Ferries to the Canarie islands = Lanzarotie
 

Hi All
Just a quick question, does anyone know if you can get a ferry to the Canerrie islands = mainly Lanzarotie from either Morocco or Western Sahara.
If So which port. And can they take a truck? Has anyone done it? Casablanca or Rabat
Many Thanks
Rob
Bedford MJ Old and slow http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/ubb/smile.gif

PS have found this link for Ferries = Europe to N/Africa
http://uk.geocities.com/my_ferries/westmed.html



[This message has been edited by Bert (edited 07 April 2005).]

Apparently not: http://www.triotours.com/faq/ma/from-canary-islands.htm

I tried in Casablanca in 1990 and nobody in the port knew anything about the ferry that was shown on my German map.

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Salut from Southern France, the bikers' paradise,

Peter.

I checked just a month ago and found only a freight route that didn't take passengers. I also found out that ferries from Lanzarote to Spain would cost more than a charter flight from Denmark, including my bicycle.

Poul B-H

I found it easy to ship my bike from Nouackchott (mauritania) to the canary Islands and fly to meet it. then I got ferry from Lanzarote to Algeciras.

hope this helps
Karim

Hi Karim
Thanks for the info.
how long did the ship take to get From Nouackchott to Lanzarote?
and do you think that they will take a Bedford MJ as freight?
Thanks
Rob
Bedford MJ Old, Slow & Orange

I suspect it needs to go in a container.

from bike dropoff to pickup in palma, about a week.

Hi Karim
Thanks for the reply,
It wont fit in a container (to Big) so i will have to ask about when I'm there.
At least i know that its sort of possible.

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Rob
Bedford MJ Old, Slow & Orange

But it will fit onto a flat rack. If you can get it onto a 20 ft flat rack you're in for about 500 euros loading only (1000 in Cape Town) and then it has to be top of the stack on a container ship (reserved place = more expensive). If it's over 2.5 m wide you simply pay for the container they can't put next to yours.
A 40 ft flat rack is just silly money, my camper is 3cm too long for some 20 ft flat racks and you only find out if it fits at the port; all a bit uncertain for my liking.
I think Navitrans run RoRos from southern France to West Africa/Canaries, they're not good at answering e-mails and I never managed to get a contact name.
Good luck
Luke

Hi Luke.
Thanks for info.
Its a bit longer that 20ft
24ft http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/ubb/redface.gif(
will try Navitrans and see if i have any luck there, it was only a thought when i come back from Going south to go via Canaries and back to uk rather than back through North Sahara.
Might have to revise plan.


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Rob
Bedford MJ Old, Slow & Orange

Naviera armas
 

There´s a ferry company wich will run the line Las Palmas-Fuerteventura-Tarfaya in the next moth.

The carrier is http://www.naviera-armas.com is not possible to book already but the say the line will be ready for the end of September:thumbup1: