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 sustainability vital for Turkey – TÜRKLİM
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 19, 2020 – The chairman of TÜRKLİM (Port Operators Association of Turkey), Hakan Genç, has commented on the...
Global Ports Holding Plc – Full Year Results 2019
Press Release – Global Ports Holding Plc – Full Year Results 2019 – April 13, 2020 2019 Financial Results Overview Group – Strong...
Some European governments plan cruise ship support
Berlin, Germany (Ports Europe) April 15, 2020 – The European countries of Germany, France, Finland, Italy and Norway have agreed...
Siport21 assesses the nautical feasibility of Tarragona port cruise terminal
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 14, 2020 – Siport21, a port-maritime engineering company, has been working with the Catalan port of Tarragona to...
Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 4/2020
Covid-19 Update – Issue 3/2020 – Ports of Genoa – April 10, 2020 While control measures for the COVID-19 epidemic seem to be starting to work, concerns...
Costa extends cruise suspension until May 30
News – Costa Cruises – April 9, 2020 Genoa, April 9, 2020 – Costa announces the further suspension of its cruises until May 30, 2020. Due to...
Celestyal Cruises extends the suspension of sailings until June 29
News – Celestyal Cruises – April 10, 2020 Celestyal Cruises has extended the suspension of its sailings until June 29, 2020. Currently, cruises...
Cyprus opens tender for purchase of specialized consultants / scholars
Ministry of Tourism open tender for the purchase of specialized consultants / scholars – April 3, 2020 As part of the implementation of its strategic...
Analysis – Cruise ships businesses face hard challenges. COVID-19 takes business “offline”
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 25, 2020 – Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has announced it is to extend the suspension of cruise sailings of its...
Italy stops passenger ships: no more cruises
Coronavirus. Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport stops passenger ships: no more cruises. Decree signed by Minister De Micheli, with the Minister of...
MedCruise Statement on impact of the outbreak of COVID-19 on cruise industry
MedCruise Association would like to show its support to all of its Port Members and Associate Members that are dealing the impact of the outbreak of COVID-19...
Karaköy will regain its former commercial activity with Galataport Istanbul BACK
News Release – Karaköy will regain its former commercial activity with Galataport Istanbul – March 15, 2020 “We will restore Istanbul’s...
Royal Caribbean announces voluntary suspension of cruising
Today Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. announced that it is suspending cruising in the United States for 30 days – March 13, 2020 We understand the gravity...
CLIA announces voluntary suspension in U.S. cruise operations
CLIA ocean-going cruise lines will be voluntarily and temporarily suspending cruise ship operations from U.S. ports of call for 30 days as public health...
Costa Cruises announces a temporary pause of its global operations
Due to the global pandemic of Covid-19, the Italian company has decided to voluntarily suspend cruises on its ships to protect the health and safety of guests,...
Costa Crociere reviews its itineraries in Italy to respect government containment measures
Genoa, March 10, 2020 – Following the new measures introduced last evening by the Italian Government in an effort to contain the health emergency on the...
Valenciaport issues tender for new public passenger terminal
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 4, 2020 – The Port Authority of Valencia (APV – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has issued a tender the...
Leading cruise ship companies welcome Piraeus port development
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 27, 2020 – International cruise ship companies Carnival Corporation and Royal Caribbean have both welcomed the...
Minister speaks at opening ceremony of cruise port extension works in Piraeus port
Address by the Greek Minister of Maritime and Island Policy Mr Yiannis Plakiotakis at the opening ceremony of the extension works of the Cruise Station of...
Haifa port benefits from Asian coronavirus crisis
Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) February 26, 2020 – The Port of Haifa has published the following information (translated from hebrew) on its Facebook page:...