Heavy Competition on the Europe – Türkiye Route (1)

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The competitive battle between Italy’s Grimaldi Euromed and Denmark’s DFDS on the Istanbul–Trieste ro-ro route has entered a new phase.

DFDS has just redelivered the RoRo POL STELLA from charter (see next article).

At the same time, Grimaldi will deploy a fourth vessel on the line from next week, further boosting capacity.

The additional ship is EUROCARGO ROMA, a 200-metre vessel with capacity for 4,000 lane metres (around 280 semi-trailers and 200 cars). It will join three “Eco” series ships, each offering 7,800 lane metres (over 500 semi-trailers).

Heavy Competition on the Europe – Türkiye Route (2)

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A new RoRo service directly connecting Marseille with Türkiye will begin on 1 October, operated by Turkish company UGR Roro. The vessel deployed will be POL STELLA, which was just redelivered by DFDS on 23 September. This service will be a direct competitor for DFDS in Sète (170 km by road from Marseille).

POL STELLA is owned by Polish Ocean Lines, and was on charter to DFDS.

FRANCESCO NULLO, also owned by Polish Ocean Lines, is currently on charter to DFDS too. She operates on the Trieste – Martas route.