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.
Cartagena port to close January with 10,000 cruise passengers
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) January 28, 2019 – Cartagena port expects to close January with more than 10,000 cruise passengers for the first...
TUI Cruises chooses Malaga as a base port for 2020
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) January 28, 2019 – The German cruise ship company TUI Cruises GmbH has chosen Malaga as the base port for the summer of...
Seven cruise companies agree to visit Ferrol port in 2019
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) January 28, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Ferrol-San Cibrao (APF – Port Authority of Ferrol) has closed an agreement...
Analysts expect new growth record for cruise industry in 2019
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) January 25, 2019 – The cruise industry will continue to grow in 2019, breaking a historical record: 24 new ships will be...
Spanish ports exceed 10 million cruise passengers in 2018
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – The ports of Spain exceeded the objective: the cruise industry contributed 10 million passengers during...
Ravenna port needs dredging to recover cruise traffic
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) January 23, 2019 – Ravenna port sees cruise traffic decline as a result of the draft risk it poses. The number of cruise...
Greek ports cruise traffic rises 3.5% in 2018
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 22, 2019 – Greek ports handled 4.79 million cruise passengers in 2018, up 3.5%, the association of Greek ports...
Lisbon records 11% more cruise passengers in 2018
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 16, 2019 – Administração do Porto de Lisboa has reported that in 2018, the port handled 577,603 passengers, up...
Santander will receive 24 cruises and more than 33,000 cruise passengers in 2019
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) January 15, 2019 – The Port of Santander will receive 24 vessels in 2019 dedicated to the leisure sector, unprecedented...
PortMiami delegation visits Madrid to discuss port issues
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 13, 2019 – A delegation from “PortMiami” has visited Madrid and held talks with Puertos del Estado...
Spain’s cruise market continues to expand
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 9, 2019 – Spain continues to gain market share in the world cruise industry, with Barcelona as a reference in the...
Sète port keeps developing its cruise offer
Sète, France (PortSEurope) January 8, 2019 – Sète port expects to relaunch the cruise traffic in March, offering a number of excursions to passengers....
MSC launches “around the world” cruise at Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) January 7, 2019 – MSC Cruises launched at Genoa port on January 5 the first “around the world” cruise, a 119-day...
Cartagena port handles first cruise ship of 2019
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) January 3, 2019 – The Aidamar cruise ship, with more than 2,500 passengers, docked on January 3 at Cartagena port, which is...
Cartagena port to handle 165 cruise calls in 2019
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2019 – Cartagena port has “the best forecast in history” for the year 2019 with 165 confirmed cruise...
Cruise Industry Commits to Reduce the Rate of Carbon Emissions Globally by 40 Percent by 2030
Press Release – Washington DC, United States – December 18, 2018 Cruise Industry Commits to Reduce the Rate of Carbon Emissions Globally by 40...
Global Ports Holding announces Bodrum Cruise port concession extension until 2067
Global Ports Holding – December 31, 2018 Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH), the world’s largest independent cruise port operator, is pleased to...
Cartagena port expects record-high 165 cruise calls in 2019
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) December 27, 2018 – Cartagena port received on December 26 the last cruise of the year, the ship Aidamar, belonging to the...
Cádiz port attracts winter season cruise calls
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) December 26, 2018 – Cádiz port has booked record-high cruise figures in 2018, with 322 registered calls, making the industry...
A Coruña port’s passenger terminal operator to acquire mobile equipment
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) December 20, 2018 – Spanish company Corunna Cruise Terminal, the operator of A Coruña port’s passenger terminal, plans...