Ferries
Port activities linked to the handling of ferries and ferry passengers. Includes passenger terminal investment.
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 – 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...
Grimaldi wants to acquire Hellenic Seaways or sell its stake
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) October 2, 2017 – Naples-based Grimaldi has said it wants to either acquire a controlling share of Hellenic Seaways (HSW)...
Venezia Terminal Passeggeri financial statements approved by shareholders
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 28, 2017 – At the end of August 2017, a shareholders’ meeting of Venezia Terminal Passeggeri S.p.A. approved the...
Corsica Ferries opens new route to Balearic Islands
Bastia, Corsica, France (Ports Europe) September 27, 2017 – Corsica Ferries will open a new line next year to the island of Mallorca, operating from...
Albanian seeks better Bari port customs services
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) September 25, 2017 – Italy’s Bari port should improve its customs services, in order to facilitate the traffic of the direct...
Grandi Navi Veloci lends two vessels to Spanish government
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – Genoa-based Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) S.p.A. has lent two ferries to the Spanish government, apparently...
Ancona port passenger traffic rises 8% y/y in Jan-Aug 2017
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – Ancona port serviced 824,000 passengers in the first eight months of 2017, up 8% on the year. This year,...
Italy’s poor intermodal capacity limits MoS competitiveness
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Given its advantageous geographical location in the Mediterranean, Italy should represent a hub for...
Domestic and international passenger traffic in Greek ports: 1st Quarter 2015-2017
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 15, 2017 – The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) has published statistics for domestic and international...
Hellenic Statistical Authority releases Q1 2017 maritime traffic figures
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 15, 2017 – The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) has announced data on traffic of passengers, goods and...
Corsica’s Propriano port looks to increase visitors
Propriano, Corsica (Ports Europe) September 14, 2017 – Four times a week in summer, the Kalliste ferry, owned la Méridionale, dominates the port of...
Baleària plans to stay and improve the ships in Melilla
Melilla, Spain (Ports Europe) September 11, 2017 – Deputy Minister of Tourism, Javier Mateo that said that Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas...
EBRD lends funds for Izmir ferry project
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 8, 2017 – The Izmir Metropolitan signed a €33 million loan ($39.79 million) from the European Bank for...
Six Croatian ports to receive €41.2 million funding
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) September 7, 2017 – The six Croatian ports that handle international passenger traffic received a funding of a total of HRK...
Izmir tourism visitors increases steadily
Izmir, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – Aegean Touristic Hotels and Investors Associations – ETIK has published a report showing that Turkish...