The Grande New York, part of the fleet of the Grimaldi Group, has been christened on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 in the Port of New York- New Jersey at FAPS Port Newark Auto Marine Terminal. Godmother of the vessel was Amanda Matilda Cuomo Cole, granddaughter of the former late New York Governor, Mario Cuomo and also niece of the current New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Father Peter Haldás of St. John Paul II parish, blessed the ship during a short ceremony to the presence of a distinguished delegation composed of civil and maritime authorities, customers, port operators, managers of Grimaldi Group and of its daughter company Atlantic Container Line.