Ferries
Port activities linked to the handling of ferries and ferry passengers. Includes passenger terminal investment.
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, Baleària to offer joint Canary Islands service
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) September 11, 2018 – Spanish companies Fred Olsen Express (Fred. Olsen S.A.) and Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas 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 – 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 Almería port handles 370,000 passengers under OPE
Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) August 27, 2018 – About 370,000 passengers have used the port of Almería 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)...
Melilla port discusses enhancement of Naviera Armas, Trasmediterránea service
Melilla, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2018 – Melilla port held meetings with representatives of shipping companies Naviera Armas SA...
Spain’s Baleària acquires “Visemar One” ferry for €55 million
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 15, 2018 – Spanish shipping company Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas SA has acquired the vessel “Visemar...
Naviera Armas to cede part usage of Motril port passenger terminal
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) August 11, 2018 – Naviera Armas SA has been asked to cede part of the Motril passenger terminal in the Levante dock to the...
Greece to invest €8.4 million in Athinios port jetty repair
Athinios, Greece (Ports Europe) August 10, 2018 – The Greek government is to invest €8.4 million ($9.7 million) in a project for the repair of...
Spain, Morocco signs agreement for Europe-Africa transport flows studies
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) August 10, 2018 – Spain and Morocco signed an institutional agreement for the study of Europe-Africa transport flows in...
New Portimão-Madeira ferry link inaugurated
Portimão, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 7, 2018 – The new Portimão-Madeira ferry link has been inaugurated which could foresee the development...
Compañía Marítima Alborán starts Málaga-Tanger Med ferry service
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) August 7, 2018 – Spanish shipping company Compañía Marítima Alborán, owned by Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. and...
Algeciras port breaks daily record of shipments to Morocco
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) August 7, 2018 – Algeciras and Tarifa ports broke the daily record of shipments to Morocco on August 6 since the launch of...