Smells new. Trasmediterranean Arms Shipping Company the new ferry launched today “Valencia city”, That will become from this afternoon, the third ship with which the company will connect the Canary Islands with the peninsula through the port of Cádiz. During the presentation on board the ship, the communication director of Trasmediterránea, Juan Carlos Díaz, He explained that this ferry will increase the loading capacity of this Cadiz-Canary connection by 30 percent and save travel time in three hours, as it is a faster boat.
“We are facing one of the best moments in terms of supply capacity, with three ships, which means that there is demand for that and to put means for the carriers and suppliers of the archipelago that continue to prefer Cádiz as the most direct line between the Canary Islands. and the peninsula “, Díaz has argued.
This afternoon the “Ciudad de Valencia” begins its maiden voyage by departing at four in the afternoon from the port of Cádiz, From where it will leave each afternoon, to arrive at Arrecife, in Lanzarote, at seven in the afternoon on Wednesday, which represents a saving of three hours in the time used so far.
The ship, the largest of its class, has been built at the Visentini shipyard in Venice (Italy) and is incorporated into the contract that the shipping company has with the state until March 2022.
“It is a significant improvement of the Cádiz-Canarias line, both in terms of rotation times, as in service agility and cargo and passenger capacity, so that every Thursday it allows us to arrive early to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife” , the company states in a statement.
After Arrecife, the ferry will arrive at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, on Thursday at two in the morning, and will continue to Santa Cruz de Tenerife, where it is scheduled to arrive at eight in the morning.
Afterwards, it will go to Santa Cruz de La Palma, where it will dawn every Friday, the day on which it will start the return journey, also passing through Puerto del Rosario, in Fuerteventura, which also covers an interconnection service between the large Canary Islands.
The ship has an area of 1,500 square meters on two decks, it can accommodate 604 in cabins and 189 in seats, with two bars, a self-service restaurant, an open-air terrace and a garage with 3,330 linear meters of ro-ro cargo, of which 2,564 are for road trailers and the rest for rigid trucks, vans and 263 cars.
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