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Turkish port of Samsun starts service with Russia

Samsun, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 5, 2022 – The Turkish port of Samsun has started new ferry service with Temryuk in Azov Sea, Russia. Two new Ro-Ro...

Port of Ancona forecasts increasing passenger traffic

Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) August 3, 2022 – The Port of Ancona forecasts increasing passenger traffic for the season following growth so far this year....

Kazakhstan plans to create its own ferry fleet in the Caspian Sea by 2030

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) July 31, 2022 – Kazakhstan plans to create its own ferry fleet in the Caspian Sea by 2030 with 10 ferries stationed in...

Slovenian ports in 2021- Most ships arrived and departed in October

In 2021, 3,045 ships arrived in or departed from all three Slovenian ports. Traffic of passenger vessels was the largest in the port of Piran, while traffic of...

All three quays in the port of Toulon will have shore-to-ship power connection by mid-2023

Toulon, France, (PortSEurope) July 10, 2022 – The three quays (Fournel, Minerva and Corsica) of the Port of Toulon in Southern France will be equipped with...

Port of Piombino reports record passengers and vehicles

Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) June 29, 2022 – Last weekend, the Port of Piombino received 72,000 passengers and more than 24,000 vehicles. On one day,...

RFI tenders for two green ferries for Strait of Messina

Palermo, Italy (Ports Europe) June 22, 2022 – Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) is tendering for the supply of two fast dual fuel ferries for the Strait of...

Piraeus-Limassol ferry service resumes after 21 years

Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) June 20, 2022 – Scandro Holding has started a regular ferry service travelling between the Greek port of Piraeus and...

Greek port traffic recovers in Q4 2021

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) June 17, 2022 – The state statistical agency ELSTAT has reported traffic figures for Greek ports in Q4 2021. It show that...

Valenciaport establishes a protocol with Baleària and Transmed for end-of-year trips

The Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) and the companies Transmed and Baleària have established a joint protocol for the coming days before the departure and...

Trasmediterránea resumes Almería-Nador ferry service

Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) May 30, 2022 – Trasmediterránea has resumed the ferry service with passengers between Almería and the Moroccan...

Port of Bari issues tender for construction of a new passenger terminal

Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) May 19, 2022 – The port authority of Bari has published a tender for the construction of a new passenger terminal on quay 10....

Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company launches new Ro-Pax-type ferry

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) May 9, 2022 – The Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (ASCO) has launched a service for its new Ro-Pax-type ferry, the...

Scandro Holding will operate new ferry service between Limassol and Piraeus this summer

Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) May 2, 2022 – Scandro Holding Ltd will operate the new ferry service between the Cypriot city of Limassol and the Greek...

Bulgaria and Romania to revive ferry service; help Ukraine cargo

Ruse, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) April 14, 2022 – Bulgaria and Romania have agreed to revive the Ruse-Giurgiu ferry service. It will help ease the permanent...

Expected return of passenger traffic between Spain and Morocco has a date

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) April 12, 2022 – Today the maritime ferry routes between the ports of Algeciras and Tangier-Med and between Tarifa and the...

Port of Valencia begins the conditioning and adaptation works of the new passenger terminal

València, April 8, 2022 – The Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) has started the conditioning and adaptation works of the plot where the new public...

Port of Algeciras hope for better relations with Morocco

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) March 31, 2022 – The president of the Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA), Gerardo Landaluce, said...

Grimaldi Group wins tender for the Civitavecchia-Arbatax-Cagliari line

The Grimaldi Group has won once again the Italian Ministry of Sustainable Infrastructure and Mobility tender for the Civitavecchia-Arbatax-Cagliari line, thus...

Ponte Ferries to operate ferry concession at Port of Augusta

Valletta, Malta (Ports Europe) February 23, 2022 – The Port of Augusta in Sicily has issued a concession to operate a high-speed ferry service between...

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