Ferries
Port activities linked to the handling of ferries and ferry passengers. Includes passenger terminal investment.
AdSP del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (Bari) president meets Albanian prime minister
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) September 24, 2019 – The president of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSP – Southern...
Palma de Mallorca tenders for dockside electricity supply infrastructure
Mallorca, Spain (PortSEurope) September 23, 2019 – The port of Palma de Mallorca is set to be the first Spanish port to have a medium voltage electrical...
Ancona port produces research on passenger traffic between Adriatic shores
Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) September 17, 2019 – On behalf of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico (AdSP – Central Adriatic Sea Port...
Greece aims to solve Samothraki ferry and port issues
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) September 4, 2019 – At a meeting chaired by the Minister of State, George Gerapetritis, to investigate solutions to the...
Baleària and Fred Olsen incorporate the ‘smart ship’ to gas ‘Abel Matutes’ to the route Huelva-Canary Islands
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) July 29, 2019 – Baleària and Fred. Olsen Express have started operating the Abel...
Cyprus looks at reviving Greece ferry connections
Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) July 10, 2019 – Deputy Minister for Shipping Natasa Pilides has said that the Cypriot government is considering reviving...
DFDS to take over Sète port-Pendik, Turkey, service
Sète, France (PortSEurope) July 10, 2019 – Danish ferry operator DFDS is to take over the ferry service between Sète port in France and Pendik,...
Greek and Turkish officials inaugurate new Lavrio-Cesme ferry line
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) July 3, 2019 – Greek Minister of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks Christos Spirtzis and Turkish Ambassador to Greece,...
Corsica Linea gets contract to operate services linking mainland France to Corsica
Bastia, Corsica, France (PortSEurope) June 28, 2019 – Corsica’s government has assigned to the shipping company Corsica Linea the contract to ensure...
Marítima Alborán adds larger ship to Málaga-Motril route
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) June 25, 2019 – Spanish company Marítima Alborán has incorporated to the Málaga-Motril route the...
Algeciras port improves pedestrian access to passenger terminal
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 25, 2019 – Algeciras port authority has launched a pedestrian crossing with the new pavement that connects...
Almería port’s passenger traffic rises in first week of OPE
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) June 24, 2019 – Almería port has exceeded 10,200 passengers in the first week of Operation Paso del Estrecho (OPE) 2019...
FRS to introduce new vessel in Motril-Melilla line
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2019 – Förde Reederei Seetouristik (FRS) plans to introduce a new ferry in the operation of the line linking the...
Italy’s SNAV to launch Naples-Aeolian Islands ferry link
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) May 29, 2019 – Italian ferry company Società Navigazione Alta Velocità (SNAV) plans to launch the operation of...
Motril port, Moroccan ambassador discuss OPE 2019
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2019 – The Moroccan consul in Almería, Kahlid Bouziane, has met with Motril port authority president, José García...
Italy’s Adria Ferries to add new vessel to Durres service
Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) May 20, 2019 – Adria Ferries, a unit of the Frittelli Maritime Group, plans to launch this autumn a new vessel on the...
Motril port executes works to increase ferry passenger safety
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2019 – Motril port is carrying out works in the vicinity of the ro-ro ramp of the Las Azucenas dock to increase the...
Spain’s BCM applies for operation of terminal at Puerto del Rosario
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2019 – Boluda Corporación Marítima (BCM) has submitted an application for the operation of a land plot of 16,507 m²...
Livorno Terminals to invest €100 million in Porto Livorno 2000
Livorno, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2019 – Three years away from the winning the tender for the operation of Livorno port’s passenger station Porto...
Livorno Terminals Srl assumes control of Porto di Livorno 2000
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) May 6, 2019 – Livorno Terminals Srl, the new company formed by Sinergest, LTM, Moby, and Marinvest, has signed the contract...