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.
Western Sicily sees increased cruise passenger numbers in 2018
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) October 21, 2018 – During the eighth edition of the Italian Cruise Day conference in Trieste, information released...
Tarragona port to develop Moll de Balears project for cruise expansion
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 21, 2018 –Â The temporary cruise terminal is to stay in Tarragona and will not relocate south to La Pineda....
Italy’s cruise industry expects 12 million passengers in 2019
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) October 19, 2018 – Italy’s cruise industry expects a record year in 2019, with about 12 million passengers expected, up...
Italy should invest in port infrastructure, MSC Cruises executive chairman says
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) October 19, 2018 – Italy’s cruise industry has very interesting growth prospects, but the country has to invest...
MSC Cruises to bring 82 calls to Valencia ports in 2018, 2019
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 15, 2018 – MSC Cruises confirmed last Thursday during the ceremony of exchange of “metopes” with Autoridad...
Valencia port to host ESPO, MedPorts and Greenport events this week
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 14, 2018 – This coming week, Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of...
“The sea routes as strategic assets for the development of the Lazio region” conference in Civitavecchia port
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) October 12, 2018 – “The sea routes as strategic assets for the development of the Lazio region” –...
Ceuta port handles its largest cruise ship ever
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) October 12, 2018 – Ceuta port has received the largest tourist cruise in its history with the call of the ship...
8th UNWTO International Meeting on Silk Road Tourism takes place in Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) October 12, 2018 – The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the Ministry of Tourism of Greece and the...
Cádiz port forecasts increased 2018 cruise income
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) October 9, 2018 – The port of Cádiz has received 292,334 cruise passengers and 231 stopovers in January-September 2018,...
Gijón port increase cruise passenger visits in 2018
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) October 7, 2018 – The cruise season has ended at Gijón port with the number of passengers increased by 4,022 from 23,660...
Traffic of Barcelona port exceeds 45 million tons, up 14%, in Jan-Aug 2018
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 7, 2018 – In the period January to August 2018 Barcelona port handled total traffic of 45.9 million tons, an...
Genoa port cruise business to gain from more passengers using the city’s Cristoforo Colombo
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – Positive passenger numbers from Genoa’s Cristoforo Colombo can only benefit the port, with September...
Balearic Handling bids to operate cruise terminal in Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 –Â Vigo Atlantic Cruise Terminal, controlled by Mallorca-based Balearic Handling SL and Incargo Galicia,...
Italy maintains its leadership in Mediterranean’s cruise sector
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – Italy is again the first Mediterranean country for the number of passengers handled, with six ports in...
Alexandria port to appoint consultant for passenger terminal marketing
Alexandria, Egypt (Ports Europe) October 2, 2018 – Alexandria Port Authority is considering the appointment of a global consultant to carry out marketing...
Italy’s Piombino port handles Pullmantur’s Zenith cruise ship for the first time
Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) September 27, 2018 – Spanish cruise company Pullmantur has operated the first call of its ship Zenith at Italy’s...
AdSP Naples attends Seatrade Cruise Med event in Lisbon
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) September 26, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP – Centre-North...
Naples and Salerno ports see growth in Jan-Aug 2018
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) September 26, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP – Centre-North...
Cruise project part of Antalya port development plan
Antalya, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 26, 2018 – Antalya Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Menderes Turel has a number of ambitious projects for...