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Eivissa (Ibiza)

Eivissa is the official Catalan name for Ibiza, a city and municipality located on the southeast coast of the island of Ibiza in the Balearic Islands autonomous community. State ports are managed by Puertos del Estado which executes port policy of the government; made up of 28 port authorities that manage the 46 ports.

Passenger traffic at Ibiza-Formentera lines rises 3% in 2017

Ibiza, Spain (Ports Europe) April 3, 2018 – Shipping companies that operate on the line between Ibiza and Formentera handled traffic of 2,028,840 passengers...

Trasmediterránea to start operating Gandía-Ibiza line on June 8

Gandía, Spain (Ports Europe) March 12, 2018 – Spanish ferry company Trasmediterránea plans to start operating on June 8 the high-speed line linking...

Palma de Mallorca port’s cruise traffic to reach record-high in 2018

Palma de Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) March 5, 2018 – This year the port of Palma de Mallorca will register a record-high number of cruise ships, as their...

Ibiza port to remain partially closed in summer

Ibiza, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2018 – The dock area of the port of Ibiza, which concentrates more than two million people throughout the year and...

Trasmediterránea to start operating Gandía-Ibiza ferry line March 28.

Gandía, Spain (Ports Europe) February 5, 2018 – Spanish ferry company Compañía Trasmediterránea, S.A. plans to start operating the high-speed line...

Balearic ports to break cargo traffic records in 2018

Ibiza, Spain (Ports Europe) February 5, 2018 – The harbours under the management of the Balearic Islands port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares) are...

Balearic Islands process 69% of mooring requests online

Ibiza, Spain (Ports Europe) February 1, 2018 – A total of 68.7% of the mooring requests of the ports of Palma, Alcúdia, Mahón and Ibiza, has been made...

Baleària presents eco fast ferry model

Ibiza (Spain) January 18, 2018 – Spanish company Baleária Eurolíneas Marítimas S.A. presented in Madrid its new “eco fast ferries” model ship...

Ibiza port launches new border control office

Ibiza, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Ibiza port has a new office for border control exercised by the General Commissariat of Foreigners and...

Trasmediterránea to operate Gandía-Ibiza ferry line during Holy Week

Gandía, Spain (PortSEurope) November 15, 2017 – Spanish ferry company Compañía Trasmediterránea, S.A. plans to operate the Gandía-Ibiza...

Astilleros Gondán to build four eco-ferries for Baleària

Castropol, Spain (PortSEurope) November 5, 2017 – Astilleros Gondán has a contract to construct four GRP ecofast ferries with a capacity for 350...

Baleària incorporates next December an ‘eco fast ferry’ on the Ibiza-Formentera line

Ibiza, Spain (PortSEurope) November 5, 2017 – At the end of 2017, Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. will introduce the first vessel of a series of...

Trasmediterranea to operate Gandía-Ibiza service until Oct 1

Gandía, Spain (PortS Europe) August 29, 2017 – Spanish ferry company Trasmediterranea has extended the operation of the high-speed Gandía-Ibiza service...

Ibiza-Gandia line exceeds 15,000 passengers

Gandia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 15, 2017 – The first line of passenger and car transport between the port of Gandia and Ibiza has surpassed the 15,000...

Engel & Völkers Yachting ranking: the ten highest priced marinas in Europe

Engel & Völkers Yachting has published its ranking of the ten highest priced marinas in Europe: With a mooring fee of €3,025 per day, Ibiza Magna in...

Air pollution sensors installed in Palma de Mallorca port

Palma de Mallorca, Spain (PortSEurope) July 13, 2017 – The Balearic Islands port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares) and the University of the...

Balearic Islands port authority starts La Savina harbour project

Ibiza, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – Balearic Islands port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares) has begun the drafting of the project of...

Dock workers strike has no effect on Balearic port traffic

Palma de Mallorca, Spain (PortSEurope) June 15, 2017 – The 48-hour stevedores strike that started on June 14 and concludes on June 16 is not causing changes...

Spain’s Trasmediterránea presents summer season offer

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2017 – Spanish ferry company Trasmediterránea organised an official presentation of its offer during the summer...

Costa Crociere starts operating line from Tarragona

Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope), June 3, 2017 – Italy-based Costa Crociere S.p.A. has started to operate from Tarragona port as a base port for a route that...

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