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.
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...
Spain’s government approves road access improvement project to Arrecife cruise pier
Arrecife, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2018 – Spain’s ecology ministry has approved a concession of a land plot to Arrecife city authorities for...
Luxury cruise traffic increases at Málaga port
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2018 – The cruise traffic of Málaga port of has been increasing in recent years, and it is doing so...
Tenerife port books record-high cruise traffic in 2017-18 season
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) August 21, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Port Authority of Tenerife) closed the 2017-2018...
Ukraine’s Odessa hopes to become cruise homeport
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 21, 2018 – Ukraine’s Odessa port aims to become a homeport for cruise companies operating itineraries in the...
Saint-Nazaire port mulls installation of cruise floating dock
Nantes.Saint-Nazaire, France (Ports Europe) August 20, 2018 – Saint-Nazaire port is considering the installation of a floating dock to serve larger cruise...
Crystal Cruises prepares luxury cruise at Bulgaria’s Burgas port
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) August 17, 2018 – The Black Sea is becoming an attractive destination for luxury cruise ships, Bulgaria’s Burgas port...
Norway’s Fred Olsen to celebrate 170th anniversary at Cádiz port
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) August 17, 2018 – Cádiz port has received support from Norwegian shipping company Fred Olsen in its goal of becoming a...
Marseille port to hit its cruise passenger traffic target ahead of schedule
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) August 15, 2018 – Marseille Provence Cruise Club is expected to reach its target of 2 million passengers handled annually...
Greece’s Chania port to handle 95,000 cruise passengers in Jan-Aug
Chania, Greece (Ports Europe) August 14, 2018 – Greece’s Chania port, located on Crete island, expects to handle about 95,000 cruise passengers in the...
Spain’s Pullmantur to launch cruise calls in two Israeli ports
Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) August 13, 2018 – The interest of cruise shipping companies is turning towards the Eastern Mediterranean, with Spain’s...
Lisbon to host 2018 edition of Seatrade Cruise Med
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 13, 2018 – With 27 million cruise passengers in 2017 and a market growth of 5.4%, the cruise sector strengthens and...