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.
Port of Venice publishes documents linked to cruise ship decision
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) December 1, 2017 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (Northern Adriatic Sea Port Authority)...
Ceuta port to handle tenth cruise call on December 2
 Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) December 1, 2017 – Ceuta port expects to expand to ten the number of cruise calls this season with the arrival of a ship...
700,000 cruise passenger movements celebrated at Valletta Cruise Port
Valletta, Malta (PortSEurope) November 30,2017 –Â Valletta Cruise Port, operator of the sea passenger terminals and Valletta Waterfront and a subsidiary...
MSC sets up cruise terminal operator for Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 28, 2017 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has a clear goal in Barcelona – its own terminal. And,...
MSC Cruises to operate 40 calls in Valencia in 2018
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 27, 2017 – Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) Cruises plans to carry out more than 40 calls in the port of Valencia...
Spanish ports cruise traffic rises 1.9% y/y in Jan-Sep 2017
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 27, 2017 – Spanish ports recorded 6.5 million cruise passengers in the first nine months of the year, up 1.9% on the...
AIDA Cruises to use LNG supply in Mediterranean ports
Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) November 25, 2017 – AIDA Cruises, part of Carnival Corporation, announced that it will gradually start regular operations...
Castellón port agrees on nine cruise calls for 2019
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) November 24, 2017 – Castellón port has agreed on the call of five cruise ships in 2019, which represents a...
Tarragona port closes 2017 with record-high cruise traffic
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 – Tarragona port has closed the cruise season of 2017 exceeding all expectations and breaking its record...
Valenciaport publishes improved Jan-Oct 2017 traffic figures
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 20, 2017 –Â Valenciaport closed the month of October with 4,043,251 TEU, a figure that represents an increase of...
Castellón port agrees on five cruise calls in 2019
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) November 20, 2017 – Castellón port is preparing to take a great leap in cruise tourism. Castellón port authority (Autoridad...
Ceuta port handles ninth cruise ship in 2017
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) November 20, 2017 – Ceuta port has extended to nine the number of cruise calls this season with the arrival of a ship that has...
Marseille – Mediterranean Air Day – the environmental question will prevail in port economics
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) November 20, 2017 – On November 14, 2017, Marseille hosted “Mediterranean Air Day” (Journée...
Port of Heraklion opens new cruise terminal
Heraklion, Greece (PortSEurope) November 19, 2017 – The Port of Heraklion has celebrated the official opening of the upgraded cruise terminal. In...
Portuguese Minister of Economy visits Leixões port
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 17, 2017 – The Portuguese Minister of Economy visited the Leixões port on November 15 and praised the...
A Coruña port to handle 180,000 cruise passengers in 2017
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) November 16, 2017 – A Coruña port has handled 168,000 passengers so far this year, an unprecedented figure that less than two...
Global Ports Holding opens new cruise terminal at Lisbon port
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 16, 2017 – Global Ports Holding’s new cruise terminal building in Lisbon has been officially opened at a...
Marseille welcomes MSC Orchestra vessel
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) November 16, 2017 –Â The Port of Marseille Fos and the MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Company) have held a press event to...
Koper port cruise season ends
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) November 15, 2017 –Â In 2017, 61 cruise ships carrying almost 72,000 passengers docked in the Koper Passenger Terminal. In...
Andalusia government to promote cruise offer at CruiseWorld fair in Florida
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) November 14, 2017 – Andalusia’s regional government and Andalusia Cruises, an association that includes the seven...