In addition to the national company Algérie Ferries and the French company Corsica Linea, a new passenger shipping company is entering the Algerian market: Nouris Elbahr Ferries, which has just been launched.
It was the Bejaia Port Company (EPB) that officially announced the launch of the activities of this new company, which will operate its crossings on the Bejaia-Marseille line with the Cracovia ferry, a large-capacity semi-cargo ship. “The Bejaia Port Company informs you of the official launch of the activities of Nouris Elbahr Ferries,” we can read in the EPB press release published on Facebook this Wednesday, August 7, specifying that it is a “new shipping company, now operational, offering crossings aboard its Cracovia ferry.”
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Three round-trip crossings are already planned between the ports of Béjaïa and Marseille. The first will take place on August 23, 2023, with a departure from Marseille to Béjaïa. The ship will arrive in Béjaïa at 2 p.m. and will leave for Marseille the same day at 8 p.m. The second voyage of the Cracovia is scheduled for September 7, with an arrival in Béjaïa at 2 p.m. and a departure at 8 p.m. for Marseille. Finally, on September 22, the Nouris Elbahr Ferries ship will dock in Béjaïa at 2 p.m. and set sail again at 8 p.m. towards Marseille.
The Cracovia, built in 2002, was acquired in 2017 by Polferries, the largest
Polish ferry operator. The ship was subsequently rebuilt in a
Polish shipyard. With a length of 180 m and a width of 24.30 m, it can accommodate up to 650 passengers, as well as a significant number of vehicles: 64 cars, approximately 98 long-distance trucks, and 26 short-distance trucks simultaneously. It has a service speed of 16.7 knots.
The Cracovia “meets the requirements of existing conventions, recommendations of the International Maritime Organization, as well as other navigation restrictions,” according to the website of the Polish operator, which owns the ship.
