Ferries
Port activities linked to the handling of ferries and ferry passengers. Includes passenger terminal investment.
Italy’s Tirrenia records steady growth in traffic to Sicily
Catania, Italy (PortSEurope) November 5, 2018 – Italian ferry company Tirrenia, a company of the Onorato group, has recorded a steady growth in traffic in...
Algeciras port eyes improvements on Tarifa-Tánger Ville ferry line
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) November 1, 2018 – Algeciras port representatives met managers of Morocco’s Port de Tanger ville (Tánger...
Tirrenia, Moby open bookings for 2019 season
Cagliari, Italy (PortSEurope) October 30, 2018 – Italian ferry companies Tirrenia and Moby have opened the bookings for the 2019 season, offering about...
Italy’s Bluferries adds €14.5 million ship to its fleet
Messina, Italy (PortSEurope) October 24, 2018 – Italian ferry company Bluferries has invested €14.5 million ($16.5 million) to expand its fleet by adding...
Croatia’s Jadrolinija baptises 51st ship in its fleet
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) October 23, 2018 – Croatian ferry operator Jadrolinija has carried out an official baptising ceremony of the...
Tirrenia completes merger with Moby
Cagliari, Italy (PortSEurope) October 23, 2018 – Italian ferry company Tirrenia has completed its merger with rival Moby, it said. The incorporation of Moby...
Fred. Olsen Express, Baleà ria to launch Canary Islands-Huelva route
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) October 18, 2018 – Fred. Olsen Express and Baleà ria EurolÃnias MarÃtimas S.A., through their alliance Canary Bridge Seaways...
EC qualifies Spain’s Baleà ria LNG project as “excellent”
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) October 11, 2018 – The European Union has described as “excellent” the project that Spanish ferry company...
Traffic of Barcelona port exceeds 45 million tons, up 14%, in Jan-Aug 2018
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 7, 2018 – In the period January to August 2018 Barcelona port handled total traffic of 45.9 million tons, an...
Italy’s Abruzzo region looks to relaunch ferry link to Croatia
Pescara, Italy (Ports Europe) October 5, 2018 – Italy’s Abruzzo region plans to invest €2.4 million ($2.77 million) in the relaunch of its direct...
Sardinia Ferries introduces larger discounts for Sardinia island residents
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – Italian company Sardinia Ferries has introduced more discounts of tickets for residents of the...
Corsica Ferries adds Sicily to connections with islands
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) October 1, 2018 – France-Italy based ferry company Corsica Ferries has added Sicily to its connections with the islands,...
Bluferries takes over Messina-Reggio Calabria ports passenger service
Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) October 1, 2018 – Starting today, the Bluferries shipping company will operate a fast passenger service across the...
Naples and Salerno ports see growth in Jan-Aug 2018
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) September 26, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP – Centre-North...
Port Authority of Corfu participates in the INTER-PASS ports and airports program
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 24, 2018 –Â The Port Authority of Corfu (OLKE SA) has participated in the INTER-PASS Intermodal Passenger...
Grimaldi Lines opens bookings for 2019
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) September 21, 2018 – Italian company Grimaldi Lines has opened bookings for the 2019 season, allowing customers to make...
La Spezia, Marina di Carrara ports’ passenger traffic to rise in 2019
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) September 21, 2018 – Italy’s Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Ligurian...
Tanger Med port yields positive results from Operation Marhaba
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) September 19, 2018 – After Operation Paso del Estrecho (OPE) in Spain, a similar campaign in Morocco, named Operation...
Algeciras port handles 2.8 million passengers in OPE 2018
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) September 17, 2018 – Algeciras port handled the passage of more than 2.8 million passengers – 23 times the inhabitants...
Italy’s state aid to Tirrenia illegal EU says
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 17, 2018 – The state aid that Italian ferry company Tirrenia benefited from, and which allowed it to apply excessively...