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.
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...
MedCruise confirms commitment to sustainable and responsible cruise growth
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – Τhe sustainable development of the Blue Economy in the western Mediterranean, was the theme of the...
Event – Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum – May 23-24, 2017, Athens
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 8, 2017 – The Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum, the Cruising and Yachting Event of the East Mediterranean, will takes...
Costa Cruises promotes Tarragona as base port
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2017 – Costa Cruises and Tarragona Cruise Port Costa Daurada presented today the commencement of their joint...
Ferrol port to start 2017 cruise season on February 26
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) February 6, 2017 – Ferrol port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Ferrol-San Cibrao) plans to start the cruise season on...
Event – 4th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum 23-24 May 2017, Athens
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 – With more than 700 participants and 39 exhibitors from 20 countries and territories participating in a...
Costa Cruises to generate €2.2 million profit for Tarragona tourist companies
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 – The start of operation of Costa Cruises in Tarragona will generate a profit of approximately €2.2...
GPH acquires stakes in three Italian cruise port terminals
Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) February 1, 2017 – Turkey-based Global Ports Holding (GPH) has acquired stakes in three companies managing cruise ports...
Leixoes port to operate 107 cruise calls in 2017
Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Leixoes port has already confirmed 107 calls of cruise ships, which will represent a growth of around...
Malaga port joins European LOCATIONS project
Malaga, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Malaga port has joined the LOCATIONS (Low-Carbon Transport in Cruise Destination Cities) project of the...
Lisbon Cruise Terminal is among the Portuguese capital’s advantages
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Lisbon Cruise Terminal, designed by architect Carrilho da Graça, is one of the advantages of Lisbon,...
MedCruise Board of Directors meeting to be held in Piraeus
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – The 111th meeting of the MedCruise Board of Directors (The Association of Mediterranean Cruise...
Hellenic Ports Association reports an increase in cruise passengers in 2016
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Cruise passengers to Greece recorded a 5% increase in 2016, making it a ”good year” for the...
Greek cruise traffic set to fall in 2017
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Despite forecasts of robust growth for the international cruise travel industry, the Greek cruise...
Malta National Statistics Office reports record cruise year in 2016
Valletta, Malta (Ports Europe) January 21, 2017 – According to figures published by the National Statistics Office in Malta, 2016 was a record year for...
Tunis port handles first cruise ship for 2017
Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) January 19, 2017 – La Goulette, the port of Tunisian capital Tunis, handled the first cruise ship for 2017 on January 18....