At SMM in Hamburg, Knud E. Hansen revealed a concept design for the new Grimaldi RoPax vessels.
Grimaldi Group has just launched the tender for nine new ships: three for Finnlines (similar to the last two of the ‘Superstar’ series recently delivered), two for Minoan and three for Grimaldi Euromed.
A signature is expected end of 2024, beginning of 2025.
Sea trials have been successfully completed on the newly built ro-pax ferry GNV POLARIS, the first of four vessels commissioned by the MSC Group to Guangzhou Shipyard International.
The delivery is scheduled to take place before the end of the current year and then the GNV POLARIS will be deployed on the regular link between Spain mainland (Valencia and Barcelona) and the Balearic Islands.
GNV POLARIS (as the sister ship GNV ORION, already launched earlier this year) is 218m long with a capacity for 1,785 passengers and 3,100 lane metres of freight.
Two more sister ships will follow and will be LNG-powered.