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.
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 – 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...
DP World Limassol welcomed record number of cruise vessels in November
November was the busiest month of the year with 25 cruise vessels and more than 34,000 passengers arriving at the New Cruise Terminal in Limassol –...
Global Ports Holding subsidiary in Tunisian acquisition
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 6, 2020 – Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH), one of the world’s largest independent cruise port operators, has...
Valencia port plans new passenger terminal
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) December 16, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) plans to...
Global Ports Holding announces nine month results
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 12, 2019 – Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH), the world’s largest independent cruise port operator, has today...
Bilbao port attends International Cruise Summit
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) November 29, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (APB – Port Authority of Bilbao) is attending and sponsoring the...
Fincantieri presents keel laying ceremony for “Ryndam”, the new cruise ship of Holland America Line
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) November 21, 2019 – Fincantieri SpA has announced the keel laying ceremony for “Ryndam”, the new cruise ship it is...
MSC Cruises and Costa Crociere to manage cruise terminals in Western Sicily
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) November 25, 2019 – An agreement has been reached between Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia...
Savona port inaugurates Costa Cruises Calata delle Vele quay
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) November 15, 2019 – The “renewed” Calata delle Vele quay and the Palacrociere terminal 1, has been inaugurated in...
Ports of Barcelona and Yokohama sign agreement to increase traffic and promote sustainability
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) November 15, 2019 – The ports of Barcelona and Yokohama have agreed to work together to develop their infrastructures,...
Valencia port: five cruise ships trigger tourism
The simultaneous arrival of five cruise ships to Valenciaport has activated the entire tourist offer in the province of Valencia. The ships, from the cruise...
Athens-Shanghai direct airline agreement discussed to increase tourism
Shanghai, Greece (Ports Europe) November 8, 2019 – As part of the efforts of the Greek delegation in Shanghai to promote business between the two...