The Motril Port Authority has restarted improvement & modernisation work on the passenger terminal these past few days, now that the summer, peak-passenger period for ferry lines to and from North Africa is over.
According to a recent studied brought out by the Universidad de Granada, Motril Port is one of the most accessible on the Spanish Mediterranean coast.
This latest one was a little more boisterous, registering 4.2 on the Richter Scale.
The bad news is that the calima is back this weekend. The good news is that it will be less intense and shorter in duration.
When we say summer temperatures are coming, we don’t mean, ‘come summer,’ but rather this week in some places in Andalucía.
We woke up to a red/orange day yesterday, thanks to the ‘calima’ caused by the Sahara, and shared photos on social media of how the towns where we live look.
At last, Motril Port has been put on the same footing as Málaga and Almería with the North-African ferry services.
The Junta de Andalucía has expressed its concern over the coming, yearly, ferry operationes between Andalusian ports and North Africa (OPE).
It seems that Motril has received another blow from the Central Government, which has excluded it from the list of “Safe Ports” that passenger traffic can use.
The Moroccan authorities have announced that they will suspend all travel between Spain and Morocco, including both sea links and flights.