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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.

GPH to transform the cruise experience in Tarragona with a new sustainable terminal

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 27, 2022 – Global Ports Holding Plc (LON: GPH) has been awarded a 12-year concession, with a 6-year extension...

Greek cruise ship sector shows signs of recovery

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 25, 2022 – The Covid-19 coronavirus crisis placed more of the global cruise ship industry in the “deep...

Spanish cruise ship business show signs of recovery

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) January 21, 2022 – The statistics of cruise passenger traffic in Spanish state-owned ports reported total movement of nearly...

Puertos del Estado and CLIA commit to cruise ship industry sustainability

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) January 21, 2022 – At a presentation held during the International Tourism Fair (FITUR) in Madrid, the president of Puertos...

Global Ports Holding publishes cruise port passenger numbers for 2021

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 19, 2022 – Global Ports Holding has published 2021 passenger numbers for the cruise ports of Ege (Turkey),...

Fincantieri floats new “Viking Neptune”

Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) January 19, 2022 – “Viking Neptune”, the newest ocean cruise ship which Fincantieri is building for the shipowner...

Lazio Port of Civitavecchia seeks growth through investment

Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) January 17, 2022 – The Lazio Port of Civitavecchia is one of Europe’s leading cruise ports, and its passenger...

MSC Lirica will homeport in Piraeus for Summer 2022 cruise season

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 10, 2022 – The MSC Lirica vessel, operated by MSC Cruises, will use the Port of Piraeus as a homeport for the...

Port of Málaga reports the positive return of cruise ships in 2021

Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) January 5, 2022 – The Port of Málaga ended 2021 with a total of 114 cruise shoip visiots and 119,807 passengers. These...

Spain’s Palma port to limit cruise ship visits

Palma, Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) December 28, 2021 – The port of Palma, Mallorca, plans to limit the number of cruise ship visits per day to three,...

Cruise terminal of port of Crotone to be managed by Port Operation Holding srl

Crotone, Italy (PortSEurope) December 21, 2021 – The cruise terminal of the port of Crotone it will be managed by Port Operation Holding srl, a...

Ravenna Civitas Cruise Port Srl signs 33-year concession

Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) December 21, 2021 – Ravenna Civitas Cruise Port Srl has signed a €221 million, 33-year ($249.7 million) contract with...

Italy sets up fund to support ports’ lost revenue from tourism

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) December 20, 2021 – The Ministry of Infrastructures and Sustainable Mobility is to establish a fund to support port cities that...

Port of Taranto joins AIVP working group

Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) December 8, 2021 – The Port of Taranto is one of 25 international members to join a working group set up by AIVP –...

MSC Cruises returns to Turkey in 2022

Kusadasi, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 7, 2021 – Turkey will return to MSC Cruises’ Mediterranean itinerary in the summer of 2022 with Kuşadası...

Port of Trapani set to open new cruise terminal

Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) December 6, 2021 – This Friday, the Port of Trapani plans to inaugurate its new Passenger Cruise Terminal of the...

Galataport Istanbul expects 250 cruise ships for 2022.

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 29, 2021 – In 2022, Galataport Istanbul has reservations to receive 250 cruise ship visits in 2022, according to...

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