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.
Piraeus port holds inauguration ceremony for Cruise Terminal Expansion project
The inauguration ceremony of the Cruise Terminal Expansion project was held today at the cruise terminal of Piraeus. It is a project with initial budget €120...
Venice port attends “Cruise, Ports and Cities” event in Colombia
From Venice to Cartagena. Cruise 2030’s work presented to a worldwide audience of cruise operators – February 20, 2020 Identify the correct balance...
Palumbo set to sell stake in Malta shipyard to MSC Cruises
Valletta, Malta (Ports Europe) February 20, 2020 – Naples-based Palumbo Group is reported locally to be selling a 50% stake in its Cospicua shipyard in...
Lisbon saw registered 17% growth in cruise passengers in 2019
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 19, 2020 – The Port of Lisbon registered a 17% growth in the number of cruise passengers in 2019, totaling...
DP World Limassol announces Nawaf Abdulla as new CEO
DP World Limassol – February 7, 2020 DP World has appointed Mr. Nawaf Abdulla as DP World Limassol’s CEO, replacing Mr. Edi Cioran, who had been...
Málaga delegation in U.S. to promote port’s cruise assets
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) February 18, 2020 – A business delegation from Málaga will travel to the US February 17 and 21, Miami and Seattle, next...
Barcelona port wins Excellence Cruise Award in Spain
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 17, 2020 – At the 13th edition of the Excellence Cruise Awards (Premis Excellence de creuers), the Port of...
Attica Regional Governor visits Piraeus Port Authority
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 11, 2020 – Attica Regional Governor, Giorgos Patoulis, has visited Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) to meet with...
Cruise 2030 meets in Palma de Mallorca
The Cruise 2030 working group, comprising delegations from eight of the major European cruise ports, including Amsterdam, Bergen, Cannes, Dubrovnik, Malaga,...
Infrastructure Malta looks to provide onshore electricity to reduce Grand Harbour pollution
Malta (Ports Europe) February 5, 2020 – Infrastructure Malta has published details of a two-stage plan to reduce pollution from vessels using the...
TEKAL awarded cruise terminal expansion contract in Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 4, 2020 – Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) has awarded a €103 million contract to the local TEKAL SA to operate...
Creuers buys shares of port authority in the Cruise Terminal of Malaga
Creuers company, in which Global Ports Holding has a stake, buys the shares of the Port Authority in the Cruise Terminal of Malaga – January 27, 2020...
Global Ports Holding joint venture concludes acquisition of remaining shares in Malaga cruise port
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) January 27, 2020 – Global Ports Holding Plc has announced that its subsidiary Creuers del Port de Barcelona has completed...
Seville port increases cruise traffic in 2019
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) January 26, 2020 –Â Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla (APS – Port Authority of Seville) has reported that in 2019, a...
Total cruise passenger traffic in Malta down 12% in Q4 2019
National Statistics Office – Total cruise passenger traffic during the fourth quarter of 2019 amounted to 166,859, a decrease of 12.7 per cent over the...
Piraeus Port Authority meets with Attica Regional Governor Patoulis about expansion of the cruise terminal
Press Release – Piraeus Port Authority – January 21, 2020 The expansion of the Piraeus passenger terminal for the construction of two berthing...
MSC Cruises & Chantiers de l’Atlantique sign contracts for construction LNG-powered MSC ships
MSC Cruises and Chantiers de l’Atlantique sign firm contracts for construction of third and fourth LNG-powered MSC World Class ships. Partnership further...
Global Ports Holding division applies for Taranto port concession
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) January 19, 2020 – Global Ports Melita Ltd, part of Turkey’s Global Ports Holding (GPH), has applied to Autorita’...
Greek government announces creation of national cruise strategy
Yannis Plakiotakis Announces Creation of National Cruise Strategy – January 8, 2020 “The reopening of the National Steering Committee aims to...
Analysis – Cruise ships return to Black Sea
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) January 7, 2020 –Varna expects six cruise ships’ visits in 2020, after a two-year lull during which no big liners docked...