AdSP del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (Bari) forecasts cruise ship business recovery

Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) February 17, 2022 - The Southern Italian Adriatic ports of Brindisi and Monopoli are expecting record cruise passenger seasons this year. The ports are managed by Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSP - Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority) which is also seeking to develop the business in its ports of Manfredonia and Barletta. Port of Brindisi The port of Brindisi is expecting as many as 69 cruise ship landings, which would be a record. The season will run from April 3 to November 14. MSC Cruises will return with the MSC Armonia (32 planned calls) and Costa Cruises will operate 23 visits by the Costa Luminos. The remaining calls will be carried out by other companies in the luxury and maxy yacht sector. “It is the first, relevant and irrefutable result of the infrastructural action of the port that we had planned for some time and that we were finally able to start", said AdSP president Ugo Patroni Griffi. "Furthermore, the excellent synergy woven with the municipal councilor for territorial marketing, Emma Taveri, will produce the other essential requirement, required of us in all our promotional actions, namely the response of the city. Allowing cruise passengers to experience unforgettable experiential tours in the area, in fact, means tying existing companies to our port and attracting the attention of new, prestigious players in a rapidly expanding market". "The important data, beyond the substantial number of stopovers, is that of the many companies that have decided to climb the port as well as the choice of the two major players such as Costa Cruises and MSC to make weekly landings throughout the season", comments Teo Titi , Costa Cruises agent in Puglia. "The geographical strategic nature of the port is therefore confirmed and its attractiveness towards this market as a barycentric port with respect to the two major Apulian tourist systems: Valle d'Itria to the north and Salento to the south. The joint work of all administrations will have to take this into account and only with the construction of the new dock dedicated to cruises in the former beach of Sant'Apollinare and a cruise terminal will the port become a real hub, in addition to that of Venice, of reference for the whole Adriatic", he added. Port of Monopoli The presence of the terminal, built by AdSP through the Themis community project and inaugurated last year, has launched the port in the international network of small luxury cruises and maxy yachts. A good 25 landings have been scheduled for the season that will start on March 28 with the return of Artemis and will end on October 31. Port of Bari After the 200,000 cruise passengers passed through in 2021, a new record season is expected in the Adriatic port, where 196 calls are expected. An exponential growth trend for the port of the regional capital which, according to the Risposte Turismo ranking, ranks third in the national ranking, after Civitavecchia and Genoa. Numbers that will grow significantly following the construction of the new terminal on quay 10, the construction of which should start as early as next spring. Ports of Manfredonia and Barletta The AdSP is working hard to strengthen the presence of the two ports of the system in the cruise market. The construction of the two terminals, inaugurated last year and carried out as part of the Themis community project, together with the infrastructure projects that will soon be launched, i.e. the increase in draft, in both ports, through the dredging of sediments, and, in the port of Barletta, the extension of the piers aimed at increasing safety in the moorings, for the benefit of all port activity, are aimed at attracting the interest of the companies that deal with the sector of small luxury ships and maxy yachts. Copyright (C) Ports Europe. All Rights Reserved. 2022.

AdSP del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (Bari) forecasts cruise ship business recovery

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