Ally

Date: 6 Jun 2007
Source: Lloyds List

Grimaldi Holding, Aldo Grimaldi’s Genoa-based shipping concern, announced the technical launch of the second of the eight small cruise ferries it has under construction at Tuscan shipyard Nuovi Cantieri Apuania.

Like its sisterships, the 25,000-gt Audacia, 200 m long and 27 m wide with a cruising speed of 25 knots, will be chartered to Grandi Navi Veloci, the Genoa-based ferry company founded by Mr Grimaldi and now controlled by a trio of private equity firms.

The vessel, which has capacity for up to 500 p***engers as well as 3,000 lane metres of cargo or 1,000 cars, is now being outfitted for a completion date in September. It will be followed by the Tenacia, the keel of which was laid on Sunday and which is due to be delivered next March. The first in the series, Coraggio, is now in service on the Genoa-Tunis-Malta route.