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.
Canary Islands cruise traffic declines 6% in Jan-Feb 2017
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) April 6, 2017 – The cruise traffic to the ports of the Canary Islands stood at 452,519 passengers in the first two months of...
MedCruise names Huelva “port of the week”
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) April 4, 2017 – The Mediterranean cruise ports association MedCruise has named Huelva harbour “port of the week”,...
Ceremony marks first presentation of Silver Muse by Fincantieri
Trieste, 2 April 2017 – Silver Muse, the new ultra-luxury cruise ship built by Fincantieri for Silversea Cruises, was presented today at Fincantieri’s...
Bilbao port launches cruise passenger station
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 30, 2017 – Bilbao port hit a historical landmark in its role as an economic engine with the inauguration of the new...
East Med cruising in the spotlight at Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) March 29, 2017 – Richard Vogel, president & CEO, Pullmantur; Larry Pimentel, president & CEO, Azamara Cruises;...
Lisbon announced as the venue for Seatrade Cruise Med 2018
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 29, 2017 –Â Seatrade has announced that Lisbon will be the 2018 venue for the largest cruise industry event...
A Coruna port agrees 90 cruise calls by 2018
A Coruna, Spain (Ports Europe) March 27, 2017 – A Coruna port agreed a total of 90 cruise calls by 2018, the port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de A...
Constanta – River Adagio opens the cruise season
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) March 27, 2017 –Â The river vessel River Adagio, under the flag of Malta, has called at the passenger terminal of...
Valletta Cruise Port has been awarded the Best Terminal Operator Award
Valletta, Malta (Ports Europe) March 26, 2017 –Â Valletta Cruise Port, a subsidiary of Global Ports Holding, has been awarded the Best Terminal Operator...
Spanish cruise ports aim to hit 9.5 million passenger mark by 2020
Malaga, Spain (Ports Europe) March 25, 2017 – Spain’s cruise ports welcomed a record 8.7 million passengers in 2016, a 0.6% rise from 2015. Ports in...
DP World Limassol welcomes first maiden call cruise ship
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) March 25, 2017 –Â DP World Limassol has successfully welcomed the maiden call of the newest cruise ship in the world,...
Bilbao maritime cruise station set to open
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 23, 2017 – On 29 March, concurrently with the call of P&O’s Brittania, the new Bilbao maritime cruise station...
Port of Sibenik – Maritime Passenger Terminal
Sibenik, Croatia (Ports Europe) March 23, 2017 – The Port of Sibenik Authority (PSA) has used a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and...
Tenerife port gets award for its cruise terminal
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) March 21, 2017 – Tenerife port has received the prize for the best cruise terminal building in its category for 2016. The...
Bilbao port to handle 58 cruise ships this season
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 20, 2017 – Bilbao port expects 58 cruise ships to be docked at its Getxo cruise terminal this season, which starts...
Andalusian ports expect combined cruise traffic to rise by 10% in 2016
Cadiz, Spain (Ports Europe) March 17, 2017 – Andalusian ports expect their combined cruise traffic to rise by between 5% and 10% in 2016, the president...
Castellon port analyses potential to attract cruise traffic
Castellon, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – Castellon port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón) is working on an analysis that allows it to...
Barcelona port receives award at Seatrade Cruise Global fair
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – Barcelona port has received the “Best port for turnaround operations” award of Cruise...
Alicante port forecasts cruise traffic growth in 2017
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – The joint promotion work carried out in recent years by Alicante port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de...
Bilbao port to officially open cruise passenger station by end-March
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) said it plans to officially open its new cruise...