The maritime routes between Huelva and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Tenerife and Lanzarote closed 2022 with almost 70,000 passengers.
Information Vía: Huelva Información
The maritime routes between Huelva and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Tenerife and Lanzarote, declared of public interest, closed 2022 with an annual increase of 44.81% in passenger volume compared to the previous year. Between January and December 2022, these regular lines registered a total of 69,665 passengers, which is 21,557 more than in 2021, when the number of passengers stood at 48,108.
The number of vehicles transferred has risen from 26,877 in 2021 to 39,531 in 2022, which is 12,654 more, an increase of 47.08 percent. There are currently two lines which cover the Huelva-Canary Islands route; one which was launched on the 1st of April of 2011 by the shipping company Armas , after being operated from July 2018 to July 2021 by FRS, returned to the initial company which maintains it at present.
The other was launched in October 2018 by the shipping companies Fred Olsen Express and Baleària, through their alliance Canary Bridge Seaways (CBS); it is a triangular route between the ports of Huelva, La Luz in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife. These two lines imply the existence, with departure and arrival at the r, e weekly connections of ro-ro and ro-pax vessels, with ro-ro cargo and passengers connecting Huelva with the Canary Islands.
These lines were declared in February 2022 by the Council of Ministers to be of public interest, establishing Public Service Obligations on them consisting of maintaining a minimum frequency of one weekly trip on each of them.
