56,738 gt; 25,800 dwt; 3,505 lane-metres ro-ro; 4,650 cars; 1,321 teu
Operator: Grimaldi Group, Naples, Italy
Built 2003 by Fincantieri SpA, Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Yard no: 6091
Main engine: seven-cylinder, two-stroke GMT (Grandi Motori Trieste)-Sulzer 7RTA62U of 24,854 bhp at 115 rpm. Speed: 19.6 knots
Photo: laying a smoke screen as she uses her main engine to manoeuvre with the help of tugs SVITZER BRUNEL and SVITZER LONDON (stern). As is the normal practice with Grimaldi’s ro-con ships, she was shifting berth from Northfleet Hope Container Terminal to Tilbury RoRo berth to load wheeled cargo bound for West Africa. Previously, both types of cargo were handled inside Tilbury Dock but the latest generation of Grimaldi ships are too wide for the dock’s entrance lock