Brittany Ferries
Brittany Ferries is the trading name of the French shipping company, BAI Bretagne Angleterre Irlande S.A. founded in 1973 by Alexis Gourvennec, that operates a fleet of ferries and cruise-ferries between France and the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Spain, and between Spain and Ireland and the United Kingdom.
Port of Bilbao starts the ferry season
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 5, 2024 – The ferry season in the Port of Bilbao starts soon with the first crossing of the year of...
Port of Bilbao starts dock electrification
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2023 – As part of its commitment to the environment, Bilbao Port Authority will start implementing its dock...
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...
Port of Bilbao reports improved traffic in first half of 2022
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 22, 2022 – The Port of Bilbao has reported improved cargo traffic in first half of 2022. In this period, the port...
Port of Bilbao has hosted the inauguration of the ship “Salamanca” of Brittany Ferries
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) March 29, 2022 – The Port of Bilbao has hosted the inauguration of the ship “Salamanca” of Brittany Ferries. It...
CMA CGM’s Containerships extends Spain and UK shipping service
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2022 – Containerships is expanding its Spain and UK shipping service. The NWUK FAST LANE service offers an...
Brittany Ferries’ LNG-powered vessel Salamanca has called at the port of Bilbao for the first time
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 21, 2022 – Brittany Ferries’ LNG-powered vessel Salamanca has called at the port of Bilbao for the first time last...
Port of Cartagena seeks leading role as LNG supplier to ships
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) January 13, 2022 – The Brittany Ferries ship “Salamanca” has just called at the Port of Cartagena where it took...
UK ambassador to Spain visits the port of Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 19, 2021 – The United Kingdom’s ambassador to Spain, Hugh Elliott, has visited the Northern Spanish port of...
Repsol start to build Bilbao port LNG terminal
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 22, 2021 – Spanish energy and petrochemical company Repsol SA has started building an liquified natural gas (LNG)...
Brittany Ferries and CMA CGM form a partnership in passenger and freight transport
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) September 14, 2021 – CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics, and Brittany Ferries, the largest ferry...
Brittany Ferries’ Cap Finistère returns to service on the Portsmouth to Bilbao route
Portsmouth, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) July 19, 2021 – Brittany Ferries’ ro-pax ferry Cap Finistère has resumed service on the Portsmouth to Bilbao...
Brittany Ferries eyes zero-emission, sea-skimming ‘flying ferries’
New all-electric craft concept foils like a hydrofoil and flies like a plane – all with the comfort and convenience of a ferry – June 15, 2021 Brittany...
Brittany Ferries continues its tests in the Port of Bilbao for the docking of the Salamanca ship with LNG fuel
The new ferry that will serve the service with the United Kingdom will be more efficient and ecological, will save 46% of CO2 per passenger, improve passenger...
Government secures critical freight flows as UK nears end of transition period
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) October 14, 2020 – The UK government has signed agreements with four ferry operators to provide capacity equivalent...
Bilbao port tests new tugboat powered by LNG and Dual
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) July 7, 2020 – The companies Remolcadores Ibaizabal and Astilleros de Murueta have completed tests on the new tugboat...
Santander port to host LNG bunker
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) April 20, 2020 – Santander is undertaking the necessary measures to supply a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) bunker in...