Grimaldi shipping company as an ally of Spanish fruit and vegetable sector
The European leader in the “Motorways of the Sea” found in the ports of Barcelona and Valencia a key export of Spanish fruit and vegetables to Italy platforms. New connections between Italy, Spain and Morocco are also very interesting for the transport of perishable goods opportunity. Eugenio Grimaldi, owner and manager of Online Short Sea Lines Grimaldi Group has talked with e-Comercio Agrario Fruit Logistica.
Grimaldi Group has participated in the fair Fruit Logistica 2016, the most important European event logistics in the horticultural sector. The Italian shipping company will present its new products in conjunction with the CAAB, Agrifood Bologna Center. The European leader in the “Motorways of the Sea”, Italian group has participated with its three brands, Grimaldi Lines, the Greek Minoan Lines and Finnlines Finnish, presenting their services in synergy with the CAAB, one of the main logistics distribution platforms in the food sector at both national and European level.
The Grimaldi Group has presented all the major logistics operators in the sector its vast network of maritime links that unite the most important platforms of import-export of horticultural products.
Grimaldi, available to the Spanish fruit and vegetable sector
“We are more competitive retail market for the transport of fruit and vegetables by road between Italy and Spain,” expressed Eugenio Grimaldi, owner and manager of Online Short Sea Lines Group. The big news of the Italian consortium is the daily line between Barcelona and Rome, with two extremely fast ships, which place the goods in one or another bank in 20 hours. “The other novelty of the last two months is the shipping service between Porto Torres (Sardinia) and Barcelona, five days a week. Straddling Spain and Italy, Sardinia is famous for its artichoke production, “said Grimaldi.
Marcello Donnarumma, head of the Department Short Sea Lines Group, said that “with this new service, Orange, previously not in winter could bring to Italy in boats, now you can via Sardinia in 12 hours.”
So great is the demand for orange in Sicily, that “sometimes can not be self-sufficient with its own production of the island and consumed Spanish orange, which arrives by boat,” warned Donnarumma. a full opportunity to Eugenio Grimaldi, “if you can not increase the frequency in the transport of fruit can lose.”
The Grimaldi shipping company can provide this service because “we have established over the last twenty years, a well-developed network of connections. Year after year, we established a daily frequency between Barcelona and Civitavecchia (Rome), “said Marcello Donnarumma. Twenty years ago any carrier occurred to him to put a truckload of fruit and vegetables on a boat, today itself, “because it is cheaper and above all, the boat can go in France even though the road is cut. On Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays can not easily access Italy and the boat departs on Fridays and Saturdays, so the carrier truck can rest inside the ship and comply with the regulations in this respect. “The ports of Barcelona and Valencia they have established cooperation with the Grimaldi Group, those responsible held.
New connections
In Berlin, Grimaldi has staged new connections between Livorno, Valencia and Tangiers, who want to be a valid support for increased exchanges between Italy, Spain and Morocco.
“The collaboration with CAAB demonstrates the importance it represents for us the hortofructícula sector can enjoy, thanks to our group to economic and logistical advantages,” said Guido Grimaldi, sales manager of the department of Short Sea Shipping. “The CAAB offers an important advantage thanks to its strategic location between Genoa, Livorno, Ancona and Ravenna ports of departure of our connections with Spain, North Africa and the Eastern Meditarráneo as Greece, Turkey and Egypt. Through synergy with the CAAB we bring production companies engaged in international trade in horticultural products with those offering transport services, an osmosis that can be a source of growth and development of new business opportunities, “stated Guido Grimaldi.
The Neapolitan group has taken advantage of Fruit Logistica to present the main operators in the food logistics sector, its “extensive network of shipping lines” that cross the Mediterranean, Northern Europe and the Baltic Sea as a free alternative to delays and excessive fuel costs to transport by land. The company has shown the last three sea lanes open by the company, which will carry part of the production of fruits and vegetables of the Italian regions of Apulia and Sicily and Greece.
“For the fourth consecutive year, the group will be present at this event,” said Guido Grimaldi, commercial director for transporting trucks and trailers Grimaldi Group. “Attendance at the fair allows us to communicate all new projects and renew our relationships with shipping. Thanks to our extensive network of” Motorways of the Sea “which connect daily coastal regions of the Mediterranean, Baltic and Northern Europe, the group aims to be a marine operator of reference for companies in the fruit and vegetables sector. ”
Trade between Italy and Spain
The Italian company also focuses on strengthening trade flows between Italy and Spain. The Group has announced increased frequencies in transport traffic between the two countries, with five weekly departures from Savona six from Livorno direction of the Spanish ports of Barcelona and Valencia. The group has also spoken of the “Long Bridge” solution, which will connect Spain and Portugal with Greece, Turkey and the Balkan region. The route would take place through the ports of Barcelona, Civitaveccia and Brindisi to reach the Greek port of Igoumenitsa and Patras.
