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.
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...
Total Malta cruise passenger traffic in Q3 2019 was 257,178, up 36.1%
Valletta, Malta (PortSEurope) November 5, 2019 – The National Statistics Office (NSO) has reported that in the period January-September 2019, total...
Koper port registers record cruise passenger numbers
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) October 25, 2019 – By the end of this year, Koper port forecasts a total of around 115,000 passengers arriving on 66...
Cruise companies sign emissions past with La Spezia port
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) October 23, 2019 – The international cruise ship companies, Costa Cruises (also representing AIDA Cruises), MSC Cruises...
First meeting of Cruise 2030 Call for Action initiative in Venice seeks answers
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) October 21, 2019 – The first meeting of the Cruise 2030 Call for Action initiative took place in Venice on October 18 and was...
Enedis and Marseille Fos port sign partnership for new connection of Marseille basins to public electricity network
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) October 18, 2019 – Enedis and the port of Marseille Fos have signed an agreement for a new connection of the Marseille...
Cruises companies, Marseille port and others sign “Blue Charter”
Port de Marseille – October 17, 2019 Today, on the occasion of the Blue Maritime Summit Marseille Provence – Cruise Initiatives organized in Marseille...
Venice port to host cruise event seeking a more sustainable policy for cruise ship industry in the Mediterranean
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) October 16, 2019 – On Friday this week, Venice port will host a meeting of representatives of some of the major European...
Gibraltar participated in the 55th MedCruise General Assembly in Antibes, France
Gibraltar (PortSEurope) October 13, 2019 – The the Gibraltar Port Authority and the Gibraltar Tourist Board have represented Gibraltar at the 55th...
Risposte Turismo forecasts increased cruise traffic for 2019
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) October 10, 2019 – The number of cruise passengers in Italian ports could reach 12.09 million, a figure that would show 8.8%...