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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.

Four leading cruise line companies to increase Livorno port presence

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – Livorno port is forecasting that around 900,000 passengers on 400 cruise ships will visit the port in...

Gijón port forecasts increase in cruise traffic in 2019

Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – Gijón port participates at the Seatrade Cruise Med fair this year, in order to present its complete offer...

Cartagena port to handle 160 cruise calls in 2019

Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – Cartagena port expects to handle 160 cruise calls and 245,000 passengers in 2019, Fernando Muñoz, head...

Barcelona to become only port in Europe with terminals for Carnival, Royal Caribbean, MSC

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – Barcelona will soon become the only port in Europe where the three largest cruise groups in the world,...

PortCastelló presents new cruise strategy at Seatrade Cruise Med

Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – The PortCastelló Foundation will participate this week in the Seatrade Cruise Med fair in Lisbon...

Risposte Turismo presents large yachts study to Naples port

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) September 19, 2018 – Risposte Turismo, a tourism consultancy, has presented a report entitled “I grandi yacht e i...

Almería port aims to attract more cruise traffic at Seatrade Med Europe

Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Almería (APA – Port Authority of Almería) president Carmen Ortiz will...

Seville negotiates new agreements with cruise companies in Lisbon

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 18, 2018 – The delegate of Urban Habitat, Culture and Tourism (Hábitat Urbano, Cultura y Turismo), Antonio...

Avilés mayor presents “Camino de Santiago” cruise route 

Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) September 17, 2018 – The mayor of Avilés, Mariví Monteserín, has presented a new maritime route of short cruises called...

Event: GreenPort Cruise & Conference – October 16-19, 2018, Valencia

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 17, 2018 – The Greenport conference (October 16-19, 2018, Valencia) provides decision makers from the port...

Ceuta offers incentives to attract cruise ships

Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) September 17, 2018 – Ceuta’s local government has announced investment of up to €500,000 ($583,100) per year to attract...

Event: Portugal Shipping Week – September 17-21, 2018, Lisbon

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 16, 2018 – Taking place from September 17 to 21, 2018, the inaugural Portugal Shipping Week will showcase the...

Assoporti to promote city-port relations with Ente Nazionale Italiano del Turismo

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) September 14, 2018 – Assoporti (Associazione Porti Italiani) has signed a memorandum of understanding with ENIT (Ente...

Global Ports Holding awarded concession for Zadar Gazenica Cruise Port, Croatia

Zadar, Croatia (Ports Europe) September 13, 2018 – Global Ports Holding, the global independent cruise port operator, has announced that it has signed a...

Tarragona port calls tender for cruise sector advisory services 

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 12, 2018 – Tarragona port has called a tender for advisory or research service with the purpose of reinforcing...

Málaga port to handle 220,000 cruise passengers in Sept-Dec 2018

Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) September 10, 2018 – Málaga port foresees the arrival of more than 220,000 passengers aboard 140 cruise ships during the last...

Global Ports Holding – Interim results for six months to 30 June 2018 – Creuers (Barcelona & Malaga)

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 9, 2018 – On August 17, 2018, Turkey’s Global Ports Holding, one of the leading cruise port operators in...

Global Ports Holding Plc – Interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2018 – Valletta Cruise Port

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 9, 2018 – On August 17, 2018, Turkey’s Global Ports Holding, one of the leading cruise port operators in...

Global Ports Holding – Interim results for six months to 30 June 2018 – Ege Port (Turkey)

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 9, 2018 –  On August 17, 2018, Turkey’s Global Ports Holding (GPH), one of the leading cruise port...

Global Ports Holding – Interim results for six months to 30 June 2018 – Other Mediterranean ports

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 9, 2018 – On August 17, 2018, Turkey’s Global Ports Holding (GPH), one of the leading cruise port...

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