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.
Port of Chioggia considered as cruise ship destination
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 30, 2021 – The Port of Chioggia has become a factor in the discussion of the future of cruise ship tourism in...
Royal Caribbean Group awarded tender to construct and operate innovative new cruise terminal for Ravenna
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) September 24, 2021 – The Port Authority of Ravenna has awarded the tender for the construction of a new cruise terminal and...
MSC Cruises seeks net zero emissions by 2050
Geneva, Switzerland (Ports Europe) September 23, 2021 – MSC Cruises, part of MSC, has pledged “to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions...
Turkey-Libya cruises set to start
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 22, 2021 – Murtaza Karanfil, Chairman of the Turkey-Libya Business Council, has said that passengers cruises...
Greek ports see Q1 2021 cargo traffic down over 10%
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 20, 2021 – The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) has published data on traffic of passengers, goods and...
Cruises to Croatian ports show recovery
In the first seven months of 2021, 49 journeys of foreign vessels on cruise were received by seaports in Croatia, compared with just 16 ships in the same...
Port of Seville reactivates cruise ships with the first call of the Belle de Cadix
Tomorrow, Saturday 4 September, the Port of Seville will resume cruise traffic with the first call of the Belle de Cadix, which has Seville as its home port....
Ege Port – Kuşadası welcomes the return of the cruises ship business
Kuşadası, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 3, 2021 – The Aegean Sea port of Ege Port Kusadasi has welcomed its first cruise ship visit of the season...
Global Ports Holding Plc reports low cruise passenger volumes in Q2 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 2, 2021 – Global Ports Holding Plc, the global cruise port operator, has published its April-June 2021 trading...
“Norwegian Prima” floated out of port of Marghera
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) August 30, 2021 – The “Norwegian Prima” ship is the first of six vessels of Norwegian Cruise Line’s (NCL)...
Port of Marghera, Venice, prepares temporary cruise ship facility
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) August 29, 2021 – The Port of Marghera, located next to the suburb of Mestre on the mainland shore west of...
Valenciaport starts work on the new passenger terminal project
València, August 17, 2021 – The new public passenger terminal begins to take its first steps with the start of the awarding procedure for the works for...
LSCT to start tests for new container facilities
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) August 16, 2021 – Investigations will start soon regarding the possibility of have new dock facilities in Marina del...
“Norwegian Prima” floated out in Marghera
Trieste, August 13, 2021 – “Norwegian Prima”, the first of six vessels of Norwegian Cruise Line’s (NCL) new Prima Class of ships was...
Turkish cruise ship traffic starts slow recovery
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 13, 2021 – Following an absence of cruise traffic in January-May this year, Turkish cruise ship traffic started a...
Technical Roundtable for Venice starts work
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) August 6, 2021 – The Minister of Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility Enrico Giovannini has hosted the first meeting of the...
MSC Cruises and Costa Crociere form new company to operate Sicilian passenger terminals
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) August 2, 2021 – MSC Cruises and Costa Cruises have set bup a 50/50 jint venture to manage passenger terminals at...
Kazakhstan receives delegation of Astrakhan region, Russian Federation
Prime Minister Askar Mamin receives delegation of Astrakhan region, Russian Federation – July 26, 2021 The parties discussed topical issues of...
MSC takes delivery of MSC Seashore from Fincantieri in Monfalcone
Monfalcone, Italy – July 26, 2021 – In the presence of Minister of Sustainable Infrastructures and Mobility prof. Enrico Giovannini, MSC Group today...
Malta: Total cruise passenger traffic during the second quarter of 2021 amounted to 23,437
During the second quarter of 2021, there were 19 cruise liner calls in Malta. Transit passengers accounted for the absolute majority of total traffic, reaching...