TRIESTE – Intesa Sanpaolo has completed a deal with Grimaldi Euromed (Grimaldi Group): a loan of €162.3 million to finance the purchase of three vessels.
The ships are three next-generation Pure Car & Truck Carriers (PCTC), named Grande Egitto, Grande Pacifico and Grande Oceania, with delivery expected during 2026.
For the Grimaldi Group, as CEO Diego Pacella explained, the financing supports a strategy in which fleet renewal is central. The deal also strengthens a long-standing partnership with Intesa Sanpaolo, confirmed as one of the group’s main banking partners. The three units are part of a broader programme including 17 new PCTCs ordered between 2022 and 2023, for a total investment of more than $1.6 billion. Each ship will have a capacity of 9,800 CEU and an advanced environmental profile.
Technical features include the Ammonia Ready class notation, allowing future conversion to ammonia fuel, Green Plus and Green Star 3 certifications, and Comfort Vibration and Comfort Noise Port notations. On board, the ships will have 5 MWh of mega lithium-ion batteries, around 2,500 square metres of solar panels, cold ironing systems for shore power supply, and an air lubrication system that reduces hull resistance. Propulsion is optimised by a gate rudder—installed for the first time on PCTCs—improving efficiency and manoeuvrability.
The financing is structured as a Green Loan and fits Intesa Sanpaolo’s ESG strategy. Between 2021 and the first nine months of 2025, the group disbursed about €84.7 billion to support the green economy, the circular economy and the ecological transition. The partnership with the Grimaldi Group reflects a shared vision of sustainable development. From 2018 to 2025, the shipowner ordered 48 new vessels worth a total of around $5 billion, combining fleet investments with green upgrades of ports and terminals in Europe and Africa.
