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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.

Bulgarian ports see little cruise business due to regional instability

Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) May 15, 2018 – The Black Sea ports of Varna and Bourgas will see no cruise ships dock in summer 2018, a result of...

Global Ports Holding reports increased passenger traffic in Q1 2018 for its cruise ports

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) May 15, 2018 – The three Turkish cruise ports operated by Global Ports Holding (GPH) saw tourist numbers for Q1 2018...

Valencia port cruise traffic declines in Q1 2018 

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 14, 2018 – Valencia port is the only port in Spain that lost cruise passengers in the first quarter of 2018. At the end of...

APDL looks at private investment in Porto Cruise Terminal at Leixões port

Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 14, 2018 – APDL – Administração dos Portos do Douro, Leixões e Viana do Castelo (Port Administration of...

Funchal port sees increased cruise traffic in April 2018

Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 14, 2018 – In April 2018, the port of Funchal registered an increase in cruise traffic compared to the same...

Lisbon port to host Seatrade Cruise Med event in September

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 14, 2018 – The Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, presides tomorrow, at the new Cruise Terminal in Lisbon, the...

Pesaro port sees cruise ship development

Pesaro, Italy (PortSEurope) May 13, 2018 – The cruise ships “Arethusa” and “Artemis” of the Grand Circle Cruise Line have both...

Costa Cruises to officially launch new flagship in Savona port in Nov 2019

Savona, Italy (PortSEurope) May 10, 2018 – Costa Cruises plans to officially launch its new flagship, Costa Smeralda, in Savona, on November 3, 2019. The...

Cyprus Shipping Chamber welcomes new DP World Limassol port cruise terminal

Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) May 8, 2018 – On May 3, 2018, DP World inaugurated its new passenger cruise ship terminal in the Cypriot port of Limassol....

Barcelona port handles 619,364 cruise passengers in low season

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2018 – Barcelona port has taken an important step towards the de-seasonalisation of cruise activity, which helps to...

Carnival Corporation opens Helix cruise center at Barcelona port

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 7, 2018 – Carnival Corporation & plc has opened its second cruise terminal at the port of Barcelona with an...

Porto Torres expected to benefit from investment project

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (PortSEurope) May 7, 2018 – Sales Spa has submitted plans for a €34 million ($40.56 million) project which would enable Porto...

Seadream I arrives in Huelva port for second time this season

Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) May 7, 2018 – The luxury cruise vessel Seadream I, under the flag of the Bahamas and belonging to the company “Seadream...

Livorno port handles its longest container ship ever

Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) May 4, 2018 – Less than a year ago, the prospect of hosting ships of a large size in Livorno would have been considered...

DP World Limassol inaugurates new cruise terminal in Cyprus

Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) May 3, 2018 – DP World has opened its new cruise passenger terminal in Limassol. An inauguration event was attended by...

“Vision of the Seas” ship makes inaugural call at Alicante port

Alicante, Spain (PortSEurope) May 3, 2018 – Alicante port received on May 1 the inaugural call of the “Vision of the Seas” ship of the Royal...

Siracusa port expects 75 cruise calls in April-November

Siracusa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 2, 2018 – Siracusa port expects 75 cruise calls in the period between April and November, with over 130,000 tourists in...

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