Balearia the Denia based ferry company is studying plans to see if it can operate out of Alicante and provide new routes to Africa and Italy.They feel that these are options well worth exploring.The company feels that Alicante port is strategically a very important and attractive port of economic interest to the company.

If the company were to operate out of Alicante it would not run a service to Ibiza because the current service out of denia is more efficient and covers the demand for transport to the island.One of the main objectives is to develop routes to Italy which do not exist at the moment.They want to expand the services to North Africa which at the moment is only served by two routes.

The company is also planning to increase its commercial transport links with Alicante and is considering a route to the canary islands too.Negotiations are taking place but it isn´t known just when all of this might happen.