Ferries
Port activities linked to the handling of ferries and ferry passengers. Includes passenger terminal investment.
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...
Greece publishes data on cargo and passenger traffic at ports in Q1 2018
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 16, 2018 – The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) has published data on traffic of passengers, goods and...
Corsica Linea to sign environment agreement with Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur in France
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) September 12, 2018 – Corsica Linea and the southern French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (Paca) will sign an...
Fred Olsen Express, Baleà ria to offer joint Canary Islands serviceÂ
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) September 11, 2018 – Spanish companies Fred Olsen Express (Fred. Olsen S.A.) and Baleà ria EurolÃnias MarÃtimas S.A.,...
Meeting in Piombino between AdSP president Corsini and the mayor Giuliani
Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) September 10, 2018 – Last week, Mayor Massimo Giuliani and the President of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar...
Motril port ratifies Armas-FRS concession decision
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) September 7, 2018 –Â The Board of Directors of Autoridad Portuaria de Motril (APM – Port Authority of Motril) has...
Italy’s Moby to suspend ferry lines linking Piombino to Sardinia
Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) September 5, 2018 – Italian ferry company Moby Lines is preparing to suspend the lines linking Piombino port to Olbia,...
Grimaldi Lines launches lower ferry ticket rates in September
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 3, 2018 – Grimaldi Lines has launched a promotion for the month of September that will ensure lower rates for the...
Algeciras, Tarifa ports book record OPE figures over the weekend
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) August 30, 2018 – Algeciras and Tarifa ports recorded data in the return phase of Operación Paso del Estrecho (OPE) during...
New record records passenger traffic at Tanger Med port
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 29, 2018 – As of August 25, Tangier-Med Port Authority (TMPA) said that a total of 842,698 passengers have...
Canary Islands-owned ports passenger traffic rises 5.85% in Q2 2018
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) August 27, 2018 – Regular passenger traffic in ports owned by the government of the Canary Islands reached...
Spain’s AlmerÃa port handles 370,000 passengers under OPE
AlmerÃa, Spain (Ports Europe) August 27, 2018 – About 370,000 passengers have used the port of AlmerÃa in the first two months of Operación Paso del...
Valencia port handles 2.3% of OPE traffic in exit phase
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 23, 2018 – Valencia port handled 2.3% of the vehicles included in the exit phase of Operación Paso del Estrecho (OPE)...