Ferries
Port activities linked to the handling of ferries and ferry passengers. Includes passenger terminal investment.
Balearic Islands port authority launches passenger station at Palma de Mallorca port
Palma de Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) April 11, 2018 – Balearic Islands port authority has put into service on April 9 the new Maritime Station No. 6,...
Baleà ria encouraged to restart Gijón-Saint Nazaire motorway of the sea
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2018 – The Baleà ria EurolÃnias MarÃtimas S.A. shipping line has been encouraged to resume the motorway of the...
Baleà ria launches the ship ‘Hypatia de AlejandrÃa’, the first ferry powered by LNG from the Mediterranean
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 7, 2018 – Baleà ria EurolÃnias MarÃtimas S.A. has completed the floating of the ship Hypatia de AlejandrÃa ,...
Assoporti ranks Sardinia as leading port for passenger numbers
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 4, 2018 – Assoporti, the Italian ports association, has ranked Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare...
Baleà ria floats Mediterranean’s first LNG-fired ferry
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 4, 2018 – Spanish shipping company Baleà ria EurolÃnias MarÃtimas S.A. carried out the floating of vessel...
Passenger traffic at Ibiza-Formentera lines rises 3% in 2017
Ibiza, Spain (Ports Europe) April 3, 2018 – Shipping companies that operate on the line between Ibiza and Formentera handled traffic of 2,028,840 passengers...
Corsica Ferries launches Toulon-Mallorca route
Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2018 – Italian company Corsica Ferries has launched a Toulon-Mallorca route, as part of its strategy to gain ground...
Porto Torres call for resumption of direct Livorno port links
Porto Torres, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 2, 2018 – The municipal administration of Porto Torres has proposed a new shipping service (cargo and...
Livorno, Piombino port authority reports improved 2017 traffic
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) March 29, 2018 – In 2017 the ports of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP – North...
Baleà ria eyes own terminal at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2018 – Spanish company Baleà ria EurolÃnias MarÃtimas S.A. grew passenger traffic by 5.7% and cargo by 10% in...
Ports Europe – Reference – Cagliari Port 2020
Cagliari Ports 2020, March 21, 2018 The Cagliari Port 2020 project aims to set up a system able to effectively deal with the integration of three main hubs of...
Moby and Tirrenia join “Cagliari Port 2020” and Open Data Trasporti of Sardinia
Cagliari, Sardinia (Ports Europe) March 21, 2018 – Ferry companies Moby and Tirrenia are to join “Cagliari Port 2020” and Open Data Trasporti...
Taranto, Durrës, Kotor ports launch project for promoting Motorways of the Sea
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) March 19, 2018 – The ports of Taranto, Durrës and Kotor have launched a project to promote the launch of a Motorway of the Sea...
Trasmediterránea to start operating GandÃa-Ibiza line on June 8
GandÃa, Spain (Ports Europe) March 12, 2018 – Spanish ferry company Trasmediterránea plans to start operating on June 8 the high-speed line linking...
Trasmediterránea names business development director
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 9, 2018 – Eva González Cuerda has been appointed Director of Business Development of the Balearic Islands of Spanish...
FRS Motril-Tangier line breaks traffic record
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 7, 2018 – German company Förde Reederei Seetouristik (FRS) has broken its own record in the line connecting the ports...
FRS surpasses capacity record on Motril-Tangier shipping route
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) March 6, 2018 – The German-owned shipping company FRS has broken its own record in the line of goods that operates between...
A new shipping line linking Oran to Barcelona has started
Oran, Algeria (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 –Â L’Entreprise Nationale de Transport Maritime de Voyageurs (ENTMV) has started a new passenger and...
Passengers using Pesaro port in 2017 up on previous year
Pesaro, Italy (Ports Europe) February 20, 2018 – A total of 8,643 passengers passed through the port of Pesaro in 2017. Of these, 8,169 (up 13% on...
Baleà ria orders two ferries from Cantiere Navale Visentini
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 18, 2018 – Baleà ria EurolÃnias MarÃtimas S.A. has reached an agreement with the Italian shipyard Cantiere...