Grimaldi Compagnia di Navigazione is an operating shipowning and holding company registered in Italy, and – together with Atlantica di Navigazione – is one of the pillars of the Grimaldi Group. The Chairman is Gianluca Grimaldi and the Managing Directors are Emanuele Grimaldi and Diego Pacella.

The company has played an important role in the Group's history, being at the forefront of all corporate development in shipping, ports and logistics.

Grimaldi Compagnia di Navigazione's core business is the Atlantic trades: between North Europe, West Africa and South America; between South America and West Africa; and also between North America and West Africa. Most of the Grimaldi-owned fleet is deployed on these routes. It includes a substantial number of Ro/Ro-Multipurpose Container Carriers (extremely flexible in carrying large volumes of cars, rolling cargo, containers, project and oversized cargo as well), and large Pure Car and Truck Carriers (PCTC). While the administrative, finance and ship management operations are based in Naples (Italy), the operative and commercial management of all the Atlantic lines is directed from the Group's London office.

Grimaldi Compagnia di Navigazione owns stakes in all of the Group's shipping companies as well as in the main port terminals. These include Antwerp Euroterminal (AET), the Group's Northern European hub; Unikai terminal of Hamburg; Wallhamn Holding, the company that owns the Swedish port of Wallhamn; Port & Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML), the company which operates the West African Ro/Ro terminal in Lagos (Nigeria); and the Regional hub terminal in Dakar, which serves all South American and West African trades.