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Trasmediterranea to start operating Barcelona-Menorca ferry line on Sep 19

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – Spanish company Trasmediterranea plans to launch a line connecting Barcelona to Menorca island twice a...

Valencia, Gandía ports passenger traffic rises 21.5% y/y in Jan-July 2017

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – Valencia and Gandía ports handled 533,115 passengers in the first seven months of 2017, up 21.47% on...

Trasmediterranea to start operating Barcelona-Menorca ferry line on Sep 19

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – Spanish company Trasmediterranea plans to launch a line connecting Barcelona to Menorca island twice a...

Chernomorsk port completes project for repair of berth No. 26

Chernomorsk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – Chernomorsk port has completed a project for the repair of berth No. 26 of its ferry terminal. Over...

Trasmediterranea to operate Gandía-Ibiza service until Oct 1

Gandía, Spain (PortS Europe) August 29, 2017 – Spanish ferry company Trasmediterranea has extended the operation of the high-speed Gandía-Ibiza service...

More arrivals than departures from Olbia port in July-August

Olbia, Italy (Ports Europe) August 23, 2017 – More arrivals than departures from the port of Olbia have been recorded since the start of 2017. This is one of...

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...

Almería port boost passenger traffic during OPE

Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) August 14, 2017 – Almería 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...

Baleària handles 53,000 passengers on Valencia-Mostaganem line in H1 2017

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 4, 2017 – The ferry line of Spanish company Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas 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...

Baleària reinforces links to North Africa

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – Spanish ferry company Baleària 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 Rodríguez, Vice-President and Minister of Public Works and...

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