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 Barcelona prepares to resume cruise ship activity
The Port of Barcelona will intensify work with cruise companies in the coming days to resume activity in the coming weeks, once Procicat has approved the...
Port of Piraeus welcomed the first cruise ship of the season
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 18, 2021 – Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) has announced the arrival of Mein Schiff 5, the first cruise ship in...
Cruise ships return to Port of Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) May 17, 2021 РThe Port of Lisbon Administration (APL РAdministra̤̣o do Porto de Lisboa) has said that cruise...
Port of Thessaloniki to join forum to resume cruise industry
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) May 11, 2021 – Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) will join the online version of the Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum...
Trade unions discuss Palermo port issues with AdSP manager
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) May 10, 2021 – Am eeting between trade union organizations and the president of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del...
Sunrise signs cruise agreement with Andulasian ports association
The Public Ports Agency of Andalusia (APPA) has signed an agreement to join Suncruise Andalusia as a partner, with the aim of collaborating in the promotion of...
VilagarcÃa Port Authority launches strategy aimed at attracting small and medium-sized cruise ships
The VilagarcÃa Port Authority has launched a strategy aimed at attracting small and medium-sized cruise ships, which can make a stopover in VilagarcÃa and...
Taranto Cruise Port welcomes its first cruise ship
Today, Taranto Cruise Port has welcomed its first cruise ship, MSC Seaside. This call marks Taranto Cruise Port’s first partial turnaround operation and call...
Port of Cartagena plans to resume cruise ship activity
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) May 4, 2021 – The local authorities have given the Port Authority of Cartagena the green light for the reactivation of...
Costa Smeralda, the green flagship of Costa Cruises, sets sail from Savona for the first trip of 2021 
Savona, Italy (Ports Europe) May 2, 2021 – With a brief ceremony in the presence of the President of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure...
Taranto Cruise Port set to start operations
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) April 30, 2021 – An official presentation ceremony to the port community of Taranto Cruise Port, a concessionaire newly...
Port of Cartagena expects June return of cruise ships
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) April 28, 2021 – The Mediterranean port of Cartagena is preparing for the June return of cruise ship activity with...
Local government agrees framework agreement for cruise return in AndalucÃa
The Junta de AndalucÃa has approved, in the Governing Council held today, a framework agreement that may resume cruise tourism in the region – April 20,...
Port of Ravenna to issue tender for new cruise terminal
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) April 18, 2021 – The Port of Ravenna plans to construct a €26 million ($31.1 million) cruise ship terminal. This will be...
Port of Civitavecchia forms new training centre
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 12, 2021 – A unique international training center is being set up in Civitavecchia, aimed at maritime, logistic...
Atlantic Vigo Cruise Terminal: First terminal in Europe to obtain the biological risk control certification
During this cessation of activity due to the pandemic, which has severely affected the cruise sector, the shipping companies have taken advantage of this time...
Government agrees to relocation of large ships to Margera from Venice
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) March 29, 2021 – The Italian government has agreed to temporarily divert the traffic of large ships from Venice to Marghera...
Total to supply LNG to MSC Cruises’ liners in Marseille
Geneva, March 25, 2021Â – MSC Cruises and Total announced today a supply agreement for approximately 45,000 tons per year of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)...
Nidec ASI signs contract with Excel Sis for the creation of a shorepower project for the port of Valletta
Valletta, Malta (Ports Europe) March 25, 2021 – The local company Excel Sis has signed a €12 million contract with Nidec ASI to setup a shorepower...
Galataport plans to welcome cruise ship on April 24
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 22, 2021 – Galataport Istanbul’s new cruise terminal is set to start welcoming cruise ship visits from April...