The new RoRo ship GRENDI HORIZON, built by Cantiere Navale Visentini in Italy, has reached the Adriatic Sea for the first time after leaving the shipyard.
Following several days of sea trials, the vessel will enter dry dock in Trieste ahead of delivery, scheduled before the end of June.
The Musso family-controlled shipping company Grendi Trasporti Marittimi will operate GRENDI HORIZON under a five-year time charter. The ship will serve routes linking mainland Italy, via Marina di Carrara in Tuscany, with Cagliari and Olbia in Sardinia, as well as North Africa.
The newbuild offers 3,000 lane metres of capacity and will be:
- Equipped with a scrubber
- Methanol-ready
- Cold ironing-ready
- Operated under a European flag with a European crew