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.
Barcelona introduces new tourist tax – cruises in the cross hairs
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 4, 2024 – Barcelona is one of the many Mediterranean port-cities where local citizens have forced local...
Carnival to solar panels on cruise terminals in Port of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 4, 2024 – Carnival Corporation will install solar panels on the two cruise terminals it manages at the Port of...
Budget for a new cruise terminal in Venice increased
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 27, 2024 – The budget for a new cruise terminal in Venice has been increased by 27.5 million euros. This is in...
Cruise associations announce coalition
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) September 16, 2024 – MedCruise, Cruise Baltic, Cruise Britain, Cruise Norway and Cruise Europe established the United...
Strikes at Leixoes and Lisbon, cruise ships divert to Vigo
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 16, 2024 – The strike called by Portuguese port pilots for today and Tuesday will directly affect several...
Spanish ports lead the way in sustainable cruise tourism at Seatrade Cruise Med
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 11, 2024 – On September 11-12, Spanish ports will take part in Seatrade Cruise Med, which is being held for the...
Greek islands to introduce cruise ship passenger charges
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) September 9, 2024 – Greece is the latest country to take steps against “over-tourism” with new cruise ship...
MSC Cruises remains interested in Bari, Brindisi ports
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) September 9, 2024 – MSC Cruises remains interested in investing in Bari and Brindisi ports despite apparent rejection from the...
1,000th cruise ship visit Port of Koper
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) September 9, 2024 – The Norwegian Pearl is the 1,000th passenger ship that has visited to Koper since the beginning of...
Greece’s Port of Heraklion sees increased cruise passengers
Heraklion, Greece (Ports Europe) September 5, 2024 – 2024 is emerging as a landmark year for the cruise industry, with the Port of Heraklion recording...
New Venice cruise terminal in Fusina inaugurated
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 2, 2024 – The new Venice cruise terminal in Fusina was inaugurated August 29. It is the result of a 5 million euro...
MSC Cruises adopts OptiCruise to reduce pollution
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) August 9, 2024 – Swiss-owned MSC Cruises is to adopt OptiCruise, a new itinerary planning optimisation tool, to reduce ship...
Porto de Lisboa publishes cruise statistics for Jan-Jun 2024
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 7, 2024 – Porto de Lisboa has published cruise statistics for January-June 2024. Porto de Lisboa – Cruise...
Ultra-luxury cruise ship visits Port of Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 7, 2024 – The latest ultra-luxury cruise ship from the Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection has visited the Port of...
Port of Leixões reports 10% passenger growth in H1 2024
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 1, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, the Port of Leixões recorded 10% growth in the number of passengers and a...
Port of Barcelona issues tender for new cruise terminal
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 26, 2024 – The Port of Barcelona has launched a tender for its future ferry terminal at the Adossat Wharf, which...
Salerno cruise passenger terminal concession extended
Salerno, Italy (Ports Europe) July 25, 2024 – The concession to operate ‘Stazione Marittima’ building – Port of Salerno” has been...
Fincantieri signs order with Carnival for three mega-cruise ships
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) July 24, 2024 – Fincantieri has signed a contract with Carnival Corporation & plc for the design, engineering, and...
Barcelona plans to increase tax for cruise ship passenger visitors
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 22, 2024 – The major of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, plans to raise a tax on cruise ship passengers who spend less...
Makro 5 will build new passenger terminal in Port of Koper
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) July 15, 2024 – Makro 5 has won the tender to build new passenger terminal in Port of Koper. The client is Luka Koper,...