Ferries
Port activities linked to the handling of ferries and ferry passengers. Includes passenger terminal investment.
Six Croatian ports to receive €41.2 million funding
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) September 7, 2017 – The six Croatian ports that handle international passenger traffic received a funding of a total of HRK...
Izmir tourism visitors increases steadily
Izmir, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – Aegean Touristic Hotels and Investors Associations – ETIK has published a report showing that Turkish...
Trasmediterranea to start operating Barcelona-Menorca ferry line on Sep 19
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – Spanish company Trasmediterranea plans to launch a line connecting Barcelona to Menorca island twice a...
Valencia, Gandía ports passenger traffic rises 21.5% y/y in Jan-July 2017
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – Valencia and Gandía ports handled 533,115 passengers in the first seven months of 2017, up 21.47% on...
Trasmediterranea to start operating Barcelona-Menorca ferry line on Sep 19
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – Spanish company Trasmediterranea plans to launch a line connecting Barcelona to Menorca island twice a...
Chernomorsk port completes project for repair of berth No. 26
Chernomorsk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – Chernomorsk port has completed a project for the repair of berth No. 26 of its ferry terminal. Over...
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...
Corsica Ferries sees increased traffic
Bastia, Corsica (Ports Europe) August 23, 2017 – For two years, Corsica Ferries has been offering routes from Nice, Toulon, or from Italy and arriving in...
Attica agrees purchase of majority stake in Hellenic Seaways Maritime
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – Attica Holdings S.A., part of Marfin Investment Group (MIG), has announced an agreement in principle,...
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...
Almería port boost passenger traffic during OPE
Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) August 14, 2017 – Almería port handled 232,502 passengers as part of the Operación Paso del Estrecho (OPE) initiative in...
Ceuta-Algeciras line passenger traffic declines in H1 2017
Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) August 14, 2017 – The passenger line of the Strait of Gibraltar between the ports of Ceuta and Algeciras has reached 768,564...
Valencia port passenger traffic rises 23% y/y in H1 2017
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 10, 2017 – Valencia port has received a total of 415,401 passengers during the first half of the year, which is 23.33%...
Puertos Canarios, Fred Olsen, Naviera Armas to reduce congestion at ports
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) August 9, 2017 – Canary Islands-based agency Puertos Canarios, shipping companies Fred Olsen and Naviera Armas S.A. are to put...
Baleària handles 53,000 passengers on Valencia-Mostaganem line in H1 2017
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 4, 2017 – The ferry line of Spanish company Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. between the ports of Valencia and...
Madeira government cancels ferry tender
Funchal, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 4, 2017 – The government of Madeira has cancelled the announcement concerning the public tender, published in the...
Odessa port reveals qualified bidders for reconstructing passenger terminal
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 3, 2017 – Two companies are participating in the competition for the selection of a contractor for the reconstruction...