Ferries
Port activities linked to the handling of ferries and ferry passengers. Includes passenger terminal investment.
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...
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...
Baleà ria acquires ferry ship to operate Valencia-Mostaganem line
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 5, 2017 – Spanish shipping company Baleà ria EurolÃnias MarÃtimas 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 Baleà ria EurolÃnias MarÃtimas 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, Baleà ria 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...
Baleà ria presents 2016 results
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 15, 2017 – Spanish ferry group Baleà ria held a conference on February 14 at Valencia port to present its...
Baleà ria to invest €5.5 million in energy savings
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – Baleà ria EurolÃnias MarÃtimas S.A. (Baleà ria) has announced that it is investing €5.5 million...