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.
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...
Ferrol port cancels first cruise call for 2017
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2017 – Ferrol port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Ferrol-San Cibrao) has cancelled the first cruise call for...
Dubrovnik wins “The Best Mediterranean Cruise Port” Excellence award
Dubrovnik, Croatia (Ports Europe) February 27, 2017 – At the tenth edition of the Mediterranean Cruise Excellence Awards 2017 hosted in the MedCruise...
Barcelona port calls tender for urbanisation of Cruise Terminal E
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2017 – The Barcelona port board of directors approved a tender for the urbanisation of the space adjacent to...
Royal Caribbean cancels calls at Turkish ports
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 22, 2017 – US cruise company Royal Caribbean has cancelled all calls at Turkish ports for 2017. Royal Caribbean...
Castellon port to launch plan to boost cruise traffic
Castellon, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2017 – Castellon port’s development foundation PortCastello plans to launch a plan to increase the...