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.
Malaga hosts main cruise event held in Europe, the Seatrade Cruise Med
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) September 16, 2022 – Malaga hosted the main cruise event held in Europe, the Seatrade Cruise Med. On September 14-15, the...
Cruise ships returning to Spain
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 16, 2022 – Cruise ships are returning to Spain with 3,487,507 cruise passengers between January and July 2022. In...
Port of Barcelona to create working group to improve cruise ship energy supply
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 14, 2022 – The Port of Barcelona and the main operators in the cruise sector, will create a working group to...
Seatrade Cruise Med fair takes place in Málaga this week
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) September 12, 2022 – The Seatrade Cruise Med fair takes place in Málaga September 14-15, 2022. Around 45 cruise Lines both...
Port of A Coruña to strengthen docks to support cruise ships
Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) September 8, 2022 – The Port of A Coruña is to strengthen docks to support ever larger cruise ships. Port infrastructure...
Abercrombie & Kent considers cruise ships visits to Port of Almería
Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) September 7, 2022 – The luxury travel company Abercrombie & Kent considers cruise ships visits to Port of Almería as...
Port of Livorno makes room for larger cruise ships
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) September 7, 2022 – The Port of Livorno is making room for larger cruise ships by making new space at quay 75. Cranes...
Cargo and passengers rise in Q2 2022 in Croatian seaports
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) August 12, 2022 – The total cargo handled by Croatian seaports increased by +14.5% compared to the same period in 2021....
Port of Ancona forecasts increasing passenger traffic
Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) August 3, 2022 – The Port of Ancona forecasts increasing passenger traffic for the season following growth so far this year....
Port of Las Palmas confirms cruise concessions of Global Ports Holdings
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) July 26, 2022 – The Board of Directors of the Port Authority has confirmed details of cruise port...
Lisbon hosts Cruise Europe international conference for the first time
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 25, 2022 – In the first quarter of 2023, Lisbon will host the Cruise Europe Conference for the first time. It is a...
Slovenian ports in 2021- Most ships arrived and departed in October
In 2021, 3,045 ships arrived in or departed from all three Slovenian ports. Traffic of passenger vessels was the largest in the port of Piran, while traffic of...
Port of Gaeta restarts with luxury cruises
Gaeta, Italy (PortSEurope) July 20, 2022 – The Port of Gaeta has started it cruise season withe the start of luxury cruises. The Royal Clipper, one of...
Global Ports Holdings handled 2.63 million passengers in H1 2022
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) July 15, 2022 – Global Ports Holdings (GPH) handled 2.63 million passengers in the first half of 2022 in its cruise...
Ports of Trieste and Monfalcone see record weekend for cruise ship passengers
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) July 12, 2022 – Last weekend, the Northern Italian ports of Trieste and Monfalcone welcomed around 20,000 cruise ship...
Turkish ports see huge rise in cruise ship passenger numbers in first half of 2022
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 12, 2022 – In the first six months of 2022, Turkish ports handled 205,642 cruise ship passengers (see first table)....
All three quays in the port of Toulon will have shore-to-ship power connection by mid-2023
Toulon, France, (PortSEurope) July 10, 2022 – The three quays (Fournel, Minerva and Corsica) of the Port of Toulon in Southern France will be equipped with...