Ferries
Port activities linked to the handling of ferries and ferry passengers. Includes passenger terminal investment.
Update: Kavkaz port still closed after fuel ferry for occupied Crimea sank
Kavkaz, Russia (Ports Europe) August 23, 2024 – Russia’s third largest Black Sea port of Kavkaz (Caucasus) continues to be closed after a ferry carrying 30...
Turkmenistan’s tender for two Ro-Ro railway ferries for Caspian
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) August 9, 2024 – Turkmenistan’s Agency for Transport and Communications (TurkmenDenizDeryayollary) announced...
Voith delivers new hybrid vessel to Port of Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) August 7, 2024 – Voith has delivered the first of three new type 2030 ferries for HADAG Seetouristik und Fährdienst AG...
Albanian seaports increase cargo traffic by over 37% in H2 2024
Tirana, Albania (Ports Europe) August 1, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, the seaports of Albania handled 2.14 million tons (MT) of cargo, compared with...
Grandi Navi Veloci opens office in Nador, Morocco
Nador, Morocco (Ports Europe) July 30, 2024 – The Italian ferry company Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) has opened a new bureau in Nador, its second in Morocco...
Bulgaria and Georgia to resume railway ferry line across Black Sea
Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) July 15, 2024 – Bulgaria and Georgia will resume the railway ferry line between the two countries that was stopped two years...
Stena orders two multi-fuel RoPax ferries for Greece
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) July 11, 2024 – Stena has ordered two new multi-fuel RoPax ferries that aim to set new sustainability standards for the...
Baleria adds world’s second fast ferry with dual gas engines
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 10, 2024 – Baleà ria will today add the world’s second fast ferry with dual gas engines,...
China started regular truck service to Europe via Middle Corridor
Kurik, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) July 6, 2024 – China has begun the regular lorries cargo service via the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route...
Villa San Giovanni seeks progress with new passenger terminal
Villa San Giovanni, Italy (Ports Europe) July 5, 2024 – The ferry company Caronte & Tourist S.p.A. contacted the Ministry of Infrastructure and...
Bulgaria-Romania Danube River ferry restored after 20 years
Ruse, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) June 28, 2024 – Bulgaria and Romania will restore the ferry service between the two countries across the Danube River by the...
Adria Ferries to start Ancona-Bar service
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) June 27, 2024 – Starting July 9, 2024, Adria Ferries Spa will operate a new line between Italy and Montenegro. Using the AF...
Chornomorsk-Batumi ferry service to restart despite war
Chornomorsk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) June 20, 2024 – In a bold move, Ukraine and Georgia decided to resume on July 9 the ferry service between their Black Sea...
Greece’s ELSTAT publishes cargo figures for Q4 2023
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) June 18, 2024 – The Greek statistical agency, Elstat, has published figures for traffic of passengers, goods and mobile...
CTM buys 51% stake in Africa Morocco Links
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) June 17, 2024 – Compagnie de Transports au Maroc (CTM) has acquired a 51% stake in Africa Morocco Links. Compagnie de...
Port of Ancona plans new passenger terminal
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) June 13, 2024 – The Central Adriatic Sea Port System Authority has issued a “Notice of preliminary market consultation...
Turkish shipyard launches second ferry for Scottish Isles
Yalova, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 10, 2024 – The Cemre Shipyard has launched a second ferry to Caledonian MacBrayne in Scotland. The vessel, MV Loch...
Update: Budva port starts a catamaran line to Dubrovnik
Budva, Montenegro (Ports Europe) June 3, 2024 – On June 29 a new regular passenger catamaran line will start operation from Montenegro’s Adriatic Sea port...
Authorities plan Ancona-Bar-Durres ferry
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) May 27, 2024 – The relevant authorities have been investigating setting up border services at the Port of Bar. Then, a...
CTN has inaugurated a new shipping line to Livorno, Salerno
Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) May 23, 2024 – Compagnie Tunisienne de Navigation (CTN) has inaugurated a new shipping line between the port of La Goulette...