Baleària is the trading name for the Spanish shipping company Baleària Eurolíneas Marítimas S.A. The company operates passenger ferry services in the Mediterranean and Caribbean.

Routes

In the Mediterranean region, Baleària operates domestic services within Spain to the Balearic Islands from

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Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area al ...

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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 ...

. The company also operates service across the

Strait of Gibraltar The Strait of Gibraltar ( ar, مضيق جبل طارق, Maḍīq Jabal Ṭāriq; es, Estrecho de Gibraltar, Archaism, Archaic: Pillars of Hercules), also known as the Straits of Gibraltar, is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to ...

from

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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 territo ...

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Tangier Tangier ( ; ; ar, طنجة, Ṭanja) is a city in northwestern Morocco. It is on the Moroccan coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel. The town is the ca ...

. In North America, Baleària operates regular international ferry service between the port of

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in the

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Bimini Bimini is the westernmost district of the Bahamas and comprises a chain of islands located about due east of Miami. Bimini is the closest point in the Bahamas to the mainland United States and approximately west-northwest of Nassau. The popula ...

in the

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. They operate in the US under the name Baleària Caribbean.

Fleet

Current vessels

Baleària currently (September 2019) operates a fleet of thirty vessels.

Past vessels

*HSC Al Sabini *MS Bahia de Malaga - Sold to Kada Denizcilik Turism, renamed ''Med Dream'' *MS Bahia de Ceuta - Sold to Nova Ferries, renamed ''Ilha Azul'' *MS Borja *MS Borja Dos *MS Breant *MS Clipper Racer *MS Espalmador *HSC Federico Garía Lorca - Sold to Conferry, renamed ''San Francisco de Asís'' *MS Guido *MS Hoburgen *MS Isla de Botafoc - Sold to

Ventouris Ferries Ventouris Ferries is a Greek company that operates ferry services from Italy to Greece and Albania. Routes Ventouris Ferries operates three routes across the Adriatic Sea. *Bari - Durres (Rigel II & Rigel III & Rigel VII) *Bari - Corfu ...

, renamed ''Bari'' *MS Isla de Ibiza *MS Meloodia *HSC Nixe 2 - Sold to Excalibur International Marine, renamed ''Ocean Lala'' *MS Pau Casals *MS Rólon Sur *MS Sonia *HSC Maverick Dos *HSC Pinar del Rio

Incidents

On 16 February 2012 the high speed ferry ''Maverick Dos'' ran aground whilst on passage from

Ibiza Town Ibiza (; officially in Catalan: Eivissa ) is a city and municipality located on the southeast coast of the island of Ibiza in the Balearic Islands autonomous community. Overview Although called Ibiza in English and Spanish, the official nam ...

Formentera Formentera (, ) is the smallest and most southerly island of the Pityusic Islands group (comprising Ibiza and Formentera, as well as various small islets), which belongs to the Balearic Islands autonomous community (Spain). It covers an area ...

. The vessel was carrying 21 passengers and 6 crew at the time of the incident. There was one injury, but all passengers and crew were safely evacuated.

Routes

Fleet

Current vessels

Past vessels

Incidents

References

Further reading