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 The Balearic Islands are an archipelago in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. The archipelago forms a Provinces of Spain, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain, ...

from

Dénia Dénia (; ) is a historical coastal city in the province of Alicante, Spain, on the Costa Blanca halfway between Alicante and Valencia (city in Spain), Valencia, and the capital and judicial seat of the Comarques of the Valencian Community, ''c ...

Valencia Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...

and

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of 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 c ...

. The company also operates service across the

Strait of Gibraltar The Strait of Gibraltar is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Europe from Africa. The two continents are separated by 7.7 nautical miles (14.2 kilometers, 8.9 miles) at its narrowest point. Fe ...

from

Algeciras Algeciras () is a city and a municipalities in Spain, 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 G ...

Ceuta Ceuta (, , ; ) is an Autonomous communities of Spain#Autonomous cities, autonomous city of Spain on the North African coast. Bordered by Morocco, it lies along the boundary between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Ceuta is one of th ...

and

Tangier Tangier ( ; , , ) is a city in northwestern Morocco, on the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The city is the capital city, capital of the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region, as well as the Tangier-Assilah Prefecture of Moroc ...

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

Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale ( ) is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida, north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean. It is the county seat of and most populous city in Broward County, Florida, Broward County with a population of 182,760 at the ...

in the

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

and Freeport,

Grand Bahama Island Grand Bahama is the northernmost of the islands of the Bahamas. It is the third largest island in the Bahamas island chain of approximately 700 islands and 2,400 cays. The island is roughly in area and approximately long west to east and at it ...

and

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

Bahamas The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an archipelagic and island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean. It contains 97 per cent of the archipelago's land area and 88 per cent of its population. ...

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

Fleet

Current vessels

As of December 2024, Baleària currently operates a fleet of 34 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 Greece, Greek company that operates ferry services from Italy to Greece and Albania. Routes Ventouris Ferries operates four routes across the Adriatic Sea. *Bari - Durrës (MS Rigel II, Rigel II & MS Rigel III, Rigel III ...

, renamed ''Bari'' *MS Isla de Ibiza *MS Meloodia *HSC Nixe 2 - Sold to Excalibur International Marine, renamed ''Ocean Lala'' *MS Pau Casals *MS Posidonia - Sold to Caremar, renamed "Nereide" *MS Rólon Sur *MS Sonia *HSC Maverick Dos *HSC Pinar del Rio - crashed in Denia in August 2019, scrapped. *MS

Posidonia ''Posidonia'' is a genus of flowering plants. It contains nine species of marine plants ("seagrass"), found in the seas of the Mediterranean and around the south coast of Australia. The APG system (1998) and APG II system (2003) accept this ge ...

sold to Medmar in 2023

Incidents

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

Ibiza Town Ibiza (; , commonly also or simply ) is a city and municipality located on the southeast coast of the island of Ibiza in the Balearic Islands autonomous community. Overview The name of ''Ibiza'' in Catalan is and it is sometimes called o ...

Formentera Formentera (, ) is a Spanish island located in the Mediterranean Sea, which belongs to the Balearic Islands autonomous community (Spain) together with Mallorca, Menorca, and Ibiza. Formentera is the smallest and most southerly island of the ...

. 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