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.
Port of Barcelona receives first UK cruise ship powered by LNG
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 6, 2021 – The cruise ship Iona, operated by P&O Cruises, has visited the Port of Barcelona and was consigned...
Turkish cruise attributes promoted at Seatrade Cruise Global Fair
Miami, United States (PortSEurope) October 5, 2021 – The Turkish Tourism Promotion and Development Agency (TGA) is attending at the Seatrade Cruise...
Port of La Spezia sees return of cruise ships
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) October 4, 2021 – The MSC Splendida cruise ship called in to the Port of La Spezia on its way to Marseille. 500 passengers...
Galataport Istanbul reopens and welcomes first cruise ship
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 4, 2021 – Galataport, on the Istanbul harbourside at Karaköy, has reopened and welcomed the small cruise ship...
Cruise activity in the Basque Country boosted with the arrival of cruise liners
Two cruise ships will coincide in the terminal of the port of Bilbao in Getxo this Thursday – September 30, 2021 This week, the cruise liner terminal of...
DP World Limassol sees the return of cruise ships
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) September 28, 2021 – On World Tourism Day, DP World Limassol has announced the return of cruise ships to Cyprus. In 2020,...
Port of Chioggia considered as cruise ship destination
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 30, 2021 – The Port of Chioggia has become a factor in the discussion of the future of cruise ship tourism in...
MSC Cruises seeks net zero emissions by 2050
Geneva, Switzerland (Ports Europe) September 23, 2021 – MSC Cruises, part of MSC, has pledged “to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions...
Turkey-Libya cruises set to start
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 22, 2021 – Murtaza Karanfil, Chairman of the Turkey-Libya Business Council, has said that passengers cruises...
Greek ports see Q1 2021 cargo traffic down over 10%
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 20, 2021 – The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) has published data on traffic of passengers, goods and...
Cruises to Croatian ports show recovery
In the first seven months of 2021, 49 journeys of foreign vessels on cruise were received by seaports in Croatia, compared with just 16 ships in the same...
Port of Seville reactivates cruise ships with the first call of the Belle de Cadix
Tomorrow, Saturday 4 September, the Port of Seville will resume cruise traffic with the first call of the Belle de Cadix, which has Seville as its home port....
Ege Port – Kuşadası welcomes the return of the cruises ship business
Kuşadası, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 3, 2021 – The Aegean Sea port of Ege Port Kusadasi has welcomed its first cruise ship visit of the season...
Global Ports Holding Plc reports low cruise passenger volumes in Q2 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 2, 2021 – Global Ports Holding Plc, the global cruise port operator, has published its April-June 2021 trading...
“Norwegian Prima” floated out of port of Marghera
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) August 30, 2021 – The “Norwegian Prima” ship is the first of six vessels of Norwegian Cruise Line’s (NCL)...
Port of Marghera, Venice, prepares temporary cruise ship facility
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) August 29, 2021 – The Port of Marghera, located next to the suburb of Mestre on the mainland shore west of...
LSCT to start tests for new container facilities
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) August 16, 2021 – Investigations will start soon regarding the possibility of have new dock facilities in Marina del...