Italy: Fincantieri has delivered ‘Cruise Barcelona’, the second in a series of four cruise-ferries ordered by the Grimaldi Group.
The new vessel will immediately take up a service connecting Civitavecchia (Rome) to Barcelona every day. Built at Fincantieri’s Castellammare di Stabia shipyard, the ‘Cruise Barcelona’ belongs to a new generation of ships which combines the comfort and entertainment of cruise vessels with the flexibility and loading capacity essential to serve the highways of the sea. Joining her sister ship, the ‘Cruise Roma’, which was delivered in April, the ‘Cruise Barcelona’ completes the voyage between Civitavecchia and Rome in 20 hours. Capable of carrying 2,300 passengers and with 3,000 lane metres for trucks and trailers in addition to 215 cars at a speed of 28 knots, the ‘Cruise Barcelona’ has 478 cabins equipped with all the comforts of a modern cruise ship, from a large wellness centre to a casino. At 225-metres-long and 30.45-metres-wide, the ‘Cruise Barcelona’ has a gross tonnage of 55,000 tonnes, making her, alongside her sister ship the largest ferries in the Mediterranean. The two sister vessels were conceived to respect the environment and save energy, said Emanuele Grimaldi, Co-Managing Director of Grimaldi Group. “By carrying hundreds of trucks and thousands of passengers every day between Italy and Spain, the ships reduce traffic congestion and halve the emissions of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. “The motorways of the sea are the future of transport in Europe and continuing to invest in their development is an act of social responsibility.” Delivery of a further two sister ships ordered from Fincantieri by Grimaldi Group is due in 2009 and 2010. The total value of the investment is in the order of Eur 600 million (US$848 million) for the four ships.
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