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Carnival Corporation

Carnival Corporation & plc is a British-American cruise operator with a combined fleet of over 100 vessels across 10 cruise line brands. The include: AIDA Cruises, Carnival Cruise Line, Costa Crociere, Cunard Line, Holland-America Line, P&O Cruises, P&O Cruises Australia, Princess Cruises und Seabourn Cruise Line.

PSTF 2021 digital tables global cruise industry issues as Greek, Cypriot and Israeli ports prepare to welcome passengers back

The chief executives of some of the world’s biggest cruise lines will participate in the first virtual panel discussion that will kick off the 6th Posidonia...

Puertos del Estado joins in a MARSEC 20 cybersecurity exercise in the maritime-port environment

News Release – Puertos del Estado – November 27, 2020 Puertos del Estado, together with the National Cryptological Center, the Joint Cyber...

AIDA Cruises to temporarily suspend cruises for November

Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) October 30, 2020 – AIDA Cruises, part of Carnival Corporation & plc, has announced that cruises will be suspended for...

La Spezia port to handle first LNG bunkering operation

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) October 20, 2020 – In the coming weeks, La Spezia port will carry out its first liquified natural gas (LNG) bunker...

AIDA Cruises restarts cruise service from Civitavecchia port

Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) October 19, 2020 – Last Saturday, the AIDAblu cruise ship started a seven-day trip visiting only Italian destinations...

Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 27/2020 – Green light (with caution) to cruises in Europe

Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 27/2020 – Green light (with caution) to cruises in Europe – August 7, 2020 The news of the moment is...

Genoa port joins call for restart of cruise ships industry

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) July 24, 2020 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP – Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority)...

Marseille port carries out first cruise LNG bunkering operation

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) May 15, 2020 – The port of Marseille Fos, Shell and Carnival have completed the first operation ship to ship liquified...

Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 12/2020 – tourism & cruises in search of a new normal

Covid-19 Update – Issue 12/2020 – Ports of Genoa – May 8, 2020 Global Economic TrendsTourism is one of the most affected sectors of the pandemic, in...

Leading cruise ship companies further delay restart

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 5, 2020 – Both Costa Cruises and MSC Cruises have announced further delays to restarting operations. Genoa-based Costa...

Cunard extends pause to voyages

Luxury cruise line Cunard, announced today that, as a result of the continued impact of Covid-19, it will be extending the pause to voyages – April 24,...

Galataport Istanbul suspends construction activities

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 19, 2020 – Local sources have reported that construction work the that Galataport Istanbul has, been suspended....

Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 4/2020

Covid-19 Update – Issue 3/2020 – Ports of Genoa – April 10, 2020 While control measures for the COVID-19 epidemic seem to be starting to work, concerns...

Analysis – Cruise ships businesses face hard challenges. COVID-19 takes business “offline”

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 25, 2020 – Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has announced it is to extend the suspension of cruise sailings of its...

Leading cruise ship companies welcome Piraeus port development

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 27, 2020 – International cruise ship companies Carnival Corporation and Royal Caribbean have both welcomed the...

Piraeus port holds inauguration ceremony for Cruise Terminal Expansion project

The inauguration ceremony of the Cruise Terminal Expansion project was held today at the cruise terminal of Piraeus. It is a project with initial budget €120...

Fincantieri presents keel laying ceremony for “Ryndam”, the new cruise ship of Holland America Line

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) November 21, 2019 – Fincantieri SpA has announced the keel laying ceremony for “Ryndam”, the new cruise ship it is...

Costa Cruises signs Genoa port Blue Agreement

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) July 14, 2019 – Costa Cruises has signed the so-called Genoa Blue Agreement requiring marine gasoil with a sulphur content not...

Galataport Istanbul will host cruise ships in March 2020

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 13, 2019 – Galataport Istanbul Cruise Port plans to start receiving cruise ships in March 2020. The company...

Costa Cruises to relaunch regular calls at Genoa port

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – Costa Cruises plans to relaunch the regular calls of its ships in the port of Genoa.  Andrea Doria...

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