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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 Baleària reinforces Valencia-Ibiza ferry services

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2017 – Spanish ferry group Baleària 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 – 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...

Burgas West to acquire ferry ship for Burgas-Novorossiysk line

Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) April 23, 2017 – Bulgarian company Port Bulgaria West plans to acquire a ferry ship to operate the regular line connecting...

Spain’s Trasmediterranea starts Gandia-Ibiza ferry service

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 19, 2017 – Spanish ferry operator Trasmediterranea has started operating a regular service connecting Gandia port to...

CTN considers including Barcelona in Marseille-Tunisia ferry line

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 18, 2017 – On April 12, the “Tanit” ferry belonging to Compagnie Tunisienne de Navigation (CTN), which...

Corsica Ferries executives to acquire Lota family’s stake

Bastia, Corsica, France (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – The executives of French ferry company Corsica Ferries plan to acquire the shareholding of the Lota...

Northern Sardinia ports passenger traffic rises 17% in 2016

Olbia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 7, 2017 – The ports in northern Sardinia, namely Olbia, Golfo Aranci and Porto Torres, handled a total of 4.5 million...

Baleària acquires ferry ship to operate Valencia-Mostaganem line

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 5, 2017 – Spanish shipping company Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. has expanded its fleet with the acquisition of...

Trasmediterránea to start operating Valencia-Gandia ferry line on April 12

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 3, 2017 – The mayor of Gandia, Diana Morant, announced last week during the celebration of the I Gala of Tourism of...

Spain’s Balearia shows interest in launching Nador-Almeria ferry line

Almeria, Spain (Ports Europe) March 28, 2017 – Spanish company Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. is interested in opening a ferry line connecting the...

Italy’s SNAV to halt operation of regular Pescara-Split service

Pescara, Italy (Ports Europe) March 27, 2017 – Italian ferry operator SNAV SpA has announced plans to halt the operation of the regular service connecting...

Cadiz-Algeciras line passenger traffic declines by 11% in Jan 2017

Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) March 13, 2017 – The passenger line connecting Ceuta port to Algeciras transported 130,494 passengers in January, down...

GNV launches Barcelona-Nador ferry service

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 4, 2017 – Starting next June, the Italian shipping company Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) S.p.A. will launch a new maritime...

Gas Natural, Baleària present LNG engine for vessels at Barcelona port

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – Spanish companies Gas Natural Fenosa and Balearia officially presented the first liquefied natural gas...

Baleària presents 2016 results

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 15, 2017 – Spanish ferry group Baleària held a conference on February 14 at Valencia port to present its...

Baleària to invest €5.5 million in energy savings

Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. (Baleària) has announced that it is investing €5.5 million...

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