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Baleària has completed the integration process of Armas Trasmediterránea's Alboran and Strait perimeters, after obtaining all necessary authorizations from the competition authorities of Spain and Morocco.
The acquisition of the Alboran perimeter incorporates three vessels into the Baleària Group: the JJ Sister, the Almariya, and the Volcán de Timanfaya. For its part, the integration of the Strait perimeter includes the acquisition of various concessions, as well as the vessel Ciudad de Málaga.
With both operations, Baleària will take on approximately 250 employees. With this closure, the company takes legal and operational control of Armas Trasmediterránea's assets included in the Alboran and Strait areas. This operation is part of the acquisition process announced in August 2025, which already involved the closure of the Canary Islands perimeter in May.
Baleària's president, Adolfo Utor, highlighted the relevance of this strategic operation, noting that this union consolidates a long-term business project in which very significant trajectories of Spanish maritime transport converge. He also affirmed that Baleària assumes this growth as the main national capital ferry operator, being present in all cabotage connections within the national territory and capable of guaranteeing the strategic and essential nature that maritime communications represent for the cohesion and territorial structuring of Spain.
Utor also emphasized that the company's roadmap is clear and that it will respond with solvency, innovation, and stability to users, transporters, teams, and territories, as is already being done in the Canary Islands. To this end, it is planned to invest and adapt the offer to the quality standards of the parent company Baleària, integrating and strengthening the teams and optimizing operations through an investment and improvement plan for the acquired fleet that will enhance quality, passenger experience, environmental sustainability, and corporate culture.
The National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC) authorized the operation corresponding to the Strait perimeter in March and that of Alboran in May, while the Moroccan competition authority gave its approval to both perimeters at the end of June.
The culmination of these two areas comes one month after Baleària took effective control of operations in the Canary archipelago under the Baleària Canarias brand, where a three-year, USD 50 million investment plan is already underway for the modernization of vessels, the incorporation of four new vessels, and the reinforcement of staff.
With this operation, the resulting group now has approximately 4,500 employees and a fleet exceeding 50 ships. The combined annual traffic volume will widely exceed 8 million passengers and 11 million linear meters of cargo, generating consolidated revenue exceeding USD 1 billion.
Baleària Canarias has strengthened its staff structure with the incorporation of nearly one hundred professionals in the delegations and vessels operating in the archipelago. In addition, the company keeps another 15 selection processes open to continue strengthening its teams and consolidating its standards of quality, safety, and excellence.
This reinforcement, carried out in just one month of activity in the archipelago, responds to the shipping company's commitment to develop a solid operational structure prepared to face the current and future challenges of maritime transport in the Canary Islands.
On the one hand, new professionals have been incorporated into the delegations with the aim of enhancing customer service, reinforcing port operations, and accompanying the company's integration and growth process in the islands. And on the other hand, the staffing of the crews of the vessels acquired from Armas Trasmediterránea has been reinforced, adapting it to Baleària's standards.
