Ferries
Port activities linked to the handling of ferries and ferry passengers. Includes passenger terminal investment.
Grimaldi increases capacity on Brindisi-Igoumenitsa ferry service
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) February 29, 2024 – The Grimaldi Group is increasing capacity on its connections between Brindisi (Italy) and Igoumenitsa...
EU Commission investigates state aid to Corsica ferries
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) February 27, 2024 – The European Commission has opened an investigation to assess whether state funds granted...
Russia wants a Sochi-Trabzon ferry in the Black Sea
Sochi, Russia (Ports Europe) February 26, 2024 – Isolated Russia has plans to launch a cargo-passenger ferry from its Black Sea port of Sochi to...
Grimaldi company has ferry terminal concession in Ravenna
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) February 14, 2024 – Logiport, part of Naples-based Grimaldi Group, has been awarded the concession for the Ro-pax quay...
Port of Funchal sees rise in passenger numbers in 2023
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 31, 2024 – The Port of Funchal, in 2023, registered a movement of 1,031,704 passengers on cruise ships...
Eurostat: Top 10 passenger ports in the EU
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 29, 2024 – The Eurostat organisation has published a report – Key figures on European transport – 2023....
Baleà ria signs cooperation agreement with Morocco
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2024 – Baleà ria has signed a cooperation agreement with the Moroccan National Tourist Office (ONMT) to...
Balearia presents business plan – more routes & terminals
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2024 – The shipping company Balearia has presented details of its business plan which includes more routes and...
Vela Luka opens new maritime passenger terminal
Split, Croatia (Ports Europe) January 15, 2024 – The Adriatic port of Vela Luka has opened its new maritime passenger terminal. The project cost around...
Armenian ferry line between Poti and Kavkaz suspended
Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) January 9, 2024 – Landlocked Armenia has suspended the short-lived Black Sea ferry line between the Georgian Poti and the...
Baleà ria launches its second gas-powered ‘fast ferry’
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) December 15, 2023 – Baleà ria has yesterday launched the fast ferry Margarita Salas at the Armon Shipyard in Gijón, where...
Grimaldi Group wins tender to operate ferry docks in Fiumicino port
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) December 5, 2023 – Logiport, part of the Grimaldi Group, will manage docks 27, 28, 29 and 30 with the associated...
Croatian port passenger numbers steady in Q3 2023
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) November 15, 2023 – In Q3 2023, more than 18.3 million passengers boarded and disembarked in Croatian sea...
Fincantieri Palermo shipyard to build new ferry
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) October 19, 2023 – Fincantieri has signed a circa €120 million contract to build a Ropax Class A ferry for Regione...
New ferry between Volos and Alexandria promoted
Alexandria, Egypt (PortSEurope) September 29, 2023 – The Managing Director of the Port of Volos Organization, Sokratis Anagnostou, was in Egypt last week...
New passenger terminal for Split ferry port, Croatia
Split, Croatia (Ports Europe) September 4, 2023 – The government has announced that a new passenger terminal will be built in the Port of Split. This was...
Piraeus, Rafina ports see rising passenger numbers in July
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) July 21, 2023 – In the first 15 days of July, 743,492 passengers have travelled from the port of Piraeus, according to the...
First Romania-Georgia ferry line
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) July 2, 2023 – A regular ferry line was opened between Romania’s biggest Black Sea port of Constanta and the Georgian...
Egyptian ambassador meets Port of Volos management
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) June 5, 2023 – A meeting between the Egyptian ambassador to Greece, Omar Amer Youssef, and the CEO of Volos Port Authority...
Passenger traffic with Italy at Port of Durrës increases
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) May 29, 2023 – Passenger traffic between the Port of Durrës and Italy has maintained an upward trend during the first...