The Portugal News reports that Portimão has spent €1.7 million dredging and improving its harbour with the aim of attracting the new, larger cruise ships used by companies like Royal Caribbean. This has also attracted ferry operators, and Canaries-based Naviera Armas will not only begin to operate a regular Portimão-Madeira route on June 15th, but will connect the Algarve with the Canary Islands, specifically Tenerife and Gran Canaria. More of this story.

Posted by : John Ross on Monday, May 12, 2008 - 08:36 AM 2057 reads

Spanish ferry company Baleària boasts that its new ship, the Borja, is now the "biggest, fastest ferry currently operating in the Spanish Mediterranean." It is covering Baleària's daily route between Palma Majorca and Barcelona. Read more of this story, with a little about the House of Borgia in Valencia thrown in, just for fun.

Posted by : John Ross on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 - 07:50 AM 1720 reads

Spanish ferry operator Acciona Trasmediterranea is to launch a new line between Portsmouth and Bilbao, beginning on May 16th, 2006. It will be operated by one of the company's most modern ships, the Fortuny (which AT refers to as a "superferry"), and will carry both passengers and cargo, though AT is emphasising the line's mini-cruise possibilities. The special launch offer is thus for a return journey in a 4-berth inside cabin, with a lightning four hours in Bilbao, starting from £50 a head, or £66 if you want to spend a night in Biilbao. Read on, or visit the Spain and Portugal for Visitors International Ferries page.

Posted by : John Ross on Thursday, May 04, 2006 - 12:04 PM 3560 reads