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.
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...
Cruises see a 31% drop in traffic to Madeira
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 19, 2018 – The number of cruise passengers in Madeira fell by 31% in October, reported Administração...
MSC to handle 1 million cruise passengers in Genoa in 2019
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 18, 2018 – MSC Cruises expects Genoa port to have an extraordinary role in its business next year, as it will bring both...
Costa Cruises extends concession at Savona port to 2044
Savona, Italy (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP – Western Ligurian Sea Port...
Ege Port Kuşadası will hold the next MedCruise General Assembly
Kuşadası, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 16, 2018 – Ege Port Kuşadası will host the 54th MedCruise General Assembly. During the General Assembly,...
Carnival set to start operations at new Tenerife port cruise terminal
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Port Authority of...
Ancona port reports improved cruise traffic in 2018
Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) December 12, 2018 – Ancona port has closed the cruise season of 2018 with a total of 67,000 passengers handled. The port closed a...
Costa Cruises launches 2020/21 itineraries
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 11, 2018 – Costa Cruises has launched its itineraries for the period April 2020 to April 2021, which will now be...
Consorzio per lo Sviluppo Industriale del Sud Pontino signs contract for Gaeta port cruise development
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) December 8, 2018 – A “Memorandum of Understanding” signed between Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar...
Cádiz port breaks cruise traffic record in 2018
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) December 7, 2018 – Cádiz port handled 306 cruise ships and 399,823 passengers in the first eleven months of 2018. In this...
Carnival Corporation to operate Santa Cruz de Tenerife Cruise Terminal
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) December 4, 2018 – Carnival Corporation & plc has announced an agreement with Autoridad...
Carnival Corporation to operate Tenerife port’s cruise terminal
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) December 4, 2018 – Tenerife port has signed a contract with Carnival Corporation for the operation of the...