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 Heraklion reports improved cruise ship business in 2023
Heraklion, Crete, Greece (Ports Europe) January 4, 2024 – In 2023, cruise traffic in the port of Heraklion increased by +50%, with a record 382,981...
QTerminals Antalya, 26 cruise ships, 33,697 passengers in 2023
Antalya, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 29, 2023 – QTerminals Antalya, Turkey’s leading commercial cargo and cruise port, welcomed thousands of...
Global Ports Holding Plc – Results for the six months to 30 Sep 2023
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) December 20, 2023 – London-listed Global Ports Holding Plc has reported interim results for the six months to 30...
After three years, an MSC Cruises ship visits Port of Cagliari
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) December 19, 2023 – MSC Cruises has returned to the port of Cagliari after three years. The MSC Orchestra ship...
MSC World Europa uses dockside power supply in Valletta
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) December 19, 2023 – MSC Cruises’ MSC World Europa ship has successfully used shore-supplied power (OPS –...
Port of Rijeka plans new passenger terminal
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) December 11, 2023 – The Port of Rijeka is planning a plan for a new cruise passenger terminal. Director of the Port...
Port of La Spezia new cruise pier contract awarded to consortium
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) November 30, 2023 – A contract for the construction of the new cruise pier in La Spezia has been awarded to a...
Galataport offered to Qatar Investment Authority
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) November 28, 2023 – Dogus Holding (Doğuş Group) is trying to convince the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) to buy...
Port of Bilbao reports record cruise season
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) November 16, 2023 – The Port of Bilbao reports a record cruise season for 2024 with record numbers in terms of stopovers and...
Thessaloniki inaugurates new cruise terminal
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) November 16, 2023 – The inauguration of the new Cruise Terminal of Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) with the name...
Cagliari port predicts 2024 will be boom year for cruise tourism
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) November 15, 2023 – Cagliari port is predicting that 2024 will be a boom year for cruise passenger tourism. The...
Croatian port passenger numbers steady in Q3 2023
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) November 15, 2023 – In Q3 2023, more than 18.3 million passengers boarded and disembarked in Croatian sea...
Malta reports huge rise in cruise passengers in Q3 2023
Valletta, Malta (Ports Europe) November 15, 2023 – The number of cruise ship passengers visiting Malta was 348,268 in Q3 2023, up +55.8% on the same...
Malta records over 55% rise in cruise ship passengers in Q3 2023
Valletta, Malta (PortSEurope) November 13, 2023 – Total cruise passenger traffic Q3 2023 was 348,268, a rise of +55.8% over the same quarter of 2022....
Global Ports Holding saw passenger numbers up +39% in Q3 2023
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) November 13, 2023 – Global Ports Holding (GPH) saw cruise passenger numbers up +39% in Q3 2023 to 3.6 million. This...
Aquilon Shipping starts Sochi-Samsun cruise ship service
Sochi, Russia (PortSEurope) November 9, 2023 – Aquilon Shipping has said that it will start a cruise ship service between the Russian Black Sea port of...
Italy experiences surge in cruise ship tourism
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) November 5, 2023 – Italy is experiencing a surge in cruise ship tourism and 2024 is forecast to be a record year. Italy is...
Norwegian Cruise Line cancels 2024 visits to Israeli ports
Haifa, Israel (PortSEurope) November 2, 2023 – Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) has cancelled all visits to Israel in 2024 due to the Israel-Hamas war. This...
Port of Heraklion sees large rise in cruise passenger numbers
Heraklion, Greece (PortSEurope) November 1, 2023 – The Port of Heraklion has reported a large rise in cruise passenger numbers in the first 10 months of...
Ports of Genoa reports record passenger numbers for Jan-Sep 23
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) October 30, 2023 – The Ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado have reported over 4 million passengers, cruises and ferries, in...