Boluda Lines of Spain launched a new weekly service connecting the Spanish mainland with Tenerife and Las Palmas on the Canary Islands from 25th September, with a transit time of 2 days. The 7,550gt/1996 built and 749 TEU capacity Wega is employed on this service, departing Alicante every Friday, and the Canary islands every Monday, complementing the already existing MED service which covers the route between Barcelona, Valencia and the Canary islands.