Trasmediterránea operates passengers and cargo ferries between mainland Spain and the

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...

, the

Balearic Islands The Balearic Islands ( es, Islas Baleares ; or ca, Illes Balears ) are an archipelago in the Balearic Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. The archipelago is an autonomous community and a province of Spain; its capital is ...

, and northern

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's Spanish territories. Since 2017 the majority of the company belongs to

Naviera Armas Naviera Armas is a Spanish company, founded in the 1940s, which operates a number of ferry services in Spain. The company mainly operates in the Canary Islands, with additional routes connecting the Canary Islands and the north African coast t ...

History

The Trasmediterránea ("cross-mediterranean") company was constituted on November 26, 1916, with the fusion of the companies of shipowners José Juan Dómine, Vicente Ferrer, Joaquín Tintoré and Enrique García, though it didn't start operating until January 1 of following year. It was headquartered in

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

and had a fleet of 45 ships. During the

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, its ships were used as auxiliary navy ships by both sides of the conflict, the

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and the Nationalist faction. In 1978, it became a state-owned company, until it was privatized by the PP government in 2002. The

SEPI ''Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales'' (SEPI) is a Spanish state holding company that is characterized as a Sovereign wealth fund. It is controlled by the Ministry of the Treasury. SEPI was preceded by the Instituto Nacional de Ind ...

sold the company to a consortium that consisted of Acciona Logística (60%), Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo, Compañía de Remolcadores Ibaizábal, Agrupación Hotelera Dóliga, Suministros Ibiza and

. Later, the company changed its name to Acciona-Trasmediterranea. Currently it operates a fleet of 25 ships and is headquartered in

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

. From 1921 to 1998, when the sector was liberalized, it had the

monopoly A monopoly (from Greek language, Greek el, μόνος, mónos, single, alone, label=none and el, πωλεῖν, pōleîn, to sell, label=none), as described by Irving Fisher, is a market with the "absence of competition", creating a situati ...

on the lines that linked the mainland Spain with the islands and northern Africa. Today, even as it has lost its monopoly and has competition, Trasmediterránea is still leader in its sector. At the end of October 2017, Acciona group agreed to sell its 92.7% stake in Trasmediterránea to

, another Spanish shipping company operating ferries mainly in the

. The deal, pending approval by Spanish authorities, was expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2018.Naviera Armas Buys Trasmediterranea from Acciona
MarineLink, 26 October 2017.

Company activity

Balearic Islands in Spain (plus Canarias)

Trasmediterránea has its own maritime stations in Barcelona, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Valencia. The company's activity is structured in four zones: * Canarias-

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: regular lines, in both directions, from: **

Santa Cruz de Tenerife Santa Cruz de Tenerife, commonly abbreviated as Santa Cruz (), is a city, the capital of the island of Tenerife, Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and capital of the Canary Islands. Santa Cruz has a population of 206,593 (2013) within its admi ...

Las Palmas Las Palmas (, ; ), officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spain, Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife), the most populous city in th ...

Santa Cruz de la Palma Santa Cruz de la Palma (Spanish for ''Holy Cross of La Palma'') is a city and a municipality on the east coast of the island of La Palma in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife of the Canary Islands. Santa Cruz de la Palma is the second-largest ...

and

Arrecife Arrecife (; ; ) is the capital city and a municipality of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. It was made the island's capital in 1852. The city owes its name to the rock reef ("arrecife" being Spanish for "reef") which covers its local beach. It als ...

. **Arrecife to Cádiz, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and

Puerto del Rosario Puerto del Rosario () is a town and a municipality in the eastern part of the island of Fuerteventura in the Las Palmas province in the Canary Islands. It has been the capital of Fuerteventura since 1860. The town's population is 29,160 (2013),< ...

. **Santa Cruz de la Palma to Arrecife, Cádiz, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife. **Santa Cruz de Tenerife to Arrecife, Cádiz, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria,

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and Santa Cruz de la Palma. * Inter-Canarian: **Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to Arrecife, Morro Jable, Puerto del Rosario, Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Santa Cruz de la Palma. * Mainland- Baleares: regular lines, in both directions, from: **

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and

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. **

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is ...

to Palma de Mallorca, Ibiza and Mahón. **

Gandía Gandia ( es, Gandía) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, eastern Spain on the Mediterranean. Gandia is located on the Costa del Azahar (or ''Costa dels Tarongers''), south of Valencia and north of Alicante. Vehicles can acc ...

to Palma de Mallorca and Ibiza. * South-

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: regular lines, in both directions, from: **

Algeciras Algeciras ( , ) is a municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Cádiz, Andalusia. Located in the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula, near the Strait of Gibraltar, it is the largest city on the Bay of Gibraltar ( es, Bahía de Algeci ...

Ceuta Ceuta (, , ; ar, سَبْتَة, Sabtah) is a Spanish autonomous city on the north coast of Africa. Bordered by Morocco, it lies along the boundary between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of several Spanish territorie ...

and Tánger (

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) **

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and Orán (Algeria),

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and

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(Morocco). **

Málaga Málaga (, ) is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 578,460 in 2020, it is the second-most populous city in Andalusia after Seville and the sixth most pop ...

. *

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: Previously operated regular lines, in both directions from: **

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(service now discontinued).

Fleet

As of 2018, Trasmediterránea owns and operates a large fleet of vessels, comprising 24

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ferries, 1 high speed

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and 3 high speed

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Former Fleet

*''Plus Ultra'' (1928-1977) Scrapped in

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in 1977. *''La Palma'' (1930-1976) As a museum ship in

Tenerife Tenerife (; ; formerly spelled ''Teneriffe'') is the largest and most populous island of the Canary Islands. It is home to 43% of the total population of the archipelago. With a land area of and a population of 978,100 inhabitants as of Janu ...

since 1986. *''Victoria'' (1952-1984) Scrapped in 1984. *''Virgen De Africa'' (1953-1986) Scrapped in 1992. *''Santa Maria De Las Nieves'' (1964-1982) Scrapped in 1992. *''Juan March'' (1966-1985) As ''Ocean Majesty'' since 1995. *''Santa Cruz De Tenerife'' (1966-1985) Scrapped in Aliaga,

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in 1987. *''Ciudad De Compostela'' (1967-1992) Sank as ''Saray Star'' while was on route from

Piraeus Piraeus ( ; el, Πειραιάς ; grc, Πειραιεύς ) is a port city within the Athens urban area ("Greater Athens"), in the Attica region of Greece. It is located southwest of Athens' city centre, along the east coast of the Saronic ...

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in 1994. *''Las Palmas De Gran Canaria'' (1967-1986) Scrapped as ''Royal Pacific'' at

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in 2005. *''Antonio Larazo'' (1968-1988) Scrapped as ''Logos Ii'' at Aliaga,

in 2008. *''Vicente Puchol'' (1969-1987) As ''7107 Islands Cruise'' since 2009. *''Isla De Menorca'' (1971-1984) Scrapped at Aliaga,

in 2004. *''J.J Sister'' (1975-1994) Scrapped at Aliaga,

in 2005. *''Manuel Solo'' (1976-1992) Scrapped at Aliaga,

in 2013. *''Ciudad De La Laguna'' (1975-1999) Scrapped in 2008. *''Villa De Agaete'' (1975-2002) Scrapped at

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in 2008. *''Canguro Bruno'' (1978-1982) Scrapped at Aliaga,

in 2001. *''Ciudad De Ceuta'' (1978-2001) Scrapped in 2001. *''Ciudad De Zaragoza'' (1978-1999) Scrapped at Cadiz,

in 2000. *''Ciudad De Badajoz'' (1979-2004) Scrapped as ''Nena'' at

in 2008. *''Ciudad De Sevilla'' (1980-2009) Scrapped as ''Sevilla'' in 2010. *''Ciudad De Santa Cruz De La Palma'' (1981-1998) Scrapped as ''Oriental Princess'' at

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

in 2014. *''Ciudad De Palma'' (1981-1982) Scrapped as ''Samundhar Sikharam'' at Aliaga,

in 2009. *''Ciudad De Salamanca'' (1982-2007) Scrapped at Aliaga,

in 2013. *''Ciudad De Valencia'' (1984-2009) Scrapped as ''Mary The Queen'' at

Manila Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's most densely populate ...

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in 2016. *''Bahia De Cadiz'' (1984-1985) Scrapped at Aliaga,

in 2012. *''Scirocco'' (1987-1992) Scrapped at

in 2009. *''Marrajo'' (1989-2000) As ''Fiammeta M'' for Ustica Lines in 2000. *''Ciudad De Burgos'' (1990-2007) Sank near

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in 2004 one person on board died and 20 are missing. *''Cala Salada'' (1990-2000) As ''Mira'' since 2019. *''Cala Fustan'' (1990-2000) As ''Amazon'' since 2014. *''Princess Dacil'' (1990-2006) As ''Rocket 3'' for a japanese company since 2006. *''Santa De Cruz De Tenerife'' (1993-2012) as ''Seira'' for an Indonesian company since 2017. *''Alcantara'' (1995-2012) as ''Royal Star'' since 2012. *''Almundaina'' (1996-2008) as ''San Valentin'' since 2008. *''Ciudad De Tanger'' (1998-2002) as ''Zadar'' for Jadrolinjia since 2004. *''Super-Fast Andalucia'' (1999-2015) Scrapped as ''Eurocargo Trieste'' at Aliaga,

in 2020. *''Super-Fast Canarias'' (1999-2015) Scrapped as ''Eurpcargo Patrasso'' at Aliaga,

in 2021. *''Millenium'' (2000-2010) as ''Volcan De Teno'' for

since 2016. *''Alyssa'' (2000-2001) as ''Optima Seaways'' for

DFDS DFDS is a Danish international shipping and logistics company. It is the busiest shipping company of its kind in Northern Europe and one of the busiest in Europe. The company's name is an abbreviation of Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab (literally ...

since 2012. *''Murillo'' (2002-2014) as ''Cracovia'' for

Polferries Polferries is the largest Polish ferry operator. The Polish Baltic Shipping Company was established on 31 January 1976 as a state-owned shipping company. Under the operating name ''Polferries'', the company runs ferry routes across the Baltic Sea ...

since 2017. *''Almudaina Dos'' (2005-2022) as ''Santa Irini'' for a Greek company since 2022. *''Zurbaran'' (2006-2019) as ''Isle Of Inisheer'' for

Irish Ferries Irish Ferries is an Irish ferry and transport company that operates passenger and freight services on routes between Ireland, Britain and Continental Europe, including Dublin Port–Holyhead; Rosslare Europort to Pembroke as well as Dublin Po ...

since 2019. *''El Greco'' (2006-2007) as ''Finbo Cargo'' for Eckero Line since 2019. *''Giulia D'Abundo'' (2007-2010) Scrapped as ''Abundo'' at

in 2010. *''Vronskiy'' (2008-2021) Scrapped as ''Damla'' at Aliaga,

in 2021. *''Aegean Heaven'' (2008-2010) as ''Ayshe'' since 2014. *''Albayzin'' (2010-2019) as ''Venezia'' for

Grimaldi Lines The Grimaldi Group is a private shipping company owned by the Grimaldi family (Emanuele Grimaldand based in Naples, Italy. Grimaldi operates a large fleet of ro-ro, ro-ro/multipurpose, con-ro multipurpose, PCTC (Pure Car and Truck Carrier), ro ...

since 2019. *''Tenacia'' (2011-2022) as ''Tenacia'' for

Grandi Navi Veloci Grandi Navi Veloci (''GNV'') is an Italian shipping company, based in Genoa, that operates ferry, ferries between mainland Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, France, Albania, Morocco and Tunisia. It was established by Aldo Grimaldi in 1992. History GN ...

since 2022. *''Audacia'' (2008-2011) as ''Rizhao Orient'' for a chinese company since 2014. *''Sherbatiskiy'' (2013-2015) Scrapped as ''Sher'' at

in 2015. *''Sorrento'' (2014-2015) A fire broke out when departure from

Palma De Mallorca Palma (; ; also known as ''Palma de Mallorca'', officially between 1983–88, 2006–08, and 2012–16) is the capital and largest city of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situate ...

in 24th April 2015. The passengers survived. In 2016 the ship scrapped at Aliaga,

. *''Snav Adriatico'' (2015-2017) as ''Snav Adriatico'' for

since 2017. *''Forza'' (2016-2022) as ''Forza'' for

since 2022. *''Dimonios'' (2017-2021) as ''Ciudad De Palma'' for Grimaldi Euromed since 2021. *''Nura Nova'' (2017-2019) as ''Lady Carmela'' for Gestour since 2019. *''Villa De Teror'' (2019-2020) as ''Madeleine II'' for C.T.M.A. since 2020.

References

External links

Trasmediterránea official website

Acciona corporate website
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