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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.

New Algiers Port’s marine passenger terminal to be inaugurated next May

Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) April 8, 2018 – The new marine passenger terminal of Algiers port will be inaugurated in next May, Minister of Public...

Cartagena port to handle 30,000 cruise passengers in April

Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) April 6, 2018 – April is one of the most prosperous months for cruise traffic and this year, more than 30,000 tourists from...

Málaga port to handle 170,000 cruise passengers this spring

Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) April 5, 2018 – Málaga port expects to handle 170,000 passengers aboard 108 cruise ships from March 20 to June 30,...

Assoporti ranks Sardinia as leading port for passenger numbers

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 4, 2018 – Assoporti, the Italian ports association, has ranked Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare...

Huelva port officially opens cruise season

Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) April 3, 2018 – The cruise ship “Marella Celebration”, operated by Thomson Cruises, docked on March 28 in Huelva...

Fred Olsen cruise ships to visit Funchal, Madeira

Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 3, 2018 – Administração dos Portos da Região Autónoma da Madeira, S. A. (APRAM – Port of...

Santander port posts highest cruise traffic growth in Spain in 2018

Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2018 – Spanish ports recorded 9.2 million cruise passengers in 2017, up 6.6% on the year, and a total of 4,248 ships...

Piombino port handles first cruise ship for 2018

Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) April 2, 2018 – Piombino port handled its first cruise call for 2018 with the docking of the Marella Spirit ship of TUI UK on...

Costa Crociere returns to Catania cruise port

Catania, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) April 2, 2018 – Costa Crociere SpA is to resume using Catania port after a break of a few years. The first landing...

Tarragona port handles first cruise ship for 2018 season

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 30, 2018 – Tarragona port received its first cruise ship for the season on March 28, the Pearl II, of Saga Cruises, the...

MSC Cruises introduces AI aboard ships

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 30, 2018 – MSC Cruises has introduced a personal digital assistant aboard the MSC Bellissima cruise ship, a service...

Venice port, 40 shipping companies renew ‘Blue Flag’ agreement

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) March 30, 2018 – Venice port and 40 shipping companies operating in the Venetian lagoon have renewed the ‘Blue...

Pacific Princess ship to open cruise season at Ancona port

Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) March 29, 2018 – The Pacific Princess cruise ship will open the 2018 cruise season in the port of Ancona in April. The ship,...

Livorno, Piombino port authority reports improved 2017 traffic

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) March 29, 2018 – In 2017 the ports of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP – North...

Spanish ports’ cruise traffic rises in Jan 2018

Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) March 28, 2018 – Spanish ports recorded an annual increase of 45.3% in cruise traffic in January to 529,486 passengers, and...

Pesaro port to open cruise season on April 5, 2018

Pesaro, Italy (Ports Europe) March 28, 2018 – Pesaro port’s cruise season will begin on April 5 and an increase in the number of calls to 21 in 2018...

Málaga port hosts presentation of Symphony of the Seas cruise ship

Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) March 27, 2018 – Málaga port hosts the cruise ship Symphony of the Seas with capacity for 6,360 passengers and with 362...

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