Ferries
Port activities linked to the handling of ferries and ferry passengers. Includes passenger terminal investment.
Armenian ferry line between Poti and Kavkaz suspended
Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) January 9, 2024 – Landlocked Armenia has suspended the short-lived Black Sea ferry line between the Georgian Poti and the...
Baleà ria launches its second gas-powered ‘fast ferry’
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) December 15, 2023 – Baleà ria has yesterday launched the fast ferry Margarita Salas at the Armon Shipyard in Gijón, where...
Grimaldi Group wins tender to operate ferry docks in Fiumicino port
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) December 5, 2023 – Logiport, part of the Grimaldi Group, will manage docks 27, 28, 29 and 30 with the associated...
Croatian port passenger numbers steady in Q3 2023
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) November 15, 2023 – In Q3 2023, more than 18.3 million passengers boarded and disembarked in Croatian sea...
Fincantieri Palermo shipyard to build new ferry
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) October 19, 2023 – Fincantieri has signed a circa €120 million contract to build a Ropax Class A ferry for Regione...
New ferry between Volos and Alexandria promoted
Alexandria, Egypt (PortSEurope) September 29, 2023 – The Managing Director of the Port of Volos Organization, Sokratis Anagnostou, was in Egypt last week...
New passenger terminal for Split ferry port, Croatia
Split, Croatia (Ports Europe) September 4, 2023 – The government has announced that a new passenger terminal will be built in the Port of Split. This was...
Piraeus, Rafina ports see rising passenger numbers in July
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) July 21, 2023 – In the first 15 days of July, 743,492 passengers have travelled from the port of Piraeus, according to the...
First Romania-Georgia ferry line
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) July 2, 2023 – A regular ferry line was opened between Romania’s biggest Black Sea port of Constanta and the Georgian...
Egyptian ambassador meets Port of Volos management
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) June 5, 2023 – A meeting between the Egyptian ambassador to Greece, Omar Amer Youssef, and the CEO of Volos Port Authority...
Passenger traffic with Italy at Port of Durrës increases
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) May 29, 2023 – Passenger traffic between the Port of Durrës and Italy has maintained an upward trend during the first...
Port seeks subsidy for Volos – Mytilini coastal shipping line
Volos, Greece (Ports Europe) May 17, 2023 – The CEO of the Volos Port Authority, Sokratis Anagnostou, has requested a state subsidy for the Volos –...
Approval for Grimaldi Group acquisition of Barcelona Ferry Terminal
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 4, 2023 – The National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC) has approved the Grimaldi Group acquisition of...
Port of Bari signs up for new passenger terminal
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) March 29, 2023 – The Port of Bari has signed contract for a new cruise and ferry passenger terminal scheduled to be ready for...
Croatian seaports see traffic up +10% in 2022
Rijeka. (PortSEurope) March 29, 2023 – Croatian Ports saw traffic increase over 10% compared to 2021, according to the Croatian Bureau of Statistics...
French shipper CMA CGM will take 12% stake in Brittany Ferries
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) March 15, 2023 – The French shipowner CMA CGM is to take a 12% stake in Brittany Ferries, by converting a loan into...
Greece ferry to visit Larnaca as well as Limassol
Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) March 9, 2023 – The Greece ferry service will visit Larnaca as well as Limassol. Scandro Holding Ltd’s Daleela ship will...
Dragados starts repair work at Port of Algeciras
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) February 27, 2023 – Dragados has started repair work at the Port of Algeciras of three pontoons of the maritime station...
Port of Barcelona is hub for supplying the Balearic Islands
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) February 27, 2023 – The Port of Barcelona is a key hub for supplying cargo to the Balearic Islands. In 2022, traffic...
New ferry line Turkey-Sochi to help parallel import in Russia
Sochi, Russia (PortSEurope) February 26, 2023 – Port of Sochi is joining a race with otherRussian Black Sea ports to launch regular cargo lines to Turkey....