Trasmediterránea operates passengers and cargo ferries between mainland Spain and the

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, the

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, 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 to ...

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 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 ...

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

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

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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

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: **

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

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

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to Palma de Mallorca, Ibiza and Mahón. ** Gandía to Palma de Mallorca and Ibiza. * South-

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

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and Tánger (

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) **

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to Ghazaouet and Orán (Algeria),

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and Nador (Morocco). **

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. *

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

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(service now discontinued).

Fleet

Current

As of 2018, Trasmediterránea owns and operates a large fleet of vessels, comprising 25 roro ferries, 1 high speed

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and 3 high speed

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Former

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

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

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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 en route from

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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) Scrapped as ''7107 Island Cruise'' in Manila sometime in 2023/2024. *''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

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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

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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. The company's name is an abbreviation of Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab (literally ''The United Steamship Company''). DFDS was founded in 1866, when Carl Frederik Tietgen, C.F. Tiet ...

since 2012. *''Murillo'' (2002–2014) as ''Cracovia'' for Polferries 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, Pembrokeshire, Pembr ...

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'' from 2014 to 2022. As ''DCL Qingdao'' since 2022. *''Albayzin'' (2010–2019) as ''Venezia'' for Grimaldi Lines since 2019. *''Tenacia'' (2011–2022) as ''Tenacia'' for Grandi Navi Veloci 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 and 1988, 2006–2008, and 2012–2016), is the capital and largest city of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is ...

on 24 April 2015. The passengers survived. In 2016 the ship was scrapped at Aliaga,

. *''Snav Adriatico'' (2015–2017) as ''Snav Adriatico'' for Grandi Navi Veloci since 2017. *''Forza'' (2016–2022) as ''Forza'' for Grandi Navi Veloci 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. *''Las Palmas de Gran Canaria'' (1993–2024) for Siremar since 2024

References

External links

Trasmediterránea official website

Acciona corporate website
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