Croatia: Uljanik Shipyard Delivers Multipurpose Ship ‘Grande Costa d’Avorio’ to Grimaldi

On 5th July 2011 Uljanik Shipyard delivered to the Italian company Grimaldi Yard 483 – “Grande Costa d’Avorio” – the seventh, and at present the last, ship of the series of multipurpose ships constructed for the transportation of cars, trucks and containers.

This ship has a total deadweight of 24,800 tons with construction carried out in Uljanik Shipyard for the affirmed Italian shipowner. Overall, this is the third delivery of five planned in Uljanik for this year.

The delivery documents were signed by Mr. Petar Car, Marketing Director of Uljanik Shipyard and Mr. Pierluigi Marmo, Technical Director for new-buildings of the Grimaldi Group and, after the signing of the documents, the playing of the national anthems and the ceremony of the changing of the flags had also been carried out onboard. “Grande Costa d’Avorio”, just as the other ships from the series, will simultaneously transport a total of 3,890 cars and 1,360 containers on 12 decks, of which two are adjustable, while the crew will comprise of 30 people. The total length of the ship is 210 m, width 32 m and height 21.5 m. The cruising speed of 21.9 knots will be achieved with the Uljanik/MAN main engine at a power rating 19,040 kW. The contract for the new-building “Grande Costa d’Avorio” was signed on 26th April 2007 while the ship was launched on 19th February of this year.

“Grande Costa d’Avoria” will, just as the other Grimaldi ships, considerably increase and speed the transportation of goods between northern Europe and west Africa due to the higher speed of the ships in addition to their greater capacity.

The exemplary collaboration between Uljanik Shipyard and Grimaldi has lasted 11 years and during that period Uljanik has constructed for the Grimaldi Group 18 ships which can transport in total 77,000 cars and 9,500 containers, while Uljanik workers and subcontractors have spent more than 12 million working hours for that job.

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Source: Uljanik, July 8, 2011.