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.
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...
Tarragona port to handle 55 cruise ships in 2018
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2018 – Tarragona port has started the cruise season with a schedule for 55 ships that will dock at the facilities,...
Seville port officially opens cruise season
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2018 – Seville port officially opened the cruise season with the arrival of the Braemar ship with almost 1,100...
Venice Blue Flag agreement renewed for 2018
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) March 25, 2018 – The “Venice Blue Flag” agreement will also be renewed for 2018, following agreement of the...
Residents protest against Zadar port concession awarded to Global Ports Holding
Zadar, Croatia (Ports Europe) March 24, 2018 – Local residents in Zadar and the political opposition have objected to the award to a 20-year concession...
Brindisi port and AdSP work together to improve cruise passenger experience
Brindisi, Italy (Ports Europe) March 22, 2018 – Prefectural Commissioner, Santi Giuffre, and President of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare...
Ports Europe – Reference – Cagliari Port 2020
Cagliari Ports 2020, March 21, 2018 The Cagliari Port 2020 project aims to set up a system able to effectively deal with the integration of three main hubs of...
Moby and Tirrenia join “Cagliari Port 2020” and Open Data Trasporti of Sardinia
Cagliari, Sardinia (Ports Europe) March 21, 2018 – Ferry companies Moby and Tirrenia are to join “Cagliari Port 2020” and Open Data Trasporti...
Genoa port risks losing cruise business
Genoa. Italy (Ports Europe) March 20, 2018 – The conditions of docks at Genoa port used by cruise ships is an issue that could lead the port to lose...
Global Ports Holding wins tender for Zadar port concession
Croatia, Zadar (Ports Europe) March 19, 2018 – Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH), a leading cruise port operator, has announced that, following the...