Grimaldi Group recently invited its business partners to come together and discuss the current business year at the First Grimaldi Lines Summer Reception, held at the new Giuseppi’s at the Salini Resort. Guests had the opportunity to socialise and exchange experiences.
The theme for this first-ever social gathering was ‘Together we’re better’, encompassing the relationship between Grimaldi Group and the Maltese business partners.
Joe Bugeja, general manager of Sullivan Maritime (former general manager of Sea Malta), expressed his gratitude to all partners and thanked them for the growth of Grimaldi Group in Malta.
Philip Sammut, director of Sullivan Maritime Ltd, the agents in Malta for Grimaldi Group, welcomed the guests and thanked them for their loyalty and commitment. He then asked Eugenio Grimaldi, line manager, South Italy Short Sea Services of Grimaldi Group, well known on the local maritime transport scene, to address the guests.
Grimaldi covered a number of different topics pertinent to the current atmosphere. He explained the significance that the Mediterranean holds in relation to maritime transportation and the huge volume of passengers and trailers that are shipped.
Further topics such as the Marebonus incentive along with the challenges the maritime sector is currently facing were mentioned. He stated that only ship owners with a well-studied industrial plan and serious investment in new, modern and bigger ships can be successful in facing and exceeding these challenges.
Grimaldi explained that new investments in scrubber and new source energy have been studied on ships that travel to the Mediterranean even before the new limits on sulfur content in fuels (less than 0.5 per cent) will enter into force in 2020. He declared that Grimaldi Group is ready to take on that challenge thanks to the work of their energy savings department.
Grimaldi reaffirmed the institutional and social commitment of his Group to Malta. He redefined the great connection the Group has with Malta by pointing out how proud they are to have been of service to the government of Malta for these last 12 years through their EU – regular liner shipping services that are backed up by modern ro-ro vessels guaranteeing a just-in-time service all year round.
He also mentioned Malta Motorways of the Sea, a fully owned Grimaldi Group company registered in Malta in 2005, underlining some of the group’s important commitments.
MMOS is a corporate member of the Malta Maritime Forum which represents the maritime private industry in Malta.
Grimaldi also presented a commemorative plaque to all the business partners and thanked them for their continued loyalty and support.