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.
Kuşadası becomes top cruise ship destination in Turkey
Kuşadası, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – Turkey’s cruise passenger traffic was 118,087 people in the first half of 2017 and most of the...
Cartagena port among top five cruise destinations in western Mediterranean
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) July 31, 2017 – Cartagena port is among the top five cruise destinations in the Mediterranean for the second time, according...
MedCruise to join of European Ports Forum
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) July 29, 2017 – In June 2017, the European Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc announced the creation of a European...
A cruise ship pollutes as much as one million cars
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) July 26, 2017 – A cruise ship pollutes as much as one million cars, in terms of fine particles and nitrogen dioxide,...
Cruise traffic using Koper port increases
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) July 26, 2017 – Koper port welcomed its 33rd cruise liner of the current season and around 40,500 cruise passengers have...
General merchandise grows in Puertos de Las Palmas above 20% in H1 of 2017
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) July 26, 2017 – General merchandise traffic, container movement, liquid bulk and total port traffic show double-digit...
Barcelona port to attend Passenger Ship Pollution 2017 event
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 25, 2017 – The first Passenger Ship Pollution 2017 event will take place November 14-15, 2017, in Southampton, UK....
Leixões port books best ever cruise traffic in May
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – Leixões port continues to book records surpassing the 29,000 passengers in 31 ship stopovers in the first...
Barcelona port to improve access to cruise terminals
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 18, 2017 – Barcelona port has begun the rearrangement of the access zone to the cruise terminals located at the Adossat...
Málaga port visits Germany to present harbour’s cruise offer
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) July 18, 2017 – Representatives of Málaga port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Málaga) visited Germany to present the...
Cagliari port completes project for improvement of Dogane dock
Cagliari, Italy (PortSEurope) July 17, 2017 – Cagliari port has completed a project for the improvement of the look of its water front by installing street...
BlueConnect is now online, and includes ports in France and Italy
Nice, France (PortSEurope) July 15, 2017 – BlueConnect, the port observation platform, is now online, and includes 295 ports in Var, Alpes Maritimes,...
Zadar port to receive cruise investment
Zadar, Croatia (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – The port of Zadar is to the site of a new cruise port on the Croatian Adriatic coastline. Other ports in the...
Cádiz port to handle four cruise ships of 300 m in length for first time on July 26
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – Cádiz port will receive for the first time on July 26 four cruise ships of almost 300 metres of length in a...
A Coruña port cruise traffic rises 57% y/y in H1 2017
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – A Coruña port handled 74,762 cruise passengers in the first half of 2017, up 57% on the year. The port expects...
Kuşadası and Bodrum Cruise Port receive Green Port certification
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – The Turkish port of Kuşadası and Bodrum Cruise Port have been awarded ‘Green Port’ certification in...
Cádiz port to reduce cruise ship fees in 2018
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cádiz) plans to maintain in 2018 its rates and bonuses on the...
Ceuta port cruise passenger traffic declines 87% y/y in Jan-May 2017
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Ceuta port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Ceuta) has closed the first five months of the year...
Las Palmas port publishes rules regarding safety during cruise ship handling
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) July 4, 2017 – Las Palmas official gazette Boletín Oficial de la Provincia de Las Palmas (BOP) published yesterday the new...
Porto Torres port opens Alti Fondali basin
Porto Torres, Italy (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Italian transport minister Graziano Delrio has officially opened the Alti Fondali basin for the handling...