The port of Motril (Granada) organized an information session for Spanish and Moroccan businessmen to present its infrastructure and the advantages of its regular connection with the port of Tanger Med, operated by the shipping company Balearia.
One of the ambitions of the maritime transport company Baleària, which partly ensures the return of Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) to Morocco, is to buy the Canarian company Armas. In the meantime, its priority is to continue to acquire ships and increase maritime lines.
The Volcán de Tauce ship of the shipping company Balearia, which recently launched the regular connection between the port of Motril and the port of Tanger-Med in Morocco, has already transported about 500 trucks in just one month.
The shipping company Baleària celebrated this week 20 years of maritime links with Morocco. It organized an event in Tangier attended by more than 200 actors from the maritime and economic sectors.
The Balearia company has just launched a new maritime line between Almeria and Nador. The ferry "Moby Zaza" operates this route which started on Friday.
Deputy and spokesman for Ceuta Ya!, Mohamed Mustafa, accused Balearia of raising ferry ticket prices in the midst of the Marhaba Operation.
Thousands of Moroccans from France, Belgium, Germany and other European countries are expected in the coming days in Malaga as part of the 2022 Marhaba Operation, which started on Wednesday, after two years of cancellation due to the health and diplomatic crisis between Spain and Morocco.
The shipping company Balearia recorded 103 million euros in turnover in 2021, its chairman Adolfo Utor said on Thursday during the presentation of the company’s activity report for the past year. With the announced resumption of passenger maritime traffic with Morocco, he expects better results in 2022.
A ship from the Balearia company that operates the Malaga-Melilla route collided on Saturday with a container ship in the high seas of the Alboran Sea. No injuries were reported.
A Trasmediterránea ferry will carry out the repatriation of Spaniards and Spanish residents stranded in Morocco this Sunday, April 11, after the suspension of flights with France and Spain. In total, nearly 4,000 people have already been repatriated in six days, via five ferries and three flights.
After a first repatriation ship that left on Monday, two other ships will repatriate this week 2,300 Spaniards or Spanish residents stranded in Morocco after the suspension of flights with Spain and France decided on March 30 by the Moroccan authorities. In total, 3,800 people will leave Morocco.
Morocco is gearing up for the organization of the Marhaba Operation 2021, after the cancellation of last year’s edition for health reasons. The authorities would opt for the passage of Moroccans living abroad by sea.