Martin considers Interferry "a great opportunity" to promote the port of Santander in the international community
The president of the Port Authority of Santander (APS) and the general director of Tourism participate in the inaugural day of Interferry 2021, which brings together in Santander more than 300 industry professionals.
Santander 04-10-21. The president of the APS, Francisco Martin, participated this afternoon in the opening day of the Interferry 2021 Conference, where he thanked Brittany Ferries for its "firm commitment" to Cantabria, after more than 40 years operating in the region, "creating jobs in the tourism and industrial sectors, launching new routes, building larger and more sustainable ships and promoting the passage of English tourism in the region.
For Martin, the celebration of Interferry in our Port is a "magnificent opportunity" both "to facilitate cooperation networks within the ferry world and to publicize our infrastructure and our know-how in the industry".
Also, the president of the port has highlighted "the joint work being developed" Brittany Ferries and APS so that the port "remains the most suitable" to attract the traffic of the shipping company so that "we are starting the construction of a new ferry terminal and a supply station for Liquefied Natural Gas".
For its part, the Director General of Tourism of the Government of Cantabria, Marta Barca, who also participated in the event held on board the Pont Aven, thanked Brittany Ferries for its continued commitment to Cantabria and its contribution to tourism and commercial development of Santander and the whole of the Autonomous Community.
Barca stressed that postulate Santander as the venue for this event of international reference in the sector, which brings together during these days in the capital to 300 professionals from all over the world, is a further demonstration of the firm commitment of Brittany Ferries with Cantabria and another chapter of "a success story" that began more than 40 years ago when the first ship of the company sailed from Santander to Plymouth.
On behalf of the Minister of Industry, Tourism, Innovation, Transport and Trade, Javier Lopez Marcano, the director thanked Brittany Ferries that "loyalty" that has made the shipping company "one of the great allies" of the region, and has pushed us to be the first port of the northern coast of Spain in passenger traffic.
"This is undoubtedly a success story that will continue to be written in the future with major projects in which we are already immersed," said Barca in reference to investments amounting to more than 100 million euros planned by the Port Authority of Santander in short-term projects "strategic and exciting" as the new terminal for Brittany Ferries, which "will surely make our port grow and, given its capacity, also the new terminal for Brittany Ferries, which will be the first port in the north of Spain in terms of passenger traffic.
"This is undoubtedly a success story that will continue to be written in the future with major projects in which we are already immersed," stressed Barca in reference to investments amounting to more than 100 million euros planned by the Port Authority of Santander in short-term projects "strategic and exciting" as the new terminal for Brittany Ferries, which "will surely grow our port and, given its capacity, also the economy of Cantabria".
"All this draws a prosperous future in which we want to continue walking hand in hand with Brittany Ferries as we have done in the last four decades," concluded the director general of Tourism, which has invited the participants of Interferry to take advantage of their stay in Santander to know the largest possible number of attractions of Santander and Cantabria, both scenic and cultural and, of course, gastronomic.
He has closed the ceremony the general manager of Brittany Ferries, Christophe Mathieu, who thanked the crew and the entire team of the shipping company that have made it possible "that we are all here together celebrating the success of this first day of the 45th edition of Interferry".
Also in attendance were the Councillor for Tourism of the City of Santander, Miriam Diaz, and the Chief of Police in Cantabria, Carmen Martinez Ruiz, among other authorities.