Cruises
All aspects of port business associated with the cruise ship industry. This includes announcements of home porting, contracts to build and operate cruise terminals and traffic figures for cruise ship and passenger per port/country. Leading cruise terminal operators include Global Ports Holding. Cruise ship operators in the Mediterranean include MSC Cruises, Costa Cruises and Carnival Cruises.
MSC Cruises sailings started at the Port of Piraeus
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 15, 2025 – The MSC Sinfonia cruise ship, owned by MSC Cruises, has visited the Port of Piraeus for its 2025...
MSC Cruises proposes new terminal in Ancona port
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) January 10, 2025 – MSC Cruises has a proposal to build a maritime station at Molo Clementino in Ancona port. The plan...
Port of Piraeus welcomes first cruise ship of 2025
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 7, 2025 – The Port of Piraeus has welcomed the Viking Caturn cruise ship, the first cruise ship of the 2025...
Greek ports of Katakolon, Patras & Kavala, cruise tender
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) January 1, 2025 – Government agency TAIPED has announced an international concession tender to develop cruise activity in...
Port of Bilbao cruise ship business expands in 2024
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 1, 2025 – The cruise ship season for the Port of Bilbao started on April 5 and has seen the arrival and departure...
Port of Palermo sees cruise ship passenger growth
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) December 23, 2024 – The Port of Palermo has experienced increased cruise ship passenger numbers in recent years. In...
Turkey: Cruises and passengers arrived at ports, January-Nov 2024
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 18, 2024 – In January to November 2024, Turkish ports handled 88,041 cruise ship passengers. This compares with...
Spain’s Port of Cartagena expects to break cruise records
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) December 17, 2024 – In 2025, the Port Authority of Cartagena will surpass its own record for cruise ship tourists. More...
APS Bank to finance Roma Cruise Terminal development, Civitavecchia
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) November 28, 2024 – Malta’s APS Bank has announced the financing of the development and expansion of Roma...
Amalfi Coast Cruise Terminal inaugurated in Salerno
Salerno, Italy (Ports Europe) November 25, 2024 – The Amalfi Coast Cruise Terminal in Salerno has been inaugurated with a target of 2.4 million...
Port of Trapani forecasts increased cruise passengers
Trapani, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) November 18, 2024 – In 2025, the port of Trapani is expected to welcome approximately 25,000 passengers from 58...
Malta sees reduced cruise ship passengers in Q3 2024
Valletta, Malta (Ports Europe) November 15, 2024 – In the third quarter of 2024, total cruise passenger numbers were 321,814, down 7.6 per cent over the...
Port of Ancona increases cruise passengers by 10% in 2024
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) November 12, 2024 – The port of Ancona registered 104,419 cruise passengers this year, up 19% compared to 2023 when there...
Cruise industry worth nearly €2 billion to Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) November 8, 2024 – The Port of Lisbon has held the “Meeting for the Sustainability of Cruise Activity in Lisbon”,...
Port of Koper ends record cruise season
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) November 8, 2024 – On Saturday, November 2, The Port of Koper handled this year’s last passenger ship at the...
Port of Cagliari exceeds 500,000 cruise passengers
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) November 6, 2024 – The port of Cagliari has exceeded 500,000 cruise passengers so far in 2024. By the end of...
Piraeus Port Authority, Q3 2024 cargo volumes
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) October 31, 2024 – The cruise sector grew traffic with a number of ships rising (+9.2%) and the total number of passengers...
Port of Ancona welcomes Explora 1 cruise ship of MSC Cruises
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) October 28, 2024 – The port of Ancona last week welcomed Explora I, the first of a fleet of six ships from the luxury brand...
Construction starts of Ravenna Civitas Cruise Port
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) October 25, 2024 – Yesterday, the groundbreaking ceremony organized by Ravenna Civitas Cruise Port (RCCP) took place to...
Fincantieri signs contract for two Viking cruise ships
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) October 25, 2024 – Fincantieri has signed a contract with Viking to build two new cruise ships, based on previous ships...