Ferries
Port activities linked to the handling of ferries and ferry passengers. Includes passenger terminal investment.
Trasmediterránea to operate GandÃa-Ibiza ferry line during Holy Week
GandÃa, Spain (PortSEurope) November 15, 2017 – Spanish ferry company CompañÃa Trasmediterránea, S.A. plans to operate the GandÃa-Ibiza...
Durrës port reports improved Jan-Oct 2017 traffic figures
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) November 16, 2017 – In the first 10 months of 2017, Durrës port handled about 3.1 million tons of goods, up 8% on the...
Málaga port studies launch of ferry line to Morocco
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) November 15, 2017 – Spanish state-run company Turismo Costa del Sol plans to carry out a study to look at the impact that a...
Ceuta-Algeciras line handles 1.4 million passengers in Jan-Sep 2017
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) November 9, 2017 – The maritime line of the Strait of Gibraltar established between the ports of Ceuta and Algeciras has...
Italy’s GNV launches line connecting Trapani to Livorno
Trapani, Italy (PortSEurope) November 8, 2017 – Italian ferry group Grandi Navi Veloci SpA (GNV) has announced the launch of a line connecting Trapani...
GNV announces opening of a two-week freight line connecting the ports of Trapani and Livorno
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 6, 2017 – Grandi Navi Veloci s.p.a. has announced that it will expand the services to operators in Eastern Sicily...
Astilleros Gondán to build four eco-ferries for Baleà ria
Castropol, Spain (PortSEurope) November 5, 2017 – Astilleros Gondán has a contract to construct four GRP ecofast ferries with a capacity for 350...
Baleà ria incorporates next December an ‘eco fast ferry’ on the Ibiza-Formentera line
Ibiza, Spain (PortSEurope) November 5, 2017 – At the end of 2017, Baleà ria EurolÃnias MarÃtimas S.A. will introduce the first vessel of a series of...
CCI managing multiple tasks in Nice port
Nice, France (PortSEurope) November 1, 2017 – In January 2017, CCI Nice-Côte d’Azur (Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie Nice Côte d’Azur)...
Venezia Terminal Passeggeri cleared of ICI tax charge
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) October 29, 2017 – With a judgment published on 3 October, Venezia Terminal Passeggeri SpA, assisted by GBA’s law and...
Attica to acquire HSW shares from Grimaldi
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) October 29, 2017 –Â Attica Holdings, a subsidiary of Marfin Investment Group (MIG), agreed to the acquisition of 48.53% of...
Barcelona port approves tender for Adossat dock expansion
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 25, 2017 – Barcelona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona) has approved the start of the tender for...
Spain’s Acciona agrees to sell Trasmediterránea to Naviera Armas
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 25, 2017 –Â Spanish company Acciona S.A. has said it signed an agreement for the sale of a 92.71% stake in ferry...
Razel-Bec will build a bridge near future terminal of Cape Janet
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) October 23, 2017 –Â The Grand Port Maritime of Marseille (GPMM) is preparing for the development of the new Cape Janet...
Valencia port’s passenger traffic reaches “historical record” in September
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 18, 2017 – Valencia port’s passenger traffic reached “an historical record” in year-on-year terms in...
Barcelona port records best Q3 in its history
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 16, 2017 – Barcelona port has registered its best third quarter of the year ever. Total traffic grew by 31.2% on...
Operatori Portuali Salentini works to improve Brindisi ferry services
Brindisi, Italy (Ports Europe) October 7, 2017 – Operatori Portuali Salentini (OPS – Association of Port Operators Salentini) continues in its...
Grimaldi Group to hire a further 500 staffers
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) October 6, 2017 –Â As part of a fleet upgrade, the Grimaldi Group has recently begun the process of selecting and recruiting...
Grandi Navi Veloci increases passenger traffic in Q3 2017
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) is performing better than expected and saw the number of passengers increase by...
Salerno gets award from Grimaldi Lines
Salerno, Italy (Ports Europe) October 2, 2017 – Salerno is the best Italian port. At least for Grimaldi Lines, the Italian giant of passenger and freight...