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.
Global Ports Holding issues trading statement for nine months to 31 December 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) March 15, 2022 – Global Ports Holding Plc, the world’s largest independent cruise port operator, has published a...
Bergé Terminal Port Nou to relocate within Port of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 3, 2022 – The Port of Barcelona has approved the transfer of Terminal Port Nou, operated by Bergé, from the...
Port of Málaga looks to attract U.S. cruise ship business
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2022 – A delegation of parties from Málaga will hold an online promotional event with U.S. cruise ship...
MSC group’s cruise division first major global cruise business to join Green Marine Europe label
Geneva, Switzerland – 14 February 2022: MSC Group’s Cruise Division announced today its commitment to join the Green Marine Europe Label,...
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...
Holland America Group considers adding Port of Almería to luxury roster
Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) February 15, 2022 – U.S. cruise company Holland America Group is considering adding the Port of Almería as a possible...
Ferry and cruise services between Greek and Turkish ports to resume
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) February 10, 2022 – Following the removal of some health restrictions, the Greek government has announced that ferry and...
Ports of Madeira ended 2021 with a total of 125 stopovers and a movement of 117,289 passengers
The Ports of Madeira (Funchal and Porto Santo) ended 2021 with a total of 125 stopovers and a movement of 117,289 passengers, figures achieved practically in...
Turkish ports see slow recovery of cruise ship industry
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 3, 2022 – After five months of zero cruise ships visiting Turkish ports, the industry started a slow recovery in...
Dynamic start to the new cruise season in Thessaloniki port
Thessaloniki Port Authority – February 3, 2022 Dynamic Start to the New Cruise Season in Thessaloniki The arrival of the first cruise ship for 2022 at...
Port of Ajaccio shows signs of recovery
Ajaccio, Corsica, France (Ports Europe) January 31, 2022 – In 2021, the Port of Ajaccio handled 269,000 passengers on regular lines (ferries), an...
Port of Lisbon registered a total of 97 cruise ship stopovers and 115,984 passengers during 2021
The Port of Lisbon registered a total of 97 cruise ship stopovers and 115,984 passengers during 2021. After more than a year without commercial cruise ship...
GPH to transform the cruise experience in Tarragona with a new sustainable terminal
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 27, 2022 – Global Ports Holding Plc (LON: GPH) has been awarded a 12-year concession, with a 6-year extension...
Greek cruise ship sector shows signs of recovery
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 25, 2022 – The Covid-19 coronavirus crisis placed more of the global cruise ship industry in the “deep...
Spanish cruise ship business show signs of recovery
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) January 21, 2022 – The statistics of cruise passenger traffic in Spanish state-owned ports reported total movement of nearly...
Puertos del Estado and CLIA commit to cruise ship industry sustainability
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) January 21, 2022 – At a presentation held during the International Tourism Fair (FITUR) in Madrid, the president of Puertos...
Global Ports Holding publishes cruise port passenger numbers for 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 19, 2022 – Global Ports Holding has published 2021 passenger numbers for the cruise ports of Ege (Turkey),...
Fincantieri floats new “Viking Neptune”
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) January 19, 2022 – “Viking Neptune”, the newest ocean cruise ship which Fincantieri is building for the shipowner...
Lazio Port of Civitavecchia seeks growth through investment
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) January 17, 2022 – The Lazio Port of Civitavecchia is one of Europe’s leading cruise ports, and its passenger...
Leixões Cruise Terminal forecasts 143 cruise ship visits by the end of 2022
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 10, 2022 – The Leixões Cruise Terminal received, January 2, the visit of the ship AIDAsol, which is the first...