Ferries
Port activities linked to the handling of ferries and ferry passengers. Includes passenger terminal investment.
Grimaldi finalises Armas Trasmediterránea acquisition
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) July 20, 2021 – Grimaldi has completed the €375 million agreement to acquire assets of the Iberian shipping company...
Croatian minister proposes Zadar-Durres ferry line
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) July 19, 2021 – Croatian Minister Oleg Butkovic has paid an official visit to Albania, where he met with Belinda Belluku,...
Brittany Ferries’ Cap Finistère returns to service on the Portsmouth to Bilbao route
Portsmouth, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) July 19, 2021 – Brittany Ferries’ ro-pax ferry Cap Finistère has resumed service on the Portsmouth to Bilbao...
New quay at port of Civitavecchia set to attract new business
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) July 7, 2021 – The new quay 30 at Civitavecchia port will enable the port to handle larger vessels in the Ro-Ro and...
Cyprus and Greece discuss ferry link
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) July 7, 2021 – Cyprus Deputy Minister of Shipping, Vasilis Demetriades and the Director General at Cyprus Shipping Deputy...
Italian shipping company Grandi Navi Veloci begins the connection between Valencia with Palma de Mallorca and Ibiza
The Valencia Port Authority (APV) has delivered the «Socarrat», the traditional Valencian terracotta tile designed with maritime motifs, to the GNV Sealand...
Brittany Ferries eyes zero-emission, sea-skimming ‘flying ferries’
New all-electric craft concept foils like a hydrofoil and flies like a plane – all with the comfort and convenience of a ferry – June 15, 2021 Brittany...
Axpo Iberia powers Europe’s first carbon-free ferry crossing
Axpo Iberia and the Spanish ferry operator Baleària today reached an important milestone for zero-emission maritime shipping. For the first time in Europe, a...
The Grimaldi group will operate the Naples-Cagliari-Palermo Ro-Pax line
The Grimaldi Group boosts its transport links to and from Italy’s largest islands and finally sails “home”. In fact, yesterday evening the Neapolitan...
Port of Motril reduces occupancy rate at terminals operated by Armas and FRS shipping companies
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) June 2, 2021 – Motril Port Authority has agreed to reduce the occupancy rate by 60% at the terminals operated by the Armas...
International passenger maritime transport in Albania will restart on June 22
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) May 21, 2021 – The Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy has announced that starting from Monday, June 22, 2020, all...
DFDS improves performance in Q1 2021
In the first quarter of this year, the Danish group DFDS, which operates ferry and logistics services in Europe, has seen a significant attenuation of the...
Ferry line planned between Caspian ports of Makhachkala and Turkmenbashi
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) May 9, 2021 – Makhachkala Sea Commercial Port JSC, on Russia’s west Caspian Sea coast, plans the opening of auto and...
Civitavecchia-Olbia: territorial continuity service guaranteed without public charges
Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport – From May 2021 and for the next two years, the public service of territorial continuity on the...
Grimaldi-Armas Trasmediterranea agreement for the sale of assets
Naples, 13 April 2021 The Grimaldi Group and Armas Trasmediterránea Group announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the sale of some...
Grimaldi agrees to purchase the main assets of Naviera Armas in the Mediterranean
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 13, 2021 – Naples-based Grimaldi and Armas Trasmediterránea of Spain have signed a memorandum of understanding...
EBRD & IFC to fund work on the Chernomorsk port ferry concession project
Representatives of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have agreed to fund the...