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.
Lisbon port sees increase cruise traffic in first half of 2018
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 10, 2018 –Â Cruise traffic in the Port of Lisbon grew 15% in passenger numbers and 11% in stopovers during the first...
Cruise industry generates 31,233 jobs in Spain in 2017
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 10, 2018 – The cruise industry is contributing significantly to the smooth running of the Spanish economy, as highlighted...
Naples port to develop new passenger terminal at Beverello dock
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) July 9, 2018 – Pietro Spirito, president Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP...
Valencia port to open new cruise terminal in 2020
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 9, 2018 – Valencia port plans to open a new cruise terminal in 2020 in the space occupied by Unión Naval de Levante,...
Civitavecchia port’s cruise activities may be blocked during strike against Enel
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 6, 2018 – The cruise handling operations of Civitavecchia port may be blocked as of July 11 when dockers launch a...
Marseille port discusses its environmental ship index awards
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 28, 2018 – The Grand Port of Marseilles (GPMM) has presented its ESI (Environmental ship index) awards. Set up by...
Pullmantur to operate cruise service linking Canary Islands to Agadir port
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2018 – Santa Cruz de La Palma port will be the point of embarkation for a cruise service through...
Greek minister discusses possible Katakolo port cruise industry development
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) June 27, 2018 – Greek Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura has visited Katakolo, in the Peloponnese, western Greece, to...
Marseilles city council rejects cruise passenger tax proposal
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 25, 2018 –Â Marseilles city council has rejected an amendment tabled by the socialist opposition demanding the...
Turkey’s General Directorate of Commerce reports cruise passenger numbers for Jan-May 2018
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) June 25, 2018 – According to the General Directorate of Commerce data, in January-May 2018 Turkey’s seven harbours...
DP World receives Invest Cyprus award
Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) June 25, 2018 – DP World was among six foreign investors acknowledged for their contribution to the economy during this...
Ravenna port carries out dredging to secure cruise business
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) June 25, 2018 – Due to a reducing draft, Ravenna port is making alternative plans for users of the cruise and passenger...
EU-sponsored Sirocco cruise project ends with Civitavecchia port meeting
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) June 25, 2018 – The scheduled final conference of Interreg Med Project “Sirocco-Sustainable Interregional Coastal...
Serafin Blazquez appointed Port Services Director, Global Ports Holding
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 23, 2018 – Global Ports Holding PLC (GPH), a cruise port operator, has announced the appointment of Serafin Blazquez...
La Spezia port approves feasibility study for cruise project
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) June 22, 2018 – La Spezia port has given the green light to the feasibility study of a project financing proposal by Royal...
Palermo port to develop Vittorio Veneto quay into new terminal facility
Palermo, Italy (PortSEurope) June 22, 2018 –Â After seven years of clashes and administrative disputes, future works have been agreed to develop Palermo...
La Spezia port set for waterfront development
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) June 19, 2018 – The President of the Liguria Region Giovanni Toti, The Mayor of La Spezia, Pierluigi Peracchini, the...
Elstat reports goods and passenger traffic at Greek ports in Q4 2017
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) June 18, 2018 –Â The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) has announced data on traffic of passengers, goods and mobile...
Tarragona port to receive ‘Spirit’ cruise ship on June 13
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2018 – Tarragona port said it will receive on June 13 the ‘Spirit’ cruise ship of the Marella Cruises...
Cádiz port handles 133 cruise ships year-to-date
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) June 11, 2018 – Cádiz port has handled 133 cruise ship calls in its docks so far in 2018. April and May, with 44 calls, were the...