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 wins tender for Zadar port concession
Croatia, Zadar (Ports Europe) March 19, 2018 – Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH), a leading cruise port operator, has announced that, following the...
Taranto port to have multipurpose cruise complex in 2019
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) March 16, 2018 – Taranto port will have a multipurpose complex for the handling of cruise passengers for the 2019 season, the...
Increased cruise business forecast at Piombino port in 2018
Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) March 15, 2018 – Piombino port expects more cruises to visit the port in 2018, compared to the previous year. The news was...
Taranto port promotes cultural heritage at Seatrade Cruise Global fair
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) March 14, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ionio (AdSP – Ionian Sea Port Authority) participated in the...
A Coruña port to handle 108 cruise calls in 2019
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) March 14, 2018 – A Coruña port confirmed 108 cruise calls for 2019, so it hopes “to reinforce its leadership in the...
Leading cruise companies return to Turkish ports
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 13, 2018 – Following a recent retreat from Turkish ports, international cruise companies are again adding Turkish...
Barcelona port strengthens its leadership in cruises with a commitment to sustainability and innovation at Seatrade
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 13, 2018 – Representatives of the Port of Barcelona this week attended the Seatrade Cruise Global, the main...
Global Ports provides 2017 ports update
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 13, 2018 – As part of it 2017 annual financial report, Global Ports Holding (GPH) has commented on the activities...
‘Braemar’ cruise ship to dock at Avilés port five times in 2019
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) March 12, 2018 – On May 2, 2012, the ‘Braemar’ cruise ship docked for the first time in the San Agustín dock of...
Gibraltar represented at Seatrade Global
Ministry of Tourism, Employment, Commercial Aviation and the Port – March 5, 2018 Gibraltar is once again participating at the Seatrade Cruise Global...
Santander port reveals new cruise traffic strategy
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) March 9, 2018 – Santander port is designing a new strategy to reposition itself in the cruise industry, offering a unique...
Alicante Cruise Terminal successfully hosts “Alicante for Cruise Tourism” conference
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) March 10, 2018 – On March 1, 2018, the Conference “Alicante for Cruise Tourism” was held at the Alicante Cruise...
Alicante port intensifies efforts to promote cruise tourism
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) March 9, 2018 – Alicante port and Alicante Cruise Terminal, along with other institutions in the area, such as the city...
A Coruña port optimistic about this year’s cruise traffic
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) March 9, 2018 – A Coruña port is optimistic regarding the forthcoming season of cruise traffic. The harbour managed to...
Naples, Salerno ports representatives participate in Seatrade Cruise Global
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) March 9, 2018 – The 34th edition of the world’s leading international cruise market fair, Seatrade Cruise Global, has just...
Vard awarded contract to build two vessels for Ponant
Tulcea, Romania (Ports Europe) March 10, 2018 – Vard Holdings Limited, a Norwegian company active in the design and construction of special ships, has...
Montenegro’s Bar port sees increased cruise ship traffic
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) March 10, 2018 – Cruise Activities Coordinator Tanja Novovic has commented on the forthcoming cruise season. In 2018, the...
Disney Cruise Line to launch calls in Cartagena in 2019
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) March 8, 2018 – Only two shipping companies have resisted the port of Cartagena to date. But very soon, the managers of the...
Bilbao port aims to diversify cruise traffic
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 8, 2018 – Bilbao port has opted to be the destination of a wide range of shipping companies, diversifying the customers it...
Barcelona port relies on cruise sustainability
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 7, 2018 – Barcelona port has accumulated years of leadership in cruise traffic. And now its main goal is not to...