Ferries
Port activities linked to the handling of ferries and ferry passengers. Includes passenger terminal investment.
Motril port handles less passengers in first month of OPE 2017
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – A total of 10,890 passengers and 2,824 vehicles were handled at Motril port during the first month of Operación...
Ceuta-Algeciras line passenger traffic declines in Jan-May 2017
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Passenger traffic across the Strait of Gibraltar between the ports of Ceuta and Algeciras has reached 645,000...
Corsica to create a regional shipping company
Ajaccio, Corsica, France (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Corsica is in the process of creating a regional shipping company, which will provide ferry services...
New maritime terminal opens in the port of Béjaïa
Béjaïa, Algeria (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – A new passenger terminal has been inaugurated in Béjaïa, Algeria’s second largest commercial port, located...
Morocco’s AML incorporates third ship into Gibraltar Strait service
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Moroccan shipping company Africa Morocco Link (AML) has announced the incorporation of a third ship to the...
Spain’s Naviera Armas starts operating jetty at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Spanish ferry company Naviera Armas Ferries has started operating the jetty East at the terminal it is...
Motril port starts OPE with passenger traffic decline
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – Motril port has started Operación Paso del Estrecho 2017 (OPE 2017), an initiative for the facilitation of the...
New vessel incorporated into Huelva-Canary Islands line
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – Huelva port has a new container ship with greater capacity for the Huelva-Canary Islands line, the...
Algeciras, Tarifa ports are ready for OPE 2017
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 26, 2017 – The ports of Algeciras and Tarifa activated on Friday the special regime for Operación Paso del Estrecho 2017...
Corsica Linea prospers with Marseille connections
Ajaccio, Corsica, France (PortSEurope) June 25, 2017 – Twelve months ago, Corsica Linea took up the challenge of crossing the Mediterranean with precise...
Trasmediterránea introduces new ship into Barcelona-Mahón line
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – Spanish ferry company CompañÃa Trasmediterránea, S.A. has incorporated its “Juan J. Sister”...
Bari, Durrës ports sign cooperation deal for cargo, passenger traffic
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – Bari and Durrës ports agreed to set up a cooperation project to facilitate the flow of cargo and passengers...
EC welcomes international agreement to increase the safety of passenger ships
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – On June 16, 2017, the European Commission commented on the international agreement adopted this week...
OPE 2017 starts with 6,000 passengers a day
AlmerÃa, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – Operación Paso del Estrecho 2017 (OPE 2017), an initiative for the facilitation of the travel of North African...
Ceuta port to handle 260,000 passengers during second stage of OPE
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) June 15, 2017 – Ceuta port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Ceuta) expects the number of passengers to be handled during the...
Spanish government to support launch of Valencia-Mostaganem ferry line
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 13, 2017 – Spanish central government’s representative in Valencia region, José Vicente Herrera, has discussed the...
Motril to handle 10% more passengers in OPE 2017
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) June 13, 2017 – Spanish government expects Motril port’s passenger traffic to be higher by 10% during this year’s...
Spain’s Trasmediterránea presents summer season offer
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2017 – Spanish ferry company Trasmediterránea organised an official presentation of its offer during the summer...
Harbour strikes affect Canary Islands ports
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – Ports in the Canary Islands (Islas Canarias) have been affected by the strikes by stevedores, who are...
Boluda Lines names director of LÃnea Mediterráneo service
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – Boluda Lines, the the integrated transport and international cargo management division of Boluda Corporación...