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 restarts its activity in the Port of València
València, July 21, 2021 – MSC Cruises resumes its activity in the Port of Valencia. It will be next Friday 30th July when the latest generation ship MSC...
The cruise ship Aida Perla makes its first stop in the Port of Alicante
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2021 – The cruise ship Aida Perla, owned by Aida Cruises, has made its first stopover in the port of Alicante...
DP World Limassol advances digital transformation of Limassol port presentation
Limassol, Cyprus, July 16, 2021: DP World Limassol’s CEO, Nawaf Abdulla presented the latest developments in the digital transformation of the Limassol...
Marella Cruises chooses Malaga as its base port in autumn 2021
The British shipping company Marella Cruises chooses Malaga as the base port to start two new itineraries next October. The company plans to make 4...
Italy bans cruise ships from the Venice lagoon
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) July 14, 2021 – Minister of Sustainable Infrastructures and Mobility, Enrico Giovannini, said yesterday that from 1 August...
Tui Cruises departs from Genoa
The “Mein Schiff 4” of Tui Cruises, a brand born from the agreement between the shipping company Royal Caribbean Cruises and the tour operator TUI, sets...
Port of València receives the stopover of the AIDAperla cruise ship
València, July 8, 2021 – The cruise ship AIDAperla has docked this morning at the Port of València with 1,371 passengers on board, the majority of...
Port Authority of Málaga approves annual accounts for 2020
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) July 5, 2021 – The Board of Directors of the Port Authority of Málaga has approved the annual accounts for the 2020...
Port of Venice issues tender seeking a solution for handling cruises ships
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) June 30, 2021 – The Port of Venice has issued a tender for the “competition of ideas” aimed at collecting...
Italian ministry issues tender for Venice port cruise ship solutions
Cruise ships: Giovannini – the tender is a decisive step for a structural solution to safeguard Venice and its lagoon – June 30, 2021 “The...
The Port of Barcelona will see a safe, staggered and sustainable resumption of cruise ship activity
The Port of Barcelona has worked with the shipping companies and the rest of the agents in the cruise sector to have a staggered, sustainable and, above all,...
Mein Schiff 2 restarts cruise activity in the Port of València
València, June 27, 2021 – Early in the morning at the North entrance of the Port of València it made its entrance, escorted and received by arcs of...
Cruise ships return to Port of Cartagena
Cartagena, June 19, 2021.- After a 15-month break, the cruise ships return to the Port of Cartagena. The ‘Mein Schiff 2’ of the German...
Port of Cádiz restarts cruise ship traffic on Monday after the pandemic stoppage
Thursday, June 17, 2021. Next Monday, June 21, the Port of Cádiz will receive the first cruise since the COVID-19 pandemic prohibited the docking of this...
Port of Malaga receives the first cruise that stops on the Peninsula after 15 months
Malaga today became the first peninsular port to call a cruise ship after a 15-month hiatus. The visit of the ship ‘Mein Schiff 2’, of the TUI...
Rome Cruise Terminal awarded a concession for the temporary cruise terminal at the port of Civitavecchia
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) June 22, 2021 – Rome Cruise Terminal (RCT) has been awarded a concession for the temporary cruise terminal to quay 25...
Port of Civitavecchia restarts cruise ship activities
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) June 21, 2021 – Since the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis suspended the global cruise ship industry, the port of...
Greek minister attends Celestial Cruises event
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) June 17, 2021 – “Greece moved faster than other countries, creating a safe framework for the operation of the...
Fincantieri starts building new-concept luxury cruise ships for MSC Cruises
The first steel of “Explora I”, the first of four new-concept luxury cruise ships that Fincantieri is building for Explora Journeys, the new luxury brand...
Aurelio Martínez highlights the importance of ports and cruises for communication between countries and cultures
València, June 11, 2021 – Valenciaport has received this morning the award for the best strategy in social networks granted by the Association of...