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
Revenue	652,000,000 Euro (2023)
Number of employees	2,500 (2023)
Website	www.balearia.com

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 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 and Bimini in the Bahamas. 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.


Name	Built	Enterered service	Notes
Eleanor Roosevelt	2021	2021
Margarita Salas	2023	2024
Cap de Barbaria	2023	2023
Abel Matutes	2010	2010	after politician Abel Matutes
Avemar Dos	1997	2008
Regina Baltica	1980	2015
Bahama Mama	2010	2010	ex. SF Alhucemas. Sister ship of Ciudad de Mahón.
Cecilia Payne	1999	2018	after astronomer Cecilia Payne
Dénia Ciutat Creativa	1992	2016
Eco Aire	2018	2018
Eco Aqua	2018	2018
Eco Lux	2018	2018
Eco Terra	2018	2018
Formentera Direct	1987	2014
Hedy Lamarr	2010	2011	after actress/inventor Hedy Lamarr.
Hypatia de Alejandría	2019	2019	after scientist Hypatia. Sister ship to Marie Curie.
Marie Curie	2019	2019	after physicist Marie Curie. Sister ship to Hypatia de Alejandria.
Kerry	2001	2019
Jaume I	1994	2005	after king James I of Majorca
Jaume II	1996	2006	after king James II of Majorca
Jaume III	1996	2007	after king James III of Majorca
Martín i Soler	2008	2008	after composer Martín y Soler
Nixe	2004	2004
Nápoles	2002	2015	Sister ship to Sicilia
Passió Per Formentera	2009	2009
Poeta López Anglada	1984	2012
Tom Sawyer	2001	2023
Visborg	2000	2023	On charter from Destination Gotland
Ramón Llull	2003	2003	after humanist Ramon Llull
Rusadir	2018	2023^[1]
Sicilia	2002	2015	Sister ship to Nápoles
Virot	1973	2016
Wasa Express	1981	2022	On charter from United Marine Egypt (UME)
Ciudad de Mahón	2008	2024	On charter from Trasmed. Sister ship to Bahama Mama

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 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 sold to Medmar in 2023

Incidents

On 16 February 2012 the high speed ferry 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. There was one injury, but all passengers and crew were safely evacuated.^[2]

References

^ "Brittany Ferries' cancelled Honfleur as Baleària's Rusadir". niferry.co.uk - News and Information Ferry Site. 2023-04-16. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
^ Hancock, Paul. "Maverick Dos - Shipwreck Log". Shipwreck Log. shipwrecklog.com. Retrieved 29 October 2021.