Baleària

Baleària

Founded	1998
Headquarters	Dénia, Spain
Area served	Balearic Islands, Spain, Morocco, Grand Bahama, Florida (USA)
Key people	Adolfo Utor, CEO
Services	Passenger transportation, Freight transportation
Website	www.balearia.com

Martin i Soler departing Ibiza

Visemar One arriving at Ibiza

Baleària is the trading name for the Spanish shipping company Baleària Eurolínias 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 Dénia, Valencia and Barcelona. The company also operates service across the Strait of Gibraltar from Algeciras to Ceuta and Tangier.

In North America, Baleària operates regular international ferry service between the port of Fort Lauderdale, Florida in the United States and Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.

Fleet

Current vessels

Baleària currently (September 2014) operates a fleet of nine fast ferries and eight roro vessels.

Name	Built	Enterered service	Gross Tonnage	Notes	Source
Abel Matutes	2010	2010	29,670	Barcelona/Valencia-Palma de Mallorca	[1]
Avemar Dos	1997	2008	5,517	laid up in Algeciras (September 2014)	[2]
Poeta López Anglada	1984	2012	15,093	Algeciras - Ceuta	[3]
Formentera Direct	1987	2014	775	Ibiza - Palma	[4]
Jaume I	1994	2005	5,889	Algeciras - Ceuta	[5]
Jaume II	1996	2006	4,112	Algeciras - TangerMed	[6]
Jaume III	1996	2007	4,305	San Antonio - Dénia	[7]
Levante	1994	2013	1,044	Barcelona-San Antonio/Ciutadella	[8]
Martín I Soler	2008	2008	24,761	Barcelona - Alcudia	[9]
Maverick	1990	2011	442	Ibiza-Formentera	[10]
Maverick Dos	1990	2011	442	Ibiza-Formentera	[11]
Nissos Chios	2007	2014	14,717	Denia-Ibiza-Mallorca	[12]
Nixe	2004	2004	2,292	Ibiza-Formentera	[13]
Passió Per Formentera	2009	2009	6,146	Alcudia - Ciutadella	[14]
Pinar del Río	1992	2008	3,454	Balearia Bahamas Express	[15]
Posidonia	1980	2012	1,386	Ibiza-Formentera/Denía	[16]
Ramón Llull	2001	2001	2,620	Denía - Formentera - Ibiza	[17]
SF Alhucemas	2010	2010	20,238	Fort Lauderdale-Freeport	[18]
Visemar One	2010	2010	26,500	Chartered from Visemar Line, Barcelona/Valencia-Palma de Mallorca	[19]

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, renamed Bari
• MS Isla de Ibiza
• MS Manuel Azaña - Sold to Arab Bridge Maritime, renamed Amman
• MS Meloodia
• HSC Nixe 2 - Sold to Excalibur International Marine, renamed Nixen
• MS Pau Casals
• MS Rólon Sur
• MS Sonia

Incidents

On 16 February 2012 the high speed catamaran Maverick Dos ran aground whilst on passage from Ibiza Town to Formentera. The vessel was carrying 21 passengers and 6 crew at the time of the incident.

References

1. The Ferry Site about M/F Abel Matutes
2. The Ferry Site about HSC Avemar Dos
3. The Ferry Site about M/F Poeta López Anglada
4. The Ferry Site about HSC Formentera Direct
5. The Ferry Site about HSC Jaume I
6. The Ferry Site about HSC Jaume II
7. The Ferry Site about HSC Jaume III
8. The Ferry Site about M/F Levante
9. The Ferry Site about M/F Martín I Soler
10. Balearia about HSC Maverick
11. Balearia about HSC Maverick Dos
12. Balearia.com
13. The Ferry Site about HSC Nixe
14. The Ferry Site about M/F Passió Per Formentera
15. The Ferry Site about HSC Pinar del Rio
16. The Ferry Site about M/F Posidonia
17. The Ferry Site about HSC Ramón Llull
18. The Ferry Site about M/F SF Alhucemas
19. The Ferry Site about M/F Visemar One