Ferries
Port activities linked to the handling of ferries and ferry passengers. Includes passenger terminal investment.
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...
Baleària eyes own terminal at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2018 – Spanish company Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas 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 Gandía-Ibiza line on June 8
Gandía, 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 – 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...
Baleària orders two ferries from Cantiere Navale Visentini
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 18, 2018 – Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. has reached an agreement with the Italian shipyard Cantiere...
GNV signs agreement with China’s GSI for new vessels
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) February 12, 2018 – GNV (Grandi Navi Veloci), a member of the MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Company) Group, has announced the...
Corsica Linea to use onshore power supply in Marseille port
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 6, 2018 – Corsica Linea (Corsica Lines ferry company) has announced that three ships in its fleet will use a...
Trasmediterránea to start operating Gandía-Ibiza ferry line March 28.
Gandía, Spain (Ports Europe) February 5, 2018 – Spanish ferry company Compañía Trasmediterránea, S.A. plans to start operating the high-speed line...
Plan announced to develop waterfront at Naples port
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) February 5, 2018 – Plans have been presented for the redevelopment of Calata Beverello, the waterfront area of the port of...
Baleària presents its first ferries powered by natural gas
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 21, 2018 – Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A., one of the pioneer shipping companies in the use of liquefied...
Gas Natural to supply LNG to two Baleària eco ferries
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 19, 2018 – Spanish company Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. and energy group Gas Natural Fenosa S.A. have signed...
Launch of Santander-Cork ferry line to lead to job openings
Santander (Spain) January 18, 2018 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo De la Serna, accompanied by the director of Brittany Ferries in Spain, Manuel...
Baleària presents eco fast ferry model
Ibiza (Spain) January 18, 2018 – Spanish company Baleária Eurolíneas Marítimas S.A. presented in Madrid its new “eco fast ferries” model ship...