FerriMaroc was a Moroccan ferry company which started services between

Nador Port The port of Nador is a commercial port on the Mediterranean servicing the Rif area of Northern Morocco. The port is officially in Beni Ensar / Aït Nsar and shares its piers and entrance with the port of the Spanish enclave Melilla. It is a se ...

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

and the

Port of Almeria The Port of Almería is a busy ferry-port in Almería, Spain. Location The port is located in the center of the city, and serves primarily as a ferry terminal. Crossings to destinations in North Africa take approximately 6 hours (normal ferry t ...

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. Since 2010 the company has been part of the Spanish operator

Acciona Trasmediterránea Acciona, S.A. () is a Spanish multinational conglomerate dedicated to the development and management of infrastructure (construction, water, industrial and services) and renewable energy. The company, via subsidiary Acciona Energy, produces 21 te ...

.The Ferry site o
FerriMaroc
visited: 1 August 2013

History

In 1994, the company was the launch-operator as ferry operator on the route to/from the

Port of Nador A port is a maritime law, maritime facility comprising one or more Wharf, wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge Affreightment, cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can a ...

Beni Ansar Beni Ansar (Tarifit: Bni Nṣaa, ⴱⵏⵉ ⵏⵚⴰⴰ; Arabic: بني أنصار; Spanish: Beni Ensar) is a town in Nador Province, Oriental, Morocco, located 12 km (7½ miles) north of the city of Nador. It is bordered on the north by th ...

near

Nador Nador ( Riffian-Berber: ⵏⴰⴷⵓⵔ) is a coastal city and provincial capital in the northeastern Rif region of Morocco with a population of about 161,726 (2014 census). Nador city is separated from the Mediterranean Sea by a salt lagoon nam ...

in Morocco. Until that date one could only sail to the port of

Melilla Melilla ( , ; ; rif, Mřič ; ar, مليلية ) is an autonomous city of Spain located in north Africa. It lies on the eastern side of the Cape Three Forks, bordering Morocco and facing the Mediterranean Sea. It has an area of . It was par ...

, which is in the same basin as the port of Nador.

Fleet

Since the acquisition of FerriMaroc by Acciona the company has no fleet of its own, but over the years a range of ships have sailed for the company: sometimes painted in FerriMaroc livery, sometimes in either neutral colors or using the livery of the operator from whom a ship was leased. The former MS ''Wisteria'' (former: ''Prinses Beatrix'') (which should not be confused with the ship of the same name from 1975) is sailing on the Nador-Almeria route until 15 September 2013 under the name M/G ''Vronskiy''. Before the long-term charter in 2008 this ship had been sailing on this route during the summer season and in the rest of the year Transeuropa Ferries operated it on their Oostend-Ramsgate route. Until 2013, the owner of the ship was Wisteria Hawthorn Shipping Co. but after Transeuropa became bankrupt in April 2013 it was sold to Nizhniy Shipping Ltd. who renamed it M/F ''Vronskiy'', though the existing lease/charther to Acciona was continued. The ''Vronskiy'' is being used on the route Algeciras - Tanger except during the high summer season when she will sail the Nador-Almeria routeThe Ferry Site o
M/F Vronskiy / Wisteria
visited: 1 August 2013

Past and present fleet

{, class="wikitable" width="90%" ;" ! Name , , Built , , Sailing for FerriMaroc , , Source , - , MV ''Scirocco'' , , 1974 , , 1993, 1994–2004 , , FerrySite M/F Sara 3 , - , MV ''Mistral''
aka MV ''Mistral Express'' , , 1981 , , 1997–2005, 2005 , , FerrySite M/F Mistral Express , - , MV ''Normandy'' , , 1981 , , 2008 (summer) , , FerrySite M/F Normandy , - , MV ''Isabella I'' , , 1981 , , 2013 (summer) , , FerrySite M/F Isabella I , - , MV ''Wisteria'' , , 1978 , , 2005 (summer), 2006 (summer), 2008–? , , FerrySite M/F Vronskiy
History Wisteria , - , MV ''Sherbatskiy'' , , 1980 , , 2012–? , , FerrySite M/F Sherbatskiy
visited: 1 August 2013

Resources and notes

Ferry companies of Morocco Ferry companies of Spain