The` rent a car´ of Ibiza and Formentera freeze their prices

The car rental companies of Ibiza and Formentera will not so raise the prices this season "due to the big competition existing on the islands that it disables to gradually increase the costs to the final price", affirmed yesterday the president of the Rent a Car Association of Ibiza from the Pimeef, Elías Escandell. The vehicles will cost just like in 2005, between 30 and 300 euros, "depending on if it's small a utilitarian, a medium car, that does not go over the 40 euros; convertibles go up to around the 70, luxury cars can reach the 300 euros ". Escandell affirmed that the prices are even cheaper than in the Peninsula, since the prices have not been raised in the last 10 years. The increase of the price of fuels will just be perceived by the users when he fills the deposits, "since this hardly affects the costs of the vehicles".

This news article is from www.diariodeibiza.es, it has been translated and modified.

Baleària spends 93 million euros for a new ship on the Ibiza-Palma route

The shipping company Baleària has ordered the the construction from Bareras ship builders. The new Ferry involves an investment of 93 million euros and will have a capacity for 1,200 passengers.

According to the Association of Spanish Shipping companies (ANAVE), the new ship, that will be ready by 2008, will also have capacity for 1,720 linea meters of trailers and 108 cars or 1,195 meters of trailers and 332 caras. With 161.7 meters of length and 25.6 wide, it will reach a speed of 22 knots. This new ship has specifically been designed for the port of Denia and the traffic with Ibiza and Palma.