{"id":10733,"date":"2026-04-01T05:45:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oepb.org\/web\/?p=10733"},"modified":"2026-04-01T05:45:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:45:53","slug":"competencia-da-el-visto-bueno-a-balearia-para-la-compra-de-activos-de-armas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oepb.org\/web\/2026\/04\/01\/competencia-da-el-visto-bueno-a-balearia-para-la-compra-de-activos-de-armas\/","title":{"rendered":"Competencia\u00a0da el\u00a0visto\u00a0bueno\u00a0a\u00a0Bale\u00e0ria\u00a0para la compra de\u00a0activos\u00a0de Armas\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bale\u00e0ria&nbsp;recibe&nbsp;luz&nbsp;verde&nbsp;de la CNMC para el control de&nbsp;activos&nbsp;de la&nbsp;naviera&nbsp;Armas&nbsp;Trasmediterr\u00e1nea&nbsp;en&nbsp;Canarias&nbsp;y el&nbsp;estrecho&nbsp;de Gibraltar&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oepb.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-1024x577.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oepb.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.oepb.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.oepb.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/www.oepb.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image.png 1245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Armas&nbsp;Trasmediterr\u00e1nea<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>El Mercantil<\/strong>&nbsp;Madrid&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">31 de&nbsp;marzo&nbsp;de 2026&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La&nbsp;Comisi\u00f3n&nbsp;Nacional de los&nbsp;Mercados&nbsp;y la&nbsp;Competencia&nbsp;(CNMC) ha&nbsp;autorizado&nbsp;en&nbsp;segunda&nbsp;fase dos&nbsp;operaciones&nbsp;de&nbsp;concentraci\u00f3n&nbsp;por las que la&nbsp;naviera&nbsp;Bale\u00e0ria&nbsp;adquiere&nbsp;el control&nbsp;exclusivo&nbsp;de&nbsp;determinados&nbsp;activos&nbsp;de Armas&nbsp;Trasmediterr\u00e1nea&nbsp;en&nbsp;Canarias&nbsp;y el&nbsp;estrecho&nbsp;de Gibraltar.&nbsp;Ambas&nbsp;empresas&nbsp;est\u00e1n&nbsp;presentes en el&nbsp;mercado&nbsp;de&nbsp;transporte&nbsp;mar\u00edtimo&nbsp;regular de carga rodada y&nbsp;pasajeros, en las&nbsp;rutas&nbsp;del&nbsp;sur&nbsp;peninsular-Estrecho&nbsp;y Pen\u00ednsula-Canarias. El&nbsp;grupo&nbsp;dan\u00e9s&nbsp;DFDS&nbsp;tambi\u00e9n&nbsp;estaba&nbsp;bajo&nbsp;la lupa del&nbsp;organismo&nbsp;competencial por&nbsp;levantar&nbsp;sus&nbsp;sospechas&nbsp;acerca&nbsp;de&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/elmercantil.com\/2025\/08\/25\/balearia-y-dfds-se-repartiran-el-negocio-de-armas-trasmediterranea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">la adquisici\u00f3n de control exclusivo de algunos activos de Armas<\/a>&nbsp;en Gibraltar. En el caso de&nbsp;Bale\u00e0ria, en la compra de&nbsp;Canarias, la CNMC&nbsp;hab\u00eda&nbsp;detectado&nbsp;riesgos&nbsp;para la&nbsp;competencia&nbsp;\u201cque han&nbsp;requerido&nbsp;compromisos\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bale\u00e0ria&nbsp;ha&nbsp;circulado&nbsp;unos&nbsp;compromisos que la CNMC considera&nbsp;suficientes&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A&nbsp;juicio&nbsp;de&nbsp;Competencia, esta&nbsp;operaci\u00f3n&nbsp;podr\u00eda&nbsp;generar&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/elmercantil.com\/2026\/01\/02\/la-venta-de-activos-de-armas-a-balearia-genera-dudas-a-las-autoridades-de-competencia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">una situaci\u00f3n de monopolio en el mercado de transporte mar\u00edtimo regular de carga rodada y pasajeros en esa ruta<\/a>,&nbsp;mientras&nbsp;que en el&nbsp;\u00e1mbito&nbsp;interinsular,&nbsp;Bale\u00e0ria&nbsp;pasar\u00eda&nbsp;a ocupar la&nbsp;posici\u00f3n&nbsp;de Armas. La CNMC&nbsp;detect\u00f3&nbsp;entre los&nbsp;riesgos&nbsp;en la zona de&nbsp;Canarias&nbsp;la&nbsp;posible&nbsp;reducci\u00f3n&nbsp;de&nbsp;calidad&nbsp;de las&nbsp;frecuencias, o&nbsp;incluso&nbsp;del n\u00famero de&nbsp;\u00e9stas. \u201cExistir\u00eda&nbsp;un incentivo para suprimir&nbsp;frecuencias&nbsp;menos&nbsp;rentables y&nbsp;reducir&nbsp;la&nbsp;calidad&nbsp;del&nbsp;servicio&nbsp;prestado\u201d,&nbsp;argument\u00f3&nbsp;Competencia.&nbsp;Adem\u00e1s,&nbsp;aleg\u00f3&nbsp;que&nbsp;podr\u00edan&nbsp;existir&nbsp;incrementos&nbsp;de&nbsp;precios&nbsp;en&nbsp;rutas&nbsp;de&nbsp;transporte&nbsp;de&nbsp;pasajeros&nbsp;que no&nbsp;cuentan&nbsp;con la&nbsp;declaraci\u00f3n&nbsp;de&nbsp;Obligaci\u00f3n&nbsp;de Servicio P\u00fablico, como en el caso de la ruta Huelva-Canarias,&nbsp;as\u00ed&nbsp;como en el&nbsp;transporte&nbsp;de&nbsp;mercanc\u00edas. Por&nbsp;\u00faltimo,&nbsp;se\u00f1al\u00f3&nbsp;que&nbsp;desaparecer\u00eda&nbsp;\u201cuno&nbsp;de los dos licitadores&nbsp;hist\u00f3ricos&nbsp;que presta&nbsp;servicios&nbsp;en&nbsp;esa&nbsp;zona\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bale\u00e0ria&nbsp;ha&nbsp;presentado&nbsp;una&nbsp;serie&nbsp;de compromisos que la CNMC considera&nbsp;suficientes&nbsp;para solucionar los&nbsp;problemas&nbsp;de&nbsp;competencia. Entre&nbsp;ellos,&nbsp;disolver&nbsp;la&nbsp;comunidad&nbsp;de&nbsp;bienes&nbsp;por la&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/elmercantil.com\/2025\/06\/09\/balearia-y-fred-olsen-refuerzan-la-ruta-tenerife-huelva-con-un-cuarto-servicio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">que Bale\u00e0ria explotaba con Fred Olsen la ruta Huelva-Canarias<\/a>, y no&nbsp;alcanzar&nbsp;acuerdos&nbsp;horizontales&nbsp;similares&nbsp;con ninguna&nbsp;otra&nbsp;compa\u00f1\u00eda&nbsp;para&nbsp;esa&nbsp;l\u00ednea;&nbsp;mantener&nbsp;la&nbsp;capacidad&nbsp;y&nbsp;frecuencias&nbsp;actuales; invertir en la&nbsp;mejora&nbsp;de la flota comprada a Armas, con una&nbsp;inversi\u00f3n&nbsp;prevista de 25&nbsp;millones&nbsp;de euros en tres&nbsp;a\u00f1os;&nbsp;garantizar&nbsp;la&nbsp;sostenibilidad&nbsp;adecuando&nbsp;a flota a los&nbsp;est\u00e1ndares&nbsp;de&nbsp;Bale\u00e0ria; y&nbsp;reforzar&nbsp;la&nbsp;competencia&nbsp;en&nbsp;rutas&nbsp;entre&nbsp;islas,&nbsp;reactivando, por&nbsp;ejemplo, la ruta Morro&nbsp;Jable-Las&nbsp;Palmas, que Armas&nbsp;hab\u00eda&nbsp;dejado&nbsp;de operar.&nbsp;Tras&nbsp;la&nbsp;investigaci\u00f3n&nbsp;en&nbsp;segunda&nbsp;fase, la CNMC considera que los compromisos que ha&nbsp;presentado&nbsp;Bale\u00e0ria&nbsp;en el caso de&nbsp;Canarias&nbsp;\u201cson&nbsp;adecuados,&nbsp;suficientes&nbsp;y&nbsp;proporcionados&nbsp;para solucionar los&nbsp;problemas&nbsp;de&nbsp;competencia&nbsp;que&nbsp;puede&nbsp;ocasionar esta compra\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bale\u00e0ria&nbsp;recibe&nbsp;luz&nbsp;verde&nbsp;de la CNMC para el control de&nbsp;activos&nbsp;de la&nbsp;naviera&nbsp;Armas&nbsp;Trasmediterr\u00e1nea&nbsp;en&nbsp;Canarias&nbsp;y el&nbsp;estrecho&nbsp;de Gibraltar&nbsp; Armas&nbsp;Trasmediterr\u00e1nea&nbsp; El Mercantil&nbsp;Madrid&nbsp; 31 de&nbsp;marzo&nbsp;de 2026&nbsp; La&nbsp;Comisi\u00f3n&nbsp;Nacional de los&nbsp;Mercados&nbsp;y la&nbsp;Competencia&nbsp;(CNMC) ha&nbsp;autorizado&nbsp;en&nbsp;segunda&nbsp;fase dos&nbsp;operaciones&nbsp;de&nbsp;concentraci\u00f3n&nbsp;por las que la&nbsp;naviera&nbsp;Bale\u00e0ria&nbsp;adquiere&nbsp;el control&nbsp;exclusivo&nbsp;de&nbsp;determinados&nbsp;activos&nbsp;de Armas&nbsp;Trasmediterr\u00e1nea&nbsp;en&nbsp;Canarias&nbsp;y el&nbsp;estrecho&nbsp;de Gibraltar.&nbsp;Ambas&nbsp;empresas&nbsp;est\u00e1n&nbsp;presentes en el&nbsp;mercado&nbsp;de&nbsp;transporte&nbsp;mar\u00edtimo&nbsp;regular de carga rodada y&nbsp;pasajeros, en las&nbsp;rutas&nbsp;del&nbsp;sur&nbsp;peninsular-Estrecho&nbsp;y Pen\u00ednsula-Canarias. El&nbsp;grupo&nbsp;dan\u00e9s&nbsp;DFDS&nbsp;tambi\u00e9n&nbsp;estaba&nbsp;bajo&nbsp;la lupa del&nbsp;organismo&nbsp;competencial por&nbsp;levantar&nbsp;sus&nbsp;sospechas&nbsp;acerca&nbsp;de&nbsp;la adquisici\u00f3n de control exclusivo de algunos activos de Armas&nbsp;en Gibraltar. En el caso &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oepb.org\/web\/2026\/04\/01\/competencia-da-el-visto-bueno-a-balearia-para-la-compra-de-activos-de-armas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continuar leyendo<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u00abCompetencia\u00a0da el\u00a0visto\u00a0bueno\u00a0a\u00a0Bale\u00e0ria\u00a0para la compra de\u00a0activos\u00a0de Armas\u00a0\u00ab<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-noticias-estatales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oepb.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oepb.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oepb.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oepb.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oepb.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.oepb.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10735,"href":"https:\/\/www.oepb.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10733\/revisions\/10735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oepb.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oepb.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oepb.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}