Grimaldi Euromed, the short-sea branch of shipping giant Grimaldi Group, signed an agreement with the Italian state-owned rail freight holding FS Logistix to implement new sea-rail connections. The initiative aims at implementing rail connections between Grimaldi Euromed’s ports of call and inland intermodal terminals, FS Logistix said.
Initially, the project will focus on connecting ports in the Adriatic with terminals in Italy and Europe, according to an FS Logistix press release. Grimaldi Euromed is active, for example in the Italian ports of Ancona and Venice, while FS can count on various terminals across the country through Terminali Italia, and Europe through TX Logistik. However, no specific information was provided as of yet.
The agreement, which came in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding signed by FS Logistix’s CEO Sabrina De Filippis and Guido Grimaldi, founding member of the group and president of ALIS, also has a vision for the longer term. “In the medium to long term, the connections will be extended to ports in Spain and the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea, as well as to flows from the Middle East and the Far East, with particular attention to the development of the IMEC corridor”, the press release added.
Grimaldi Euromed
Grimaldi Euromed is active with short-sea connections and specialises in the transport of vehicle transport via Ro-Ro, Ro-Pax and Pure Car & Truck Carriers ships. The main services run in the Mediterranean, Tyrrhenian and Adriatic seas, in ports such as Ancona, Venice, Naples and Livorno in Italy, Patras in Greece and Barcelona in Spain.