Iscomar is a company that operates a single ferry service between Alcudia on the Balearic island of Mallorca and Ciutadella on the Balearic island of Menorca. It used to operate ferry services from the Balearics to the Spanish mainland but no longer does so owing to the precarious financial state of its parent company, Contenemar.

History

Iscomar began operations in 1979 with a small fleet of container ships. In 1998 Iscomar commenced a passenger service between Alcudia

Alcúdia

Alcúdia is a municipality and township of the Spanish autonomous community of the Balearic Islands.It is the main tourist centre in the North of Majorca. It is a large resort popular with families.Most of the hotels are located in Port d'Alcúdia and Platja d'Alcúdia along the 14 km long beach that...

 and Ciutadella using the Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese built MS Nura Nova. A fast ferry was acquired in 2005 to operate between Ibiza Town

Ibiza Town

Ibiza Town is a city and municipality located on the southeast coast of the island of Ibiza in the Balearic Islands autonomous community. Although called Ibiza in English and Spanish, the official name is in Catalan Eivissa and its inhabitants call it Vila d'Eivissa or simply Vila...

 and Formentera

Formentera

Formentera is the smaller and more southerly island of the Pine Islands group , which belongs to the Balearic Islands autonomous community .-Geography:...

. As of the 2011 operating season the company appears to be in severe difficulties as its website at www.iscomar.com shows it now only operating services between Alcudia and Ciutadella and none of its other routes to Mallorca or Ibiza from the Spanish mainland any longer seem to be in operation. The route map at www.iscomar.com still shows all the former operating routes but voyages on these routes cannot any longer be booked on the company's website. The insolvent state of the company that has led to it being banned from operating in to or out of the port of Barcelona can also be confirmed at www.ship2shore.it/english/articolo.php?id=5573

Routes

The company operates the following routes:

• Ibiza - Barcelona / Denia / Valencia / Formentera / Palma
• Palma - Valencia / Barcelona
• Mahon - Valencia / Barcelona
• Alcudia - Ciutadella

Fleet

Iscomar currently (June 2010) operates a fleet of two conventional roro vessels and one high speed

High-speed craft

A high-speed craft is a high speed water vessel for civilian use, also called a fastcraft or fast ferry.The first high-speed craft were often hydrofoils or hovercraft, but in the 1990s catamaran and even monohull designs have become popular.Most high-speed craft serve as passenger ferries, but the...

 catamaran

Catamaran

A catamaran is a type of multihulled boat or ship consisting of two hulls, or vakas, joined by some structure, the most basic being a frame, formed of akas...

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Name	Built	Entered service	Route	Passengers	Tonnage	Flag
Pitiusa Nova	1987	2005	Ibiza Town Ibiza Town Ibiza Town is a city and municipality located on the southeast coast of the island of Ibiza in the Balearic Islands autonomous community. Although called Ibiza in English and Spanish, the official name is in Catalan Eivissa and its inhabitants call it Vila d'Eivissa or simply Vila...  - Formentera Formentera Formentera is the smaller and more southerly island of the Pine Islands group , which belongs to the Balearic Islands autonomous community .-Geography:...	352		Spain
Nura Nova	1977	1998	Alcudia Alcúdia Alcúdia is a municipality and township of the Spanish autonomous community of the Balearic Islands.It is the main tourist centre in the North of Majorca. It is a large resort popular with families.Most of the hotels are located in Port d'Alcúdia and Platja d'Alcúdia along the 14 km long beach that...  - Ciutadella	800		Spain
Isabel Del Mar	1988	2008	Palma - Denia / Barcelona	2246		Spain