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 Cruise Port has obtained the ‘Safe Travels’ Stamp
The health and safety measures implemented by Barcelona Cruise Port, the company that manages five cruise terminals at the Port of Barcelona, are recognized...
Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 23/2020 – The cruises are preparing to sail
Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 23/2020 – July 3, 2020 After the devastating impact of COVID on cruises, which have stopped since the first...
CLIA announces voluntary suspension of cruise operations from U.S. ports
Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) issued the following statement today to announce that the association’s ocean-going cruise line members will...
Global Ports Holding says it can trade with no cruise ships until 2022
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 10, 2020 – Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH), the world’s largest independent cruise port operator, has today...
Global Ports Holding – Q1 2020 Trading Statement
Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH), the world’s largest independent cruise port operator, today issues a trading update for the period from 1 January to 31...
Turkey’s Bodrum Harbour reopens
Bodrum, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 8, 2020 – The Mayor of Muğla Metropolitan Municipality, Osman Gürün, has visited Bodrum harbour to examine...
Fincantieri confirms work in Palermo port until 2022
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) May 27, 2020 – The Fincantieri SpA shipbuilding facility in Palermo has a guaranteed workload until 2022, the...
Black Sea ports cruise working group meeting held
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 19, 2020 – Managers of the leading Black Sea ports have held a virtual “meeting” to discuss the impact of...
Portugal extends cruise ban until June 15
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) May 18, 2020 – The Portuguese government has extended the ban in on disembarkation and licenses for passengers and crews...
Marseille port carries out first cruise LNG bunkering operation
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) May 15, 2020 – The port of Marseille Fos, Shell and Carnival have completed the first operation ship to ship liquified...
Piraeus Port Authority denies absence of environmental licences
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 12, 2020 – Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) has issued a press release in response to other press articles alleging...
Leading cruise ship companies further delay restart
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 5, 2020 – Both Costa Cruises and MSC Cruises have announced further delays to restarting operations. Genoa-based Costa...
Cruise traffic in Malta down nearly 50%
Valletta, Malta (Ports Europe) April 30, 2020 – In the first quarter of 2020, there were nine cruise liner calls before March 10, 2020, after which...
Greek government responds to Attica Regional Governor regarding Piraeus cruise port expansion
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 30, 2020 – The Minister of Shipping and Island Policy has sent a letter in response to the Attica Regional Governor,...
MSC Cruises halts all cruise departures until 10 July.
News – MSC Cruises announced today a further extension of the halting of all its cruise departures fleet-wide through to 10 July – April 29, 2020...
Seatrade Cruise Med plans event in Malaga in 2020
News – Seatrade Cruise Med maintains its celebration in Malaga in 2020 – April 27, 2020 The cruise industry, one of the sectors affected by the...
Cunard extends pause to voyages
Luxury cruise line Cunard, announced today that, as a result of the continued impact of Covid-19, it will be extending the pause to voyages – April 24,...
Italy: Total port traffic handled in 2019; by AdSP and port
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) April 25, 2020 – Assoporti has published total tonnage in ports in 2019 by Autorità di Sistema Portuale (AdSP) with...
Sogesid to start seabed research in port of Manfredonia
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) April 20, 2020 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSP – Southern Adriatic Sea Port...
Galataport Istanbul suspends construction activities
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 19, 2020 – Local sources have reported that construction work the that Galataport Istanbul has, been suspended....