The Grande Colonia can transport 4,350 cars and trucks and is the eleventh ship Uljanik built for the Italian company. The ship has a deadweight of 12,500 tonnes, it is 176 m long, 31 m wide, 28 m tall and can sail at 20.3 knots.
A contract for the Grande Colonia was signed in March 2004 and the keel was laid in March this year. The ship has 10 garage decks - a surface of 36,542 square metres - and is the last in a series of four Uljanik built for the Italian client.
Uljanik will build for Grimaldi another seven ships for the transport of containers, cars and trucks by 2011.