Ferries
Port activities linked to the handling of ferries and ferry passengers. Includes passenger terminal investment.
GNV signs agreement with China’s GSI for new vessels
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) February 12, 2018 – GNV (Grandi Navi Veloci), a member of the MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Company) Group, has announced the...
Corsica Linea to use onshore power supply in Marseille port
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 6, 2018 – Corsica Linea (Corsica Lines ferry company) has announced that three ships in its fleet will use a...
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...
Plan announced to develop waterfront at Naples port
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) February 5, 2018 – Plans have been presented for the redevelopment of Calata Beverello, the waterfront area of the port of...
Baleària presents its first ferries powered by natural gas
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 21, 2018 – Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A., one of the pioneer shipping companies in the use of liquefied...
Gas Natural to supply LNG to two Baleària eco ferries
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 19, 2018 – Spanish company Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. and energy group Gas Natural Fenosa S.A. have signed...
Launch of Santander-Cork ferry line to lead to job openings
Santander (Spain) January 18, 2018 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo De la Serna, accompanied by the director of Brittany Ferries in Spain, Manuel...
Motril port officially opens passenger terminal
Motril (Spain) January 18, 2018 – Motril port has taken advantage of the launch of Fitur fair in Madrid on January 17 to deliver symbolically to the...
Cruise business could be key to Marina di Carrara
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) January 18, 2018 – At a recent Porto Lab event in Carrara, the possible role of the cruise industry in the future of...
Brittany Ferries to launch Cork-Santander service in April
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) January 16, 2018 – Brittany Ferries plans to launch a service connecting Spain’s Santander port to Ireland’s Cork...
Germany’s FRS acquires ship for Motril-Tanger Med line
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) January 10, 2018 – German group Förde Reederei Seetouristik GmbH & Co. KG (FRS) has acquired the “MV Miranda”...
Ceuta-Algeciras line handles slightly less passengers y/y in Jan-Nov 2017
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) January 4, 2018 – The Gibraltar Strait maritime line established between the ports of Ceuta and Algeciras is close to reaching...
Almería port expects ferry traffic to rise by 16% in 2017
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2018 – Almería port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Almería) expects the number of ferry passengers handled in...
Ceuta call for links to Moroccan ports
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2018 – Ceuta president, Juan Vivas (PP), has formally made a request to the central Spanish government for the...
Innovative Magazine interviews Matteo Catani, President and CEO of Grandi Navi Veloci
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 27, 2017 – The French-language Innovative Magazine has published an interview with Matteo Catani, President and CEO...
Rigel II ferry has been restored to the Durrës-Bari line
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) December 26, 2017 – The “Rigel II” ferry has been restored to the Durrës-Bari line due to the increasing...
Strait of Gibraltar line passenger traffic falls in Jan-Oct 2017
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) December 21, 2017 – The maritime line of the Strait of Gibraltar between the ports of Ceuta and Algeciras exceeded 1,600,000...