Ferries
Port activities linked to the handling of ferries and ferry passengers. Includes passenger terminal investment.
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...
Corsica ports’ ferry traffic to Italy, mainland France declines in 2018
Bastia, France (Ports Europe) May 2, 2019 – Corsican ports handled a total of 1.37 million ferry passengers on services to Italy in 2018, down 1.5%,...
Italy’s Moby Group reports loss in 2018
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 2, 2019 – Italy’s Moby Group recorded a loss of €62.6 million ($70.2 million) in 2018, versus a net profit...
Corsica Sardinia Ferries to launch Trapani-Toulon service on April 21
Trapani, Italy (Ports Europe) April 19, 2019 – Italian company Corsica Sardinia Ferries plans to launch a service linking Sicily’s Trapani port to...
Bulgaria and Georgia to establish twice daily ferry services between their Black Sea ports
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) April 18, 2019 – Bulgaria and Georgia will increase ferry services between their Black Sea ports from twice weekly to twice...
Snav signs “Ancona Blue Agreement”
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – Italian ferry company Snav has signed the “Ancona Blue Agreement” aimed at improving the quality of...
Italy’s Onorato Armatori to intensify activity in Baltic Sea
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – Italian company Onorato Armatori group announced an upcoming increase in its activity in the Baltic Sea,...
Naples port: Status of the Molo Beverello redevelopment project
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) April 7, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP – Centre-North Tyrrhenian...
Baleària in talks to build ferry terminal at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 4, 2019 – Spanish shipping company Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. is negotiating with Barcelona port authority...
AdSP del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale launches restyling of passenger station at Trapani port
Trapani, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) March 28, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale (AdSP – Western Sicilian Sea...
Corsica Sardinia Ferries, Blu Navy sign cooperation agreement
Bonifacio, Corsica, France (Ports Europe) March 21, 2019 – Corsica Sardinia Ferries and Blu Navy have signed an agreement to allow Corsica Sardinia Ferries...
Ortona port cargo traffic declines 2% in 2018
Ortona, Italy (Ports Europe) March 4, 2019 – Ortona port handled 1.013 million tonnes of cargo in 2018, down 2%, mainly due to a 7% decline in solid bulk. ...
Italy’s Blu Navy signs staff management agreement
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) February 27, 2019 – Italian ferry company Blu Navy (BN di Navigazione S.p.A.) has signed an agreement with Sirius Ship...
Messina port’s passenger terminal to be commissioned in 2020
Messina, Italy (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – The new passenger terminal of Messina port, designed by Ottavio Di Blasi & Partners, will be...