{"id":19,"date":"2017-12-13T09:18:13","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T09:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sealines-wp.arkimedeacademy.it\/?p=19"},"modified":"2025-12-09T08:55:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T07:55:30","slug":"large-fast-ships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sealines.eu\/en\/compagnie\/grandi-navi-veloci\/","title":{"rendered":"Large Fast Ships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grandi Navi Veloci is one of the leading Italian shipping companies operating in cabotage and passenger transport in the Mediterranean Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company was established in 1992 and the first ship, the M\/n Majestic, was launched in 1993.<br>https:\/\/www.sealines.eu\/grandi-navi-veloci\/<br>Grandi Navi Veloci has<strong>&nbsp;10 ships<\/strong>&nbsp;of ownership and work&nbsp;<strong>maritime connections in Sardinia, Sicily, Spain, Tunisia, Morocco and France.<\/strong>&nbsp;In addition to the targeted passenger services, the Grandi Navi Veloci fleet has committed itself to the development of the&nbsp;<strong>Motorways of the Sea lines<\/strong>Maritime transport is a cheaper alternative to traditional road transport, and provides a viable solution to the environmental problem associated with the intensive use of vehicles on the road network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The history of Grandi Navi Veloci:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1992:<\/strong>\u00a0Grandi Navi Veloci was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1999:<\/strong>\u00a0Grandi Navi Veloci - unique at the time among Italian shipping companies - is listed on the stock exchange to finance the development of its fleet, the most modern and innovative in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2003:<\/strong>\u00a0Grandi Navi Veloci lands in the Maghreb and inaugurates the Genoa - Tunis line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2004:<\/strong>\u00a0the Grimaldi family and the Private Equity funds managed by Permira reach an agreement for the further development of the company, thanks to the entry into the capital of Grandi Navi Veloci of Permira's 80% and the remaining 20% to Grimaldi Holding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2006:<\/strong>\u00a0the new shareholding structure is established; shortly before the end of the year, the new partners Investitori Associati, De Agostini, Charme and part of the management enter the capital of Grandi Navi Veloci.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2007:<\/strong>\u00a0Grandi Navi Veloci is chosen as the Best Navigation Company by travel agents, who give it the Bit Tourism Award 2007. In June, Ariodante Valeri joined the company as General Manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2008:<\/strong>\u00a0the Genoa - Barcelona - Tangier line is inaugurated, kick-starting connections with Morocco. The same year, an ad hoc service for pet owners was developed and offered to passengers on board the ships La Superba, La Suprema, Fantastic, Excellent and Majestic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2009:<\/strong>\u00a0the Grimaldi family definitively leaves the shareholding structure and management of Grandi Navi Veloci.<br>The shareholding structure is divided into Investitori Associati (67.1%), IDeA Co-Investment Fund (20.1%), Charme (9.2%), management (2.1%), other shareholders (1.5%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2010:<\/strong>\u00a0Roberto Martinoli takes over as CEO of Grandi Navi Veloci.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2011:<\/strong>\u00a0on 2 May, the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting of Grandi Navi Veloci resolves on a reserved share capital increase in favour of Marinvest Srl, to which a shareholding equal to 50% of the share capital of Grandi Navi Veloci is allocated. Marinvest becomes part of the Grandi Navi Veloci shareholding structure through a capital increase against a mixed contribution of cash and three ships (SNAV Toscana, SNAV Lazio, SNAV Sardegna). The new shareholding structure is divided between Marinvest (50%), Investitori Associati (35%), IDeA (9.2%), Charme (4.6%) and other shareholders (1.2%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2012:<\/strong>\u00a0On 26 May, Grandi Navi Veloci inaugurated two new maritime connections between the French port of S\u00e8te and the Moroccan ports of Tangier and Nador.<br>On 2 August 2012, the Shareholders' Meeting of Grandi Navi Veloci resolved to increase the share capital by EUR 30 million; during the Shareholders' Meeting, the Board of Directors was also delegated the power to carry out a possible subsequent increase up to EUR 20 million. The Company is therefore owned by Marinvest (50%), Investitori Associati (43.40%), IDeA Co-Investment Fund (3.66%), Charme (1.83%), and other shareholders (1.11%).<br>On 20 December, Roberto Martinoli was appointed Chairman of the Company; Giovanni Battista Vacchi joined the Board as Managing Director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11 December\u00a0<strong>2013<\/strong>\u00a0a share capital increase to \u20ac 169,999,988.97 was approved. The shareholdings of the reference shareholders are split between Marinvest S.r.l.: (57.39%), Investitori Associati: (36.97%), Idea Capital Funds s.g.r. S.p.a (3.12%), Charme Investment S.C.A. (1.56%) and others (0.96%).<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Grandi Navi Veloci : Ferry Deals online<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Grandi Navi Veloci makes various offers and promotions available to travellers throughout the year, and on several occasions these promotions are also extended with the same or slightly lower percentage discount. Take advantage of the best fares offered by GNV by consulting timetables and fares directly from our ferry portal, which is always up-to-date with the company's latest offers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">GNV ships: services on board<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>GNV's ferries are modern and offer passengers numerous on-board services.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">GNV connections: Ferries to Albania, Sardinia, Sicily, Morocco, Spain and Tunisia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>GNV's fleet connects the major Italian ports on the Tyrrhenian side with Sardinia and Sicily, with departures from Genoa, Civitavecchia and Naples. On the Adriatic, the company operates on the Bari Durazzo route, Albania's largest port.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GNV's other routes involve the ports of Morocco and Tunisia, with departures from Genoa, Civitavecchia and Palermo.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grandi Navi Veloci \u00e8 una delle principali compagnie di navigazione italiane operanti nel settore del cabotaggio e del trasporto passeggeri nel Mar Mediterraneo. La societ\u00e0 \u00e8 nata nel 1992 e la prima nave, la M\/n Majestic, \u00e8 stata varata nel 1993.https:\/\/www.sealines.eu\/grandi-navi-veloci\/Grandi Navi Veloci ha&nbsp;10 navi&nbsp;di propriet\u00e0 e opera&nbsp;collegamenti marittimi in Sardegna, Sicilia, Spagna, Tunisia, Marocco [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":4,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-compagnie"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sealines.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sealines.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sealines.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sealines.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sealines.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.sealines.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3412,"href":"https:\/\/www.sealines.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions\/3412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sealines.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sealines.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sealines.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sealines.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}