Ferries
Port activities linked to the handling of ferries and ferry passengers. Includes passenger terminal investment.
Porto Torres in Sardinia hit hard by Covid pandemic in 2020
Porto Torres, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) March 16, 2021 – The reduction of the routes to and from Sardinia due to the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis...
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...
Linde to supply world’s first hydrogen-powered ferry
Linde has announced it has been selected by Norwegian ferry operator Norled to supply liquid hydrogen and related infrastructure to the world’s first...
Baleària will expand the connections in Melilla
Baleària reinforces its commitment to Melilla by expanding connections and operating with one of the most modern and sustainable vessels in its fleet. As of...
Baleària awarded concession temporary maritime station in Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2021 – The Port of Barcelona has approved granting the Spanish shipping company Baleària an eight-year...
Morocco’s ports see cargo traffic down 7.7% in January
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) February 20, 2021 – Cargo traffic at Morocco’s ports recorded a total of 7.5 million tonnes for January 2021, down...
Grimaldi clarifies its Adriatic strategy
Naples, 8 February 2021 With regards to the latest articles which appeared on the Greek press concerning an alleged war declared by the Grimaldi Group on the...
Grimaldi doubles its connections between Ancona and Greece
Naples, 5 February 2021 The latest great news from the Grimaldi Group involves the transport services for passengers and freight between Italy and Greece. In...
Grimaldi Group expands the Livorno-Olbia Ro-pax connection
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) February 1, 2021 – Following the recent launch of the Palermo-Cagliari Ro-pax line, the Grimaldi Group is expanding the...
Port of Almería sees heavily reduced passenger traffic
Almeria, Spain (PortSEurope) January 11, 2021 – The Port of Almería has reported that it closed 2020 with 126,788 passengers, a decrease of 86.4%,...
La Méridionale offers new Ropax service between Marseille and Tangier ports
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) January 5, 2021 – The French shipping group, La Méridionale, has started a new Ropax service between between Marseille...
Greece and Cyprus even closer – tender for the ferry connection announced
Giannis Plakiotakis: Greece and Cyprus even closer – The tender for the ferry connection was announced – December 19, 2020 The Minister of Shipping...
Connection on the Strait of Messina, hearing at the MIT of mayors and presidents of region
The working group in charge of evaluating the project proposals for the construction of a stable crossing of the Strait of Messina, chaired by Minister De...
Almería port completes first LNG bunker action
Almeria, Spain (PortSEurope) November 24, 2020 – The Port of Almería has hosted its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering with the Bahama Mama...
New Greek-Cypriot ferry service to be tendered
Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) November 24, 2020 – Cyprus is planning to issue a tender for a sea passenger connection line with Greece in early...
Turkmenbashi seeks to restart ferry connections with Makhachkala and expand transit corridors
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (PortSEurope) November 16, 2020 – Dagestan is considering a proposal to resume a ferry service between the Caspian Sea ports...
Port Authority of València selects Baleària’s offer to build the new passenger terminal
The proposal complies with the “selection” phase and achieves a score of 93 out of 100 – November 13, 2020 The Board of Directors of the Port...
Albania see reduced September cargo figures
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) November 13, 2020 – The volume of freight loading/unloading in ports, in September 2020 was 366,000 tonnes, down 7.7 %...
Croatian seaports see increased cargo traffic in third quarter
Zagreb, Croatia (PortSEurope) November 13, 2020 – In the third quarter of 2020, total traffic of goods at Croatia seaports increased by 7.5% compared to...
“Civitavecchia Blue Agreement” voluntary agreement is renewed
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) November 4, 2020 – The “Civitavecchia Blue Agreement” was renewed this morning at the headquarters of the Port...