Ferries
Port activities linked to the handling of ferries and ferry passengers. Includes passenger terminal investment.
EU ports handled 395.3 million passengers in 2023
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) December 9, 2024 – In 2023, ports in the European Union handled 395.3 million passengers, up 5.8% increase on 2022...
New passenger terminal for Souda port, Crete
Souda, Crete, Greece (Ports Europe) December 3, 2024 – The national privatisation agency, Taiped, will issue a tender for a new passenger terminal at the...
Balearia takes over Tarifa-Tangier maritime line
Tarifa, Spain (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – The Baleària shipping company has been awarded a 15-year contract to operate the shipping line...
Tanger Med handles more traffic during 2024 Marhaba season
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) November 29, 2024 – During the 2024 Marhaba season, the Tanger Med port complex handled 1.73 million passengers and...
New Black Sea railway ferry line Varna-Poti
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) November 17, 2024 – The Georgian-flagged Ro-Ro ferryboat AIA (IMO: 9120384) opened a few days ago a line between the Bulgarian...
New Caspian ferry line Turkmenbashi-Olya might finally launch
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) November 16, 2024 – After years of talks, in the near future, a regular ferry service may finally be launched between...
Port of Sète forecasts 220,000 passengers in 2024
Sète, France (Ports Europe) November 13, 2024 – By year-end, the Port of Sète in southern France estimates that it will have handled around 220,000...
Varna-Batumi ferry line plan sinks
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) November 6, 2024 – The attempt to resume the ferry line between Bulgarian Black Sea port of Varna and Georgia’s Batumi using...
Piraeus Port Authority, Q3 2024 cargo volumes
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) October 31, 2024 – The cruise sector grew traffic with a number of ships rising (+9.2%) and the total number of passengers...
Condor Ferries to end its winter services linking Cherbourg to Channel islands
Poole, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) October 14, 2024 – Condor Ferries has decided to end its winter services linking Cherbourg to Jersey and Guernsey,...
Channel Islands to support French ferry line
Jersey, Channel Islands (Ports Europe) October 14, 2024 – The Channel Islands’ government has agreed to provide financial support of GBP 140,000 to...
The first trip of Burgas-Istanbul ferry was cancelled
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) October 9, 2024 – The Turkish company İstanbul Deniz Otobüsleri Sanayi ve Ticaret (IDO) today cancelled the start of a new...
Ferries are endangered species in the Black Sea
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) October 5, 2024 – The once booming ferryboat services market in the Black Sea is almost extinct. Out of more than 10...
Operation Marhaba sees 45,690 passengers use Al Hoceima port
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) October 4, 2024 – This year’s Operation Marhaba event saw 45,690 Moroccan passengers pass through the port of Al...
New Burgas-Istanbul ferry line as of October 11
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) October 1, 2024 – The Turkish company İstanbul Deniz Otobüsleri Sanayi ve Ticaret (IDO) will start a new ferry service...
Operation Crossing the Gibraltar Strait, passengers up 5.5%
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) September 12, 2024 – In 2024, 2.8 million passengers passed through Moroccan ports during Operation Crossing the...
Tender issued for Sardinia-Corsica Ro-Pax service
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) September 10, 2024 – A tender has been published for a maritime connection between Santa Teresa di Gallura...
Tender to operate Milazzo ferry terminal reissued
Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) September 3, 2024 – The local AdSP dello Strait (port authority) has issued another tender to manage the ferry and...
Update: Kavkaz port still closed after fuel ferry for occupied Crimea sank
Kavkaz, Russia (Ports Europe) August 23, 2024 – Russia’s third largest Black Sea port of Kavkaz (Caucasus) continues to be closed after a ferry carrying 30...
Turkmenistan’s tender for two Ro-Ro railway ferries for Caspian
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) August 9, 2024 – Turkmenistan’s Agency for Transport and Communications (TurkmenDenizDeryayollary) announced...