1 founder guido luigi mario aldo and ugo grimaldi headquarters naples italy key people gianluca grimaldi emanuele grimaldi diego pacela 2 services shipping terminals logistics subsidiaries finnlines minoan lines acl grimaldi lines grimaldi suardiaz lines website www.grimaldi.napoli.it grimaldi lines ship grande europa heading for set bal grimaldi lines ferry eurocargo bari on the river elbe the grimaldi group is a private shipping company owned by guido grimaldi and based in naples italy . grimaldi operates a large fleet of ro ro vessels . contents 1 shipping 1.1 grimaldi lines 1.2 ferry operations 1.3 cargo 2 see also 3 references 4 external links shipping edit the grimaldi group is a conglomerate of companies linked to the logistics business with a main focus on shipping . the main brands of the company are 3 grimaldi lines cargo and ferry company atlantic container line container based cargo services in the north atlantic minoan lines a ferry company sailing between italy and greece and within greece finnlines a ferry company operating in the baltic sea malta motorways of the sea a ferry company operating in the mediterranean between italy spain tunisia libya and malta grimaldi lines edit this is the main shipping company within the group . the grimaldi family has had links to shipping for many generations . according to their own records the oldest written records linking the grimaldi family to shipping dates back to 1348 when three grimaldi brothers received a precious relic as a guarantee for the chartering of three ships 4 the current grimaldi companies can be traced back to the middle of the 19th century when italian shipowner gioacchino lauro started a steamboat company . his son achille expanded that shipping company and in the middle of the 20th century it became one of the largest shipping companies in the world . at that time giovanni grimaldi was a lawyer who was married to the sister of above achille lauro . amelia grimaldi lauro asked her brother achillo to take her son guido under his wings and this brought the grimaldi family back into the shipping business . it was this son guido who founded the group in 1947 with his brothers luigi mario aldo and ugo by buying a liberty ship . ferry operations edit grimaldi lines operate ferry lines with routes in the mediterranean . they have routes to spain morocco tunisia malta and italy . under the grimaldi lines brand they operate six ro ro ferries . the ships in the grimaldi lines fleet vary in size and design with the larger ferries being able to carry up to 2200 passengers and a cruise speed of 22.5 knots cargo edit for cargo the company uses their passenger cruise ferry class ships dedicated truck ferries and also container ro ro ships . grimaldi has a fleet of special car carriers . grimaldi has 32 dedicated car container ships and another 5 atlantic class ships . 5 one of these car carriers the republica de argentina ran aground in the western scheldt between the north sea and the port of antwerp on 7 october 2011 but was pulled back afloat at the next high tide 6 see also edit italy portal companies portal list of shipping companies references edit shipping logistics career at grimaldi http www.grimaldi.napoli.it en about us.html grimaldi group website visited 8 october 2011 grimaldi lines website our history visited 8 october 2011 grimaldi group website fleet overview visited 8 october 2011 nu.nl newssite cargo vessel wester scheld refloated 8 october 2011 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to grimaldi group . grimaldi group website grimaldi togo retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title grimaldi group & oldid 729310189 categories grimaldi groupshipping companiesferry companies of italyshipping companies of italyitalian brandscompanies established in 19471947 establishments in italycompanies based in campaniahidden categories commons category with page title same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschitalianonederlands sloven inasvenska edit links this page was last modified on 11 july 2016 at 10 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view