Ferries
Port activities linked to the handling of ferries and ferry passengers. Includes passenger terminal investment.
Corsica Ferries sees increased traffic
Bastia, Corsica (Ports Europe) August 23, 2017 – For two years, Corsica Ferries has been offering routes from Nice, Toulon, or from Italy and arriving in...
Attica agrees purchase of majority stake in Hellenic Seaways Maritime
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – Attica Holdings S.A., part of Marfin Investment Group (MIG), has announced an agreement in principle,...
Ibiza-Gandia line exceeds 15,000 passengers
Gandia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 15, 2017 – The first line of passenger and car transport between the port of Gandia and Ibiza has surpassed the 15,000...
AlmerÃa port boost passenger traffic during OPE
AlmerÃa, Spain (Ports Europe) August 14, 2017 – AlmerÃa port handled 232,502 passengers as part of the Operación Paso del Estrecho (OPE) initiative in...
Ceuta-Algeciras line passenger traffic declines in H1 2017
Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) August 14, 2017 – The passenger line of the Strait of Gibraltar between the ports of Ceuta and Algeciras has reached 768,564...
Valencia port passenger traffic rises 23% y/y in H1 2017
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 10, 2017 – Valencia port has received a total of 415,401 passengers during the first half of the year, which is 23.33%...
Puertos Canarios, Fred Olsen, Naviera Armas to reduce congestion at ports
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) August 9, 2017 – Canary Islands-based agency Puertos Canarios, shipping companies Fred Olsen and Naviera Armas S.A. are to put...
Baleà ria handles 53,000 passengers on Valencia-Mostaganem line in H1 2017
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 4, 2017 – The ferry line of Spanish company Baleà ria EurolÃnias MarÃtimas S.A. between the ports of Valencia and...
Madeira government cancels ferry tender
Funchal, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 4, 2017 – The government of Madeira has cancelled the announcement concerning the public tender, published in the...
Valencia-Mostaganem sea transport line handles 53,000 passengers in H1
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 3, 2017 – The sea transport line between Valencia and Mostaganem (Algeria), which has been operating in the port of...
Odessa port reveals qualified bidders for reconstructing passenger terminal
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 3, 2017 – Two companies are participating in the competition for the selection of a contractor for the reconstruction...
Madeira government to launch tender for ferry services to mainland Portugal
Funchal, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – The regional government of Madeira is finalising the launch of an international tender for a weekly ferry...
Baleà ria reinforces links to North Africa
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – Spanish ferry company Baleà ria has reinforced the services that connect with north Africa, both in terms of...
New Trasmediterránea maritime line will connect the Canary Islands with Morocco
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) July 24, 2017 – Talks have been held between Pablo RodrÃguez, Vice-President and Minister of Public Works and...
Valencia port tenders contract for aid to passengers travelling to Algeria
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 16, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has tendered the service contract of...
BlueConnect is now online, and includes ports in France and Italy
Nice, France (PortSEurope) July 15, 2017 – BlueConnect, the port observation platform, is now online, and includes 295 ports in Var, Alpes Maritimes,...
Zadar port to receive cruise investment
Zadar, Croatia (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – The port of Zadar is to the site of a new cruise port on the Croatian Adriatic coastline. Other ports in the...
Government inspects Alicante port’s measures to facilitate OPE 2017
Alicante, Spain (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – The government delegate of the region of Valencia, Juan Carlos Moragues, visited the area in the port of...
Durrës reports increased ferry traffic in first half of 2017
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) July 9, 2017 – In the first six months of 2017, the ferries of Durres – Bari and Durrës – Ancona – Trieste line and...
More than 29,000 passengers arrive in Oran in Q1, 2017
Oran, Algeria (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 –29,146 passengers arrived in the Algerian port of Oran from Spanish and French ports and further 21,069 passengers...