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.
Assoporti and ENIT sign joint development agreement
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) August 1, 2018 –Â Assoporti, the Italian port association, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ente Nazionale...
Royal Caribbean applies to Barcelona port for cruise terminal concession
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 31, 2018 – Royal Caribbean has applied with Autoritat Portuà ria de Barcelona (APB – Port Authority of Barcelona)...
AlmerÃa port reports improved cargo and passenger traffic in first half of 2018
AlmerÃa, Spain (Ports Europe) July 30, 2018 – Mari Carmen Ortiz, president of Autoridad Portuaria de AlmerÃa (APA – Port Authority of AlmerÃa),...
Funchal port handles only one cruise ship in June
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 30, 2018 – Funchal port recorded the worst performance in June, since 2012, regarding cruise ship traffic,...
Spain’s Hamilton names CEO
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) July 30, 2018 – Spanish maritime and shipping agent Hamilton y CompañÃa SA has appointed Juan Carlos...
Çamlıbel Cruise Port project approved by Mersin Metropolitan Municipality
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 29, 2018 – The Mersin Metropolitan Municipality has approved the Çamlıbel Cruise Port Project. The Environmental...
Costa Cruises names managing director for Spain, Portugal
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) July 27, 2018 – Italy’s Costa Cruises has appointed Francesco Muglia as Managing Director for Spain and Portugal. Muglia...
Investors eye construction of second cruise terminal in Vigo
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) July 27, 2018 – Vigo port plans to tender the authorisation and operation of a second cruise terminal, close to the current one,...
Valencia port launches pilot e-bike project for cruise passengers
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 26, 2018 – Valencia port has launched a pilot programme to implement a new service of electric bicycles for cruise...
Romania’s Constanta port looks for return of cruise business
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – Recent geopolitical issues have seen the cruise industry in the Black Seas shrink. Nicolae Dan...
Leixões port sees increased cruise traffic in first half 2018
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – Between January and June of 2018, more than 50,000 tourists passed through Leixões port via cruise...
Palermo port attracts interest of ferry, cruise companies
Palermo, Italy (Ports Europe) July 23, 2018 – Cruise companies and groups that manage ferry lines and motorways of the sea are ready to invest in the port of...
Total cruise passenger traffic in Malta during Q2 2018 was 182,862, down 0.2%
Valletta, Malta (Ports Europe) July 20, 2018 – In the second quarter of 2018, a total of 103 cruise ships visited ports in Malta, down 12 on the same...
A Coruña port expects 130 confirmed stopovers and 190,000 passengers next year
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2018 – The port of A Coruña will register next year a new record in cruise traffic, surpassing the number...
Ceuta port receives three cruise vessels in Jan-July 2018
Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2018 –Â Autoridad Portuaria de Ceuta (APC – Port Authority of Ceuta)Â has reported that in the first seven...
Cádiz port bets on Andalusia to position itself as a cruise port
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2018 – The president of Autoridad Portuaria de la BahÃa de Cádiz (APBC – Port Authority of Cadiz), José...
AdSP Palermo to present development plan
Palermo, Italy (Ports Europe) July 18, 2018 – Pasqualino Monti, president of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale (AdSP...
Livorno port to host conference on cruise industry
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) July 16, 2018 – “Welcome to Livorno, Port for Tuscany” is the title of a conference to be held in the port on...
Cooperation with Pullmantur brings tourists to port of Adria
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) July 15, 2018 – Until now, most tourists to Bar port have been from the UK, but an agreement with Pullmantur Cruises SL...
Livorno port to host IRPET cruise tourism report presentation
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) July 10, 2018 – On July 19, 2018, a study by IRPET (Istituto Regionale Programmazione Economica Toscana)Â will be presented...