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When it entered service, La Superba was the largest passenger ferry operating in the Mediterranean, and one of the largest in the world; joined in the following year by the sistership La Suprema, it was surpassed in 2008 by Cruise Roma of Grimaldi Ferries. Its building costed about 120 million dollars. [2]
The fleet was enlarged with new cruise ferries through the 1990s, and in 2000 the company went public. New routes were added, including Livorno-Palermo, Genoa-Olbia and Genoa-Barcelona. In 2002 and 2003 the new, large cruise ferries La Superba and La Suprema entered service. Lines for Tunisia, as well a new Civitavecchia-Palermo line, were opened.
The Grimaldi Group is a conglomerate of companies linked to the logistics business with a main focus on shipping. The main brands of the company are: [3] Grimaldi Lines – covering the activities of two companies, Grimaldi Euromed and Grimaldi Deepsea, including maritime transport of cargo and passengers in the Mediterranean as well as freight only services between the Mediterranean, Northern ...
A Compilation of the Existing Ferry Leases and Railroad Grants Made by the Corporation of the City of New York, 1866 "Brooklyn Ferries". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. July 18, 1870. p. 2. Cudahy, Brian J. (1990). Over and Back: The History of Ferryboats in New York Harbor. New York: Fordham University Press. ISBN 9780823212453
Grimaldi's Pizzeria is an American pizzeria chain from the New York City area with over 40 restaurants throughout the United States. Its most famous restaurant is under the Brooklyn Bridge in Brooklyn at 1 Front Street, next door to its original location. [2] Zagat Survey rated Grimaldi's the No. 1 Pizzeria in New York in 2007. [3]
MS La Suprema is a cruiseferry owned and operated by the Italian ferry company Grandi Navi Veloci. It was built at Nuovi Cantieri Apuania in Marina di Carrara , Italy. [ 1 ] The second of a two-ship class, La Suprema and her sistership La Superba were the largest passenger ferries of the Mediterranean at the time of their completion; they were ...
The Andrew J. Barberi was the first of two Staten Island Ferry boats in the Barberi class, which also includes MV Samuel I. Newhouse (built 1982). [2] Each boat has a crew of 15, can carry 6,000 passengers but no cars, is 310 feet (94 m) long and 69 feet 10 inches (21.29 m) wide, with a draft of 13 feet 6 inches (4.11 m), a gross tonnage of 3,335 short tons (2,978 long tons; 3,025 t), a ...
The MV Mary Murray was a 277-foot (84 m) long Staten Island Ferry vessel launched in 1937. She was decommissioned in 1975, and sold at auction with her new owner intending to turn it into a restaurant or museum. She sat tied up at a creek on the Raritan River within view of the New Jersey Turnpike until she was dismantled for scrap in 2008–2012.