Ferries
Port activities linked to the handling of ferries and ferry passengers. Includes passenger terminal investment.
Condor Ferries to end its winter services linking Cherbourg to Channel islands
Poole, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) October 14, 2024 – Condor Ferries has decided to end its winter services linking Cherbourg to Jersey and Guernsey,...
Channel Islands to support French ferry line
Jersey, Channel Islands (Ports Europe) October 14, 2024 – The Channel Islands’ government has agreed to provide financial support of GBP 140,000 to...
The first trip of Burgas-Istanbul ferry was cancelled
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) October 9, 2024 – The Turkish company İstanbul Deniz Otobüsleri Sanayi ve Ticaret (IDO) today cancelled the start of a new...
Ferries are endangered species in the Black Sea
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) October 5, 2024 – The once booming ferryboat services market in the Black Sea is almost extinct. Out of more than 10...
Operation Marhaba sees 45,690 passengers use Al Hoceima port
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) October 4, 2024 – This year’s Operation Marhaba event saw 45,690 Moroccan passengers pass through the port of Al...
New Burgas-Istanbul ferry line as of October 11
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) October 1, 2024 – The Turkish company Ä°stanbul Deniz Otobüsleri Sanayi ve Ticaret (IDO) will start a new ferry service...
Operation Crossing the Gibraltar Strait, passengers up 5.5%
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) September 12, 2024 – In 2024, 2.8 million passengers passed through Moroccan ports during Operation Crossing the...
Tender issued for Sardinia-Corsica Ro-Pax service
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) September 10, 2024 – A tender has been published for a maritime connection between Santa Teresa di Gallura...
Tender to operate Milazzo ferry terminal reissued
Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) September 3, 2024 – The local AdSPÂ dello Strait (port authority) has issued another tender to manage the ferry and...
Update: Kavkaz port still closed after fuel ferry for occupied Crimea sank
Kavkaz, Russia (Ports Europe) August 23, 2024 – Russia’s third largest Black Sea port of Kavkaz (Caucasus) continues to be closed after a ferry carrying 30...
Turkmenistan’s tender for two Ro-Ro railway ferries for Caspian
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) August 9, 2024 – Turkmenistan’s Agency for Transport and Communications (TurkmenDenizDeryayollary) announced...
Voith delivers new hybrid vessel to Port of Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) August 7, 2024 – Voith has delivered the first of three new type 2030 ferries for HADAG Seetouristik und Fährdienst AG...
Albanian seaports increase cargo traffic by over 37% in H2 2024
Tirana, Albania (Ports Europe) August 1, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, the seaports of Albania handled 2.14 million tons (MT) of cargo, compared with...
Grandi Navi Veloci opens office in Nador, Morocco
Nador, Morocco (Ports Europe) July 30, 2024 – The Italian ferry company Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) has opened a new bureau in Nador, its second in Morocco...
Bulgaria and Georgia to resume railway ferry line across Black Sea
Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) July 15, 2024 – Bulgaria and Georgia will resume the railway ferry line between the two countries that was stopped two years...
Stena orders two multi-fuel RoPax ferries for Greece
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) July 11, 2024 – Stena has ordered two new multi-fuel RoPax ferries that aim to set new sustainability standards for the...
Baleria adds world’s second fast ferry with dual gas engines
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 10, 2024 – Baleà ria will today add the world’s second fast ferry with dual gas engines,...
China started regular truck service to Europe via Middle Corridor
Kurik, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) July 6, 2024 – China has begun the regular lorries cargo service via the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route...
Villa San Giovanni seeks progress with new passenger terminal
Villa San Giovanni, Italy (Ports Europe) July 5, 2024 – The ferry company Caronte & Tourist S.p.A. contacted the Ministry of Infrastructure and...
Bulgaria-Romania Danube River ferry restored after 20 years
Ruse, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) June 28, 2024 – Bulgaria and Romania will restore the ferry service between the two countries across the Danube River by the...