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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.

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...

The Mediterannean Sea continues attracting cruisers

Fort Lauderdale, United States (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – MedCruise presented today to the cruise world gathered in Fort Lauderdale for Seatrade...

Sicilian port authorities jointly present cruise offer at Florida fair

Palermo, Italy (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – The Sicilian port authorities in Palermo, Catania and Messina-Milazzo have jointly promoted the...

Barcelona port aims to attract more calls of new cruise ships

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – Barcelona is still a powerful magnet for cruisers and this year the Catalan port authority expects to...

Valencia port expects to service 50 cruise companies in 2020

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) expects the number of cruise companies...

Event – Seatrade Cruise Global 2017 – March 13-16, 2017 – Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, United States (Ports Europe) March 13, 2017 – Seatrade Cruise Global is the cruise industry’s premier global event. It is the...

Celestyal Cruises announces new season in the Aegean

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 14, 2017 – Celestyal Cruises, a specialist in destination-centric cruises, has announced its new season in the...

Malaga port expects passenger traffic increase in 2017

Malaga, Spain (Ports Europe) March 14, 2017 – Malaga port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Мálaga) expects the number of passengers handled in 2017 to...

MSC Cruises to carry out 34 calls at Valencia port in 2017

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 14, 2017 – Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) Cruises plans to carry out a total of 34 calls at Valencia port in...

Trasmediterranea to handle 420,000 cruise passengers at Valencia port in 2017

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 13, 2017 – Spanish cruise operator Trasmediterranea expects the number of passengers serviced at Valencia port this...

Balearic Islands port authority promotes local harbours at Seatrade Cruise Global fair

Ibiza, Spain (Ports Europe) March 13, 2017 – Balearic Islands port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares) leads the Balearic delegation at the...

Cruise traffic at Italian ports to decline in 2017

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 13, 2017 – The cruise industry keeps expanding globally, but a beneficiary will not be Italy, which will face a...

Viking Cruises to operate seven calls at Valencia port in 2017

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 6, 2017 – Norwegian group Viking Cruises said it plans to operate a total of seven calls at Valencia port in 2017. The...

Valencia port to take part in Seatrade Cruise Global trade fair

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 8, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) plans to participate in Seatrade Cruise Global...

Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises present 2017 offer in Valencia

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 6, 2017 – Norwegian Cruise Line and Oceania Cruises chose Valencia to launch itineraries, current promotions and new...

Sochi-Istanbul cruise line to be launched on May 1

Sochi, Russia (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – Sevastopol governor Dmitry Ovsyannikov said a cruise ship will start operating the...

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