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.
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...
Global Ports Holdings – Legal proceedings in relation to Ortadoğu Antalya, Ege Liman and Bodrum Liman’s applications for extension of concession rights
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 9, 2018 On August 17, 2018, Turkey’s Global Ports Holding, one of the leading cruise port operators in the...
Piraeus port’s cruise terminal tender attracts major international groups
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 7, 2018 – Piraeus port’s tender for the expansion of its cruise passenger terminal is attracting significant...
MSC Cruises to launch regular calls in Naples port in 2019
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) September 6, 2018 – MSC Cruises has decided to include Naples port in the itinerary of the “MSC Fantasia” ship...
Santa Cruz de La Palma to handle world’s largest cruise ship in 2020
Santa Cruz de La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) September 5, 2018 – Santa Cruz de La Palma port will host in November 2020 the visit of what is...
NGO accuses Italian government of inaction regarding Venice cruise problem
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 3, 2018 – “No Large Ships-Lagoon Common Good”, a non-governmental organisation opposing the entry of large...
Gijón port to handle six cruise ships in September
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 3, 2018 – Gijón port is expected to handle six cruise ships with a total of 10,790 passengers and 6,927 crew members...
Greece plans next stage of ports privatisation
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 30, 2018 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), responsible for privatising Greek state-owned...
AdSP Venice looks to work with government on large vessels policy
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) August 29, 2018 – Regarding statements by the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Danilo Toninelli on the subject of...