1. Welcome GGrimaldiNEWSNEWS3737 QUARTERLY PUBLICATION OF THE
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2. LOM 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 dAccs Nord, P O Box 61214, Lom,
Rep. of Togo Tel.: +228 227 3231 Fax: +228 227 0718 E-mail:
[email protected] GRIMALDI SENEGAL S.A. 33, Boulevard de
la Libration PO Box: 5 559 RP, 18524 Dakar, Senegal Tel.: + 221 889
04 90 Fax: + 221 842 88 50 E-mail: [email protected]
GRIMALDI GHANA Ltd Torman rd. / Fishing Harbour rd.x, Tema, Ghana
Tel.: +233 22 214091 Fax: + 233 22 214 095 E-mail:
[email protected] SERVICES G rimaldis 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 Groups 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 Lom 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:
[email protected] 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: [email protected] GRIMALDI
ANGOLA Navegao e Trnsitos Lda Rua Joo de Barros N. 56r/c Luanda,
Angola Tel.: +244 222 310 500 Fax: +244 222 310 220 E-mail:
[email protected]
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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 Groups
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 Lom, 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 Antwerp Hamburg AmsterdamTilbury Le Havre Abidjan 11GNEWS
West Africa
5. Grande Senegal delivered GM Supplier of the year Finnlines
on the rise GrimaldiNEWS50 QUARTERLY PUBLICATION OF THE GRIMALDI
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6. 9GNEWS 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 1980s, 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 Groups 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 Grimaldis 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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8. 8 GNEWS 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 Groups
newbuilding in the port. During the ceremony a visit of the vessel
was organised, whose name represents the Groups appreciation and
gratitude to the host country, which plays an impor- tant role in
Grimaldis maritime services to West Africa. The event was attended
by the Sen- egalese Minister of Maritime Economy Khoureychi Thiam,
the Ambassador Bouna Srnou Diouf who represented the countrys 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 Groups 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, organised by the
Turkish publi- cation Dnya Gazetesi Pers,embe Rotas and by the
Maritime News Agency, took place on the 2nd of July at the Ataky
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 Groups serv- ices
benefiting from Grimaldis regular links both for the import and the
export of manufacturing vehicles. Grimaldi receives Golden Anchor
Shipping award