports
cars, vans and all types of rolling cargo plus containers.
Setubal is approximately 50km south of Lisbon and is a very
important link between Northern Europe and the Mediterra-
nean. In fact, nowadays the Group’s ships call at this port with
two regular liner operations, the “EuroAegean” and the “Euro-
Med” services.
The first is a twice-a-week service dedicated to the transport
of new cars, vans and all types of rolling and static cargo on
mafis. Setubal is served southbound from the ports of South-
ampton, Flushing, Hamburg, Antwerp and Portbury (Bristol).
After Setubal, vessels call at Valencia, Livorno, Civitavecchia,
Salerno, Palermo, Piraeus, Gemlik, Yenikoy, Alexandria, Bei-
rut, Tripoli, Tartous, Lattakia, Salerno, Valencia. Eight Pure Car
Truck Carrier Vessels are deployed on this bi-weekly service.
The ro/ro & container service called Euro-Med serves Setu-
bal northbound from Civitavecchia, Salerno, Piraeus, Izmir,
Ashdod, Limassol, Alexandria, Salerno. Vessels then continue
their voyage to Portbury, Cork, Esbjerg, Wallhamn, Antwerp,
Southampton and back to the Mediterranean.
The Grimaldi Group also regularly calls at the port of Lisbon
with the North Europe/West African and the North Europe/
South American services.
Last January Grimaldi Senegal inau-
gurated its new head office building
in Dakar. It is situated in the Colobane
area of the capital, with a surface of 600
square meters split over two levels, ac-
commodating approximately 50 employ-
ees plus approximately 50 permanent
dockers working in the port.
The rest of the 6,000-square meter area
purchased in 2009 will most likely be em-
ployed as a centre for offdock services
such as door-to-door container distribu-
tion, workshops and container depots, etc.
Grimaldi Senegal SA acts as a maritime
agency, container forwarder and contain-
er road haulage operator. The company
also manages also a container yard and
a car park in the port of Dakar.
Today almost all Grimaldi’s Atlantic
network routes call at Dakar linking the
routes of North and South America with
West Africa, the three liner services
linking North Europe with West Africa
(Northern, Central, and Southern Ex-
press Services) and finally the service
linking North Europe to South America.
In 2009, the Grimaldi Group reached the
record of 246 calls at Dakar and expects
to reach the same number of calls dur-
ing 2010.
Over 100
calls at Setubal
New head offices for Grimaldi Senegal
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• Finnlines bound for Russia
Strengthening
the network
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Achievements
In the occasion of the call of the multi-
purpose ro/ro vessel “Grande Senegal”
at Dakar last 22nd
of June, a ceremony
was organised to welcome the Grimaldi
Group’s newbuilding in the port.
During the ceremony a visit of the vessel
was organised, whose name represents
the Group’s appreciation and gratitude to
the host country, which plays an impor-
tant role in Grimaldi’s maritime services
to West Africa.
The event was attended by the Sen-
egalese Minister of Maritime Economy
Khoureychi Thiam, the Ambassador
Bouna Sérnou Diouf who represented the
country’s Prime Minister, the representa-
tives of the Italian, Belgian and Moroccan
embassies, the Port of Dakar General Di-
rector Bara Sady, the local authorities and
various customers of the Grimaldi Group
in Senegal.
The managing director of Grimaldi Sen-
egal Didier Kinsoen underlined the im-
portance of the port of Dakar, the second
major hub for the Grimaldi Group’s traf-
fic after Antwerp: “Dakar is the only and
unique transhipment port in the Atlantic
network, and it is strategically situated
to best serve not only the West Africa
countries but also the US coast” Mr Kin-
soen said during the event. “We started
serving Dakar 20 years ago with only
one monthly call, and now this port will
register over 240 calls in 2010 and a total
of 146 people employed”, he concluded.
The “Grande Senegal”, delivered on the
1st
of January to the Grimaldi Group by
the Uljanik Shipyards of Pula (Croatia),
is currently deployed on the “Southern
Express Service”, linking North Europe
to various West African ports.
The unit has a length of 210.92 metres, a
width of 32.26 metres and a gross ton-
nage of 47,300 tonnes; with a speed of 21
knots, her ideal cargo intake is of 2,000
cars/vans, 2,000 linear metres of rolling
cargo and 800 teu.
Welcoming ceremony
for m/v Grande Senegal in Dakar
From left to right: Didier Kinsoen, man-
ager director of Grimaldi Senegal with
the Senegalese Minister of Maritime
Economy Khoureychi Thiam and Bara
Sady, General Director of the Port of Dakar
T
he Grimaldi Group was awarded the
Fifth edition of the Golden Anchor
Shipping Awards for the category
“Car carrier operator of the year”. The
event, organisedş by the Turkish publi-
cation Dünya Gazetesi Pers,embe Rotası
and by the Maritime News Agency, took
place on the 2nd
of July at the Ataköy
Sheraton Marina Hotel in Istanbul and
was hosted by Savas, Karakas,. The Chair-
man of the Turkish Maritime Chamber of
Commerce Mr Metin Kalkavan present-
ed the award to Mr Francesco Olivieri,
Commercial manager of the Grimaldi
Group, underlining the importance of the
Italian company in maritime transporta-
tion in Turkey.
The Grimaldi Group operates various di-
rect and regular maritime ro/ro services
linking Turkey to the Mediterranean and
North Europe, while other destinations
in West Africa, North and South America
are served with transhipment. Through
the Euro-Med, the Euro Aegean, the
Adriatic and the East West Med Serv-
ices, over 360 calls at the Turkish ports
of Izmir, Mersin, Gemlik and Yenikoy
for the transport of manufacturing cars,
vans, trucks as well as containers are
guaranteed each year. In total, 16 ro/
ro multipurpose ships as well as Pure
Car Truck Carriers are deployed on the
various maritime services to and from
Turkey.
The automotive industry is among the
biggest customers of the Group’s serv-
ices benefiting from Grimaldi’s regular
links both for the import and the export
of manufacturing vehicles.
Grimaldi receives Golden
Anchor Shipping award
