Italienske Grimaldi Group, har underskrevet en aftalememorandummet (Memorandum of Understanding) med spanske Armas Trasmediterránea Group, omkring køb af færger, terminaler og ruter. Dette er først skridt i et samarbejde mellem de to rederigrupper.
Efter underskrivelsen af aftalememorandummet foretages due diligence med det formål at indgå den endelige aftale og med overtagelse for den kommende sommersæson.
Det drejer sig om de fem færger CIUDAD DE PALMA, CIUDAD DE GRANADA, CIUDAD DE MAHÓN, VOLCÁN DEL TEIDE og VOLCÁN DE TIJARAFE, terminalerne i i Valencia og Barcelona samt kontorer og lagre på øerne Mallorca, Menorca og Ibiza.
Aftalen indeholder også at Grimaldi koncernen køber rettighederne til at operere mellem fastlandet Spanien og De Baleariske Øer, på følgende ruter: Barcelona – Mahon (Menorca), Barcelona – Palma de Mallorca, Barcelona – Ibiza, Valencia – Mahon, Valencia – Palma de Mallorca og Valencia – Ibiza.
“I am proud and very satisfied to have signed this agreement with Emanuele Grimaldi. For our Group this is not a withdrawal from the routes to the Balearic Islands since we will continue to carry out, in collaboration with such an important shipping group on the world stage, a large commercial activity that will allow us to offer our customers an extensive network of international maritime routes.”
Antonio Armas, President of Armas Trasmediterránea Group.
“I am very happy to have signed this important agreement with Antonio Armas, with whom we immediately established a relationship of great mutual esteem and laid the foundations for a fruitful collaboration,” states Emanuele Grimaldi, Managing Director of the eponymous group. “Upon completion of this operation, our group will extend its range of maritime services also to the Spanish domestic market, generating new synergies with the other connections we operate in the western Mediterranean.”
Emanuele Grimaldi, CEO of Grimaldi Group.
Kilde: Grimaldi Group
