Grimaldi welcomes new Con-Ro to fleet

Italian shipowner the Grimaldi Group took delivery of a new Con-Ro vessel at the facilities of HD Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea on Tuesday, April 23.

Great Abidjan is the fourth in a planned series of six new Con-Ro vessels built by HD Hyundai Mipo with double the container capacity while retaining similar rolling freight capacities of an earlier ship series in the Grimaldi fleet.

The 45,684DWT newbuild measures 250 by 38 metres and can accommodate up to 4,700 lane metres of freight and 2,000 TEUs. Cold ironing and hybrid exhaust gas aftertreatment systems will help reduce the vessel’s environmental impact.

Great Abidjan will be operated on Grimaldi’s routes between Northern Europe and West Africa.