The maritime routes that run between Huelva and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Tenerife and Lanzarotedeclared of public interest, have closed the first six months of 2022 with an increase of 75.13% in passenger volume compared to the same period of the previous year.
According to data from the port of Huelva consulted by EFE, these regular lines registered a total of 38,170 passengers between January and June, which is 16,375 more than last year, in which the number of passengers stood at 21,795.
As for the number of vehicles transferred, the number has gone from 11,773 in the first six months of 2021 to 21,860 in 2022, which is 10,087 more, that is, a rise of 85.68 percent.
Currently there are two lines that cover the Huelva-Canary Islands route; one that started up on April 1, 2011 operated from the Port of Huelva for shipping arms and that, after exploding since July 1, 2018 FRS, returned to the hands of the first on July 1, 2021.
The other was launched in October 2018 by the shipping companies Fred Olsen Express and Baleària, through their Canary Bridge Seaways (CBS) alliance; 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 suppose the existence, with departure and arrival at the South Pier, of four weekly connections of ro-ro and ro-pax ships, with ro-ro cargo and passengers that connect Huelva with the Canary Islands.
These lines were declared in February by the Council of Ministers of public interest, establishing Public Service Obligations on them consisting of maintaining a minimum frequency of one weekly trip on each of them.
