Ferries
Port activities linked to the handling of ferries and ferry passengers. Includes passenger terminal investment.
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...
Trade unions, shipowners discuss Trapani port problems
Trapani, Italy (Ports Europe) August 6, 2018 – The problems of the port sector were discussed in a meeting of trade union representatives, shipowners...
Baleària uses third of its fleet to service OPE routes
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) August 6, 2018 – Spanish shipping companyBaleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. is currently operating with a third of its...
OPE boosts Málaga port’s passenger traffic
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) August 6, 2018 – Operación Paso del Estrecho (OPE) has experienced a significant growth, with very positive results in...
Italy’s Tirrenia constructing 4,200 linear metre ro-ro ship in Germany
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 3, 2018 – Italian ferry company Tirrenia is constructing a new 4,200 linear metre ro-ro ship in the German shipyard...
Motril port sees increased first half 2018 traffic figures
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2018 – The port of Motril closed the first half of the year with a merchandise growth of 34%, from 1.1 million...
Baleària to invest €60 million in converting ferries to natural gas
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 1, 2018 – Spanish shipping company Baleària plans to invest €60 million ($70.1 million) to convert five ferries...
Operation Paso del Estrecho passenger traffic reduces at Almería port
Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) July 30, 2018 – Between June 15, the date on which Operation Paso del Estrecho (OPE) officially began, and on July 25, the...
Almería port reports improved cargo and passenger traffic in first half of 2018
Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) July 30, 2018 – Mari Carmen Ortiz, president of Autoridad Portuaria de Almería (APA – Port Authority of Almería),...
Traffic of the port of Gandia increased 15.17% during the first half of the year
Gandia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – The port of Gandia closed the first half of the year with an increase of 15.71% in freight traffic. In...
Motril port renews three concessions
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – The Board of Directors of the Port of Motril has approved the administrative concessions requested by German...
Italy’s Moby, Tirrenia merger not to lead to workforce downsizing
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – The merger of Italian ferry companies Moby and Tirrenia will not lead to any negative effects on the number of...
Algeciras port calls tender for OPE service area
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) July 23, 2018 – Algeciras port has called a tender for the construction of the service area of Operation Paso del Estrecho...