Ferries
Port activities linked to the handling of ferries and ferry passengers. Includes passenger terminal investment.
Durrës port reports 7% increase in ferry passengers and vehicle traffic
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – In May 2017, the volume of trade by ferry increased by 6-18% compared to the same period of 2016....
Italy’s Caronte & Tourist to build ten LNG-fuelled ferry ships
Messina, Italy (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – Italian company Caronte & Tourist S.p.A. plans to invest a total of €200 million ($225.53 million) in the...
Finnlines Group – Financial Review January–March 2017
Helsinki, Finland (PortSEurope) June 5, 2017 – Finnlines group, owned by the Napoli-based Grimaldi Group, has published its financial review for the...
Ukraine eyes strengthening of ferry links with Turkey
Chernomorsk, Ukraine (PortSEurope), June 3, 2017 – Ukraine and Turkey should strengthen the development of their ferry transport links and, in particular, to...
Italian GNV to intensify links Sète-Morocco from June 1
Sète, France (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – Italian shipping company Grandi Navi Veloci s.p.a. (GNV) will intensify the links between French Mediterranean...
Motril port starts preparations for OPE 2017
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Motril port is preparing for Operación Paso del Estrecho 2017 (OPE 2017), an initiative for the facilitation of...
Valencia port to improve service for OPE 2017 passengers
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has committed to improve the service for passengers at...
Italy’s Stazioni Marittime expects 2019 to be a year of record cruise traffic at Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – Edoardo Monzani, who was appointed on the helm of Genoa harbour passenger stations management company Stazioni...
Bulgarian ports passenger traffic rises 61.5% y/y in Q1 2017
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) May 26, 2017 – Bulgarian sea and river ports handled a total of 12,500 passengers in the first quarter of 2017, up 61.5% on the...
Spain’s Baleà ria introduces “Regina Báltica” ship to Valencia-Mostaganem ferry line
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 24, 2017 – Spanish ferry operator Baleà ria EurolÃnias MarÃtimas S.A. plans to introduce the “Regina...
Ukrainian water transport sector’s passenger traffic declines in Jan-April 2017
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 23, 2017 – The total number of passengers handled in Ukraine’s water transport sector fell by 3.3% on the year in...
Croatia’s Jadrolinija starts operating Bar-Bari ferry line
Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) May 22, 2017 – Croatian ferry operator Jadrolinija started operating a regular line connecting Montenegro’s Bar port to...
Russia to start operating Crimea-Turkey cruise line in June
Sochi, Russia (PortSEurope) May 19, 2017 – Russia plans to start operating a regular cruise line connecting Sochi to the Crimea and Turkey on June 11, the...
Spain prepares for OPE 2017
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 19, 2017 – The president of national ports agency Puertos del Estado, Jose Llorca, attended a meeting of the Joint...
Málaga-Melilla line passenger traffic rises 15% y/y in Jan-April 2017
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) May 16, 2017 – The maritime line that connects Melilla and Málaga has registered a 15% increase in the number of passengers and...
Bari port looks to improve Albanian passenger services
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – A new phase of cross-border cooperation was initiated by Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico...
Spain’s Baleà ria reinforces Valencia-Ibiza ferry services
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2017 – Spanish ferry group Baleà ria plans to strengthen its services connecting the Valencia region to the Ibiza...
Bastia sees reduced passenger traffic in 2016
Bastia, Corsica, France (Ports Europe) April 4, 2017 –Â The number of passengers passing through the four airports on the island rose in February to...
Barska Plovidba to relaunch Bar-Bari ferry line
Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) April 23, 2017 – Montenegro’s Barska Plovidba A.D. has signed an agreement with Croatia’s Jadrolinija to restart...
Naviera Armas collides with La Esfinge dock of Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) April 22, 2017 – The Tamasite Volcano ferry of Spanish group Naviera Armas collided on April 21 against the shoulder of La...