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.
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....
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...