Ferries
Port activities linked to the handling of ferries and ferry passengers. Includes passenger terminal investment.
Harbour strikes affect Canary Islands ports
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – Ports in the Canary Islands (Islas Canarias) have been affected by the strikes by stevedores, who are...
Boluda Lines names director of Línea Mediterráneo service
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – Boluda Lines, the the integrated transport and international cargo management division of Boluda Corporación...
Durrës port reports 7% increase in ferry passengers and vehicle traffic
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – In May 2017, the volume of trade by ferry increased by 6-18% compared to the same period of 2016....
Italy’s Caronte & Tourist to build ten LNG-fuelled ferry ships
Messina, Italy (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – Italian company Caronte & Tourist S.p.A. plans to invest a total of €200 million ($225.53 million) in the...
Finnlines Group – Financial Review January–March 2017
Helsinki, Finland (PortSEurope) June 5, 2017 – Finnlines group, owned by the Napoli-based Grimaldi Group, has published its financial review for the...
Ukraine eyes strengthening of ferry links with Turkey
Chernomorsk, Ukraine (PortSEurope), June 3, 2017 – Ukraine and Turkey should strengthen the development of their ferry transport links and, in particular, to...
Italian GNV to intensify links Sète-Morocco from June 1
Sète, France (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – Italian shipping company Grandi Navi Veloci s.p.a. (GNV) will intensify the links between French Mediterranean...
Valencia port to improve service for OPE 2017 passengers
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has committed to improve the service for passengers at...
Italy’s Stazioni Marittime expects 2019 to be a year of record cruise traffic at Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – Edoardo Monzani, who was appointed on the helm of Genoa harbour passenger stations management company Stazioni...
Bulgarian ports passenger traffic rises 61.5% y/y in Q1 2017
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) May 26, 2017 – Bulgarian sea and river ports handled a total of 12,500 passengers in the first quarter of 2017, up 61.5% on the...
Spain’s Baleària introduces “Regina Báltica” ship to Valencia-Mostaganem ferry line
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 24, 2017 – Spanish ferry operator Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. plans to introduce the “Regina...
Ukrainian water transport sector’s passenger traffic declines in Jan-April 2017
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 23, 2017 – The total number of passengers handled in Ukraine’s water transport sector fell by 3.3% on the year in...
Croatia’s Jadrolinija starts operating Bar-Bari ferry line
Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) May 22, 2017 – Croatian ferry operator Jadrolinija started operating a regular line connecting Montenegro’s Bar port to...
Russia to start operating Crimea-Turkey cruise line in June
Sochi, Russia (PortSEurope) May 19, 2017 – Russia plans to start operating a regular cruise line connecting Sochi to the Crimea and Turkey on June 11, the...
Spain prepares for OPE 2017
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 19, 2017 – The president of national ports agency Puertos del Estado, Jose Llorca, attended a meeting of the Joint...
Málaga-Melilla line passenger traffic rises 15% y/y in Jan-April 2017
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) May 16, 2017 – The maritime line that connects Melilla and Málaga has registered a 15% increase in the number of passengers and...
Spain’s Baleària reinforces Valencia-Ibiza ferry services
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2017 – Spanish ferry group Baleària plans to strengthen its services connecting the Valencia region to the Ibiza...