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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.

CLIA contracts RINA for global investment study

London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) March 13, 2024 – The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) has commissioned RINA to carry out a global...

Spain’s Port of Cartagena cruise season starts this month

Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) March 13, 2024 – The cruise season will begin this March in the Port of Cartagena with three stops during Holy Week,...

Ports of Greece sees record year for cruises in 2023

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 8, 2024 – In 2023, 49 Greek ports received 5,230 cruise ships and just over 7 million passengers. This is equal to...

Construction has begun on a new cruise pier at the Port of La Spezia

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) March 5, 2024 – The construction site for the new cruise pier in La Spezia will be delivered today. It will take 710...

Port of Izmir expects 70 cruise ship visits in 2024

Izmir, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 27, 2024 – This year, the Port of Izmir forecasts 70 cruise ship visits. This compares with 33 ship visits and...

Port of Venice will not extend VTP concession

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) February 27, 2024 – The Port of Venice has said it will not extend the concession of Venezia Terminal Passeggeri (VTP) which...

Port of Chioggia will open the cruise season February 26

Chioggia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 19, 2024 – The port of Chioggia will officially open the cruise season on February 26, with the arrival of Viking...

Port of Venice has high hopes for new cruise season

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) February 15, 2024 – The Port of Venice has high hopes and expectations for the new cruise season which will officially open...

Turkey sees large increase in cruise tourism is 2023

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 14, 2024 – Last year, 1,192 cruise ships visited 19 ports, up +20% on the previous 12 months. The number of...

European-bound cruise ships avoid Red Sea

London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) February 13, 2024 – The cruise ship season is ending in parts of the Southern Hemisphere, and Europe-bound cruise...

Norwegian Cruise Line ends visits to Venice, Italy

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) February 9, 2024 – Norwegian Cruise Line will end visits to Venice, Italy, from 2024. The company said that it was not happy...

Porto de Leixões has record year for cruises in 2023

Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 7, 2024 – In 2023, Porto de Leixões received 116 cruise ships carrying 148,889 passengers, making it the...

Cruise season starts in Port of Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) February 6, 2024 – Last Saturday, the cruise season started in Port of Thessaloniki with the arrival of...

Port of Funchal sees rise in passenger numbers in 2023

Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 31, 2024 – The Port of Funchal, in 2023, registered a movement of 1,031,704 passengers on cruise ships...

Eurostat: Top 10 passenger ports in the EU

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 29, 2024 – The Eurostat organisation has published a report – Key figures on European transport – 2023....

Port of Taranto cruise season starts April 17

Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) January 26, 2024 – The 2024 cruise season in the port of Taranto will run from April 17 to October 9. A total of 45 calls...

Barcelona port to seek agreement on water usage by cruise ships

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2024 – The Port of Barcelona is seeking agreement with the different cruise companies so that after the...

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