The port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife has hosted, this Thursday morning, the presentation of the new Ciudad de Valencia ferry, the most modern ropax-type ship in the Naviera Armas Trasmediterránea fleet, which debuted last Tuesday, August 11 in the Cádiz-Canarias line, thus taking over from the Ciudad de Palma ferry.
The presentation was attended by Carlos González Pérez, president of the Port Authority of Santa Cruz de Tenerife; the naval commander of Tenerife, Pablo Dodero; Aitor Acha, director of the Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife; as well as shippers, customers and the media. On the part of the company, the event was chaired by Francisco Oviedo, general director of Trasmediterránea, and Paulino Rivero, director of Institutional Relations.
During the presentation, Oviedo declared that “today is a very important day for Naviera Armas Trasmediterránea since we not only officially present this new and modern ship, but also reinforce our strong commitment to the main Banana Producer Organizations”. And it should be noted that thanks to the incorporation of the Ciudad de Valencia ferry, the banana export service is reinforced, mainly from the Islands of Tenerife and La Palma.
In this sense, Oviedo recalled that “shipping company and banana producers have maintained a close relationship for years, transporting annually up to 200 million kilos from the different islands and destined for the ripening centers and markets spread throughout the peninsula”.
The Ciudad de Valencia ship, the most modern in Europe in its class and the largest of its class built at the Visentini shipyard, is incorporated into the contract signed with the State until March 2022 and represents a significant improvement on the Cádiz-Canarias line. both in rotation times and in agility of the service and cargo and passenger capacity, so that every Thursday allows you to arrive very early to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
In both ports, in addition, all possible combinations are provided with the inter-island service of Naviera Armas Trasmediterránea in a radio program that connects the entire archipelago, being the only shipping company that currently makes it possible.
The duration of the trip between Cádiz and Arrecife is shortened by three hours so that every Wednesday it will arrive in Lanzarote at 7.30 pm. The next stopover will be in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, where it will arrive at 02:00 on Thursday and at dawn it will continue to Santa Cruz de Tenerife, being docked at 08:00, so that every Thursday it operates in the two main ports of Canarias, which constitutes a novel bet in the extraordinary service provided by Naviera Armas Trasmediterránea.
The ship Ciudad de Valencia will wake up every Friday in the port of Santa Cruz de La Palma, on a stopover that guarantees the second weekly shipment of the island banana production to the mainland markets. On the return trip, on Friday night, it will be back in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and every Saturday it will dock in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura) and Arrecife de Lanzarote, starting at dawn on Sunday the return to Cádiz, where it will arrive at 08:00 on Monday, also shortening the duration of the trip by three hours.
The incorporation of the ship to the Cádiz-Canarias line means increasing the cargo capacity by 30 percent compared to the current offer, which fully ensures the transportation needs of ro-ro cargo of the clients of Naviera Armas Trasmediterránea.
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