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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.

Port of Ancona forecasts increasing passenger traffic

Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) August 3, 2022 – The Port of Ancona forecasts increasing passenger traffic for the season following growth so far this year....

Port of Las Palmas confirms cruise concessions of Global Ports Holdings

Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) July 26, 2022 – The Board of Directors of the Port Authority has confirmed details of cruise port...

Lisbon hosts Cruise Europe international conference for the first time

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 25, 2022 – In the first quarter of 2023, Lisbon will host the Cruise Europe Conference for the first time. It is a...

Slovenian ports in 2021- Most ships arrived and departed in October

In 2021, 3,045 ships arrived in or departed from all three Slovenian ports. Traffic of passenger vessels was the largest in the port of Piran, while traffic of...

Port of Gaeta restarts with luxury cruises

Gaeta, Italy (PortSEurope) July 20, 2022 – The Port of Gaeta has started it cruise season withe the start of luxury cruises. The Royal Clipper, one of...

Global Ports Holdings handled 2.63 million passengers in H1 2022

London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) July 15, 2022 – Global Ports Holdings (GPH) handled 2.63 million passengers in the first half of 2022 in its cruise...

Ports of Trieste and Monfalcone see record weekend for cruise ship passengers

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) July 12, 2022 – Last weekend, the Northern Italian ports of Trieste and Monfalcone welcomed around 20,000 cruise ship...

Global Ports Canary Islands takes over concession for Las Palmas

Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) July 11, 2022 – Global Ports Canary Islands S.L. (GPCI) will operate a 40-year concession for Las Palmas...

All three quays in the port of Toulon will have shore-to-ship power connection by mid-2023

Toulon, France, (PortSEurope) July 10, 2022 – The three quays (Fournel, Minerva and Corsica) of the Port of Toulon in Southern France will be equipped with...

Port of La Spezia issues tender for new cruise ship pier

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 7, 2022 – The Port of La Spezia has issued a tender for the construction of a new cruise ship pier on Calata Paita....

Cruise activity at Port of Gijón shows recovery

Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 30, 2022 – Cruise activity at Port of Gijón shows recovery towards returning to pre-Covid levels. Although in 2021...

Viking Saturn floated out in Port of Ancona

Trieste, June 23, 2022 – “Viking Saturn”, the newest ocean cruise ship which Fincantieri is building for the shipowner Viking, has been floated...

Port of Reggio Calabria looks to attract mega yachts and cruise ship business

Reggio Calabria, Italy (Ports Europe) June 22, 2022 – The Port of Reggio Calabria is looking to develop infrastructure to attract mega yachts and cruise...

Greek port traffic recovers in Q4 2021

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) June 17, 2022 – The state statistical agency ELSTAT has reported traffic figures for Greek ports in Q4 2021. It show that...

Cruise industry seeks partnership with governments to reach decarbonisation goals

As the EU takes critical steps to deliver on its 2030 ambitions, cruise industry leaders and policymakers met today in Genoa to discuss implementation of the...

Libya’s Port of Tobruk plans to start cruise ship services

Tripoli, Libya, (Ports Europe) June 16, 2022 – The Port of Tobruk has announced that it plans to start cruise ship services with unspecified ports in...

Port of Malaga will receive 41 cruise calls between June 15 and September 15

The Port of Malaga will receive 41 cruise calls between June 15 and September 15. Although the summer season is not considered one of the high seasons for...

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