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Guest volume was up by 12.3 per cent, port calls by 12.8 per cent and turnarounds by 5.6 per cent compared to 2024, according to the Cruise Baltic Market Review. (more…)
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Cruising is entering a new phase. As travel trends shift toward authenticity, sustainability and emotional value, Northern Europe – and the Baltic Sea in particular – is increasingly aligned with the expectations of tomorrow’s cruise passengers. (more…)
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The Strategic Alliance of European Cruise Ports Associations reaffirmed its strong collaboration during Seatrade Cruise Europe 2025 in Hamburg, underscoring the importance of sustainable growth, innovation, and resilience across the cruise industry. (more…)
Year-round cruising has been a growing trend in the southern Baltic Sea for some years already, and now cruiselines are expanding their winter itineraries into the northern part of the region as well. (more…)
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Five European port and destination cruise associations have announced a strategic alliance marking a significant step forward in regional and international collaboration focussed on developing sustainable solutions to tourism and environmental challenges. (more…)
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Cruise Baltic’s newly published Market Review reveals that more cruise lines will return to ports in the eastern part of the Baltic Sea region in 2024. (more…)
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Cruise Baltic kicks off 2024 by welcoming a new member to the Cruise Baltic family, now adding to the total of 32 partner ports and destinations in the Baltic Sea region. (more…)
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In October, Cruise Baltic organised two FAM Trips for cruise line representatives, highlighting destinations in Northern Europe well-suited for both smaller and larger vessels. (more…)
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Cruise Baltic has just launched its new strategy ‘Responsible Cruising’. Over 30 ports and destinations in the Baltic Sea region have joined forces to support and endorse forward-looking values and goals for the cruise industry. (more…)
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Last year, Cruise Baltic created an overview of onshore power supply in the Baltic Sea region to give Cruise Lines easy access to information on shore power information and to make sustainable itinerary planning easier. (more…)
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Cruise Baltic is proud to announce Riga in Latvia as the latest partner to join the network. Riga is the first port from Latvia to join the Cruise Baltic family and brings the total number of ports and destinations in Cruise Baltic to 32. (more…)
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To secure the global position of the Baltic Sea region as a cruise destination, Cruise Baltic invites Revenue & Deployment representatives from American cruise lines to explore the region on a FAM trip. (more…)
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Klaipeda is set up this year’s cruise season on Friday, with the number of cruise ship calls expected to fall to 44, a third less than last year, due to the geopolitical situation in the region and rising travel prices, Romena Savickiene, director of the port city’s tourism and culture information center, said on Tuesday. (more…)
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The Baltic region has seen a sharp decline in the number of port calls as a result of US cruise lines pulling itineraries due to the conflict in Ukraine, but port officials were reminding industry figures assembled at a cocktail reception at the Seatrade Cruise Global Convention in Fort Lauderdale that there was more to the region than just the port of St. Petersburg, Russia. (more…)
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Klaus Bondam is the new Director of the two cruise networks Cruise Baltic and CruiseCopenhagen as of March 15, 2023. (more…)
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The Cruise Baltic network and its partners continue to invest in sustainability. (more…)
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The last three years has been marked by unpredictable events which still affects the Baltic Sea region. Despite the geopolitical situation, there are positive highlights in Cruise Baltic’s annual market review. (more…)
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For the first time, Cruise Baltic invites tour operators to join their summit and discuss how tour operators, cruise lines, ports and destinations in the Baltic Sea region can work together across the industry to overcome new challenges and fortify the position of the region. (more…)
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As another step toward a greener cruise industry, Cruise Baltic presents an overview of onshore power supply in the Baltic Sea region. (more…)
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The now former director of the two cruise networks Cruise Baltic and CruiseCopenhagen, Claus Bødker, receives the Seatrade Outstanding Achievement Award at this year’s Seatrade Cruise Med for his relentless work to promote the Baltic Sea Region and Denmark and for his facilitation of great network and collaboration. (more…)
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Cruise Baltic and leading consulting group COWI have joined forces to develop Sustainable Cruise Indicators that can be used globally to measure environmental sustainability in different cruise regions. (more…)
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From June 3 to June 15, 2022, Cruise Baltic hosted two FAM trips where the participants got to experience 10 of the cruise network’s ports and destinations. (more…)
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Cruise Baltic’s annual sustainability report reveals the network’s commitment to the vision of a sustainable cruise industry. Even with the pandemic and its harsh restrictions on the industry, almost 60% of the partners in the Cruise Baltic network have implemented sustainability initiatives. (more…)
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Last year Cruise Baltic and Cruise Norway joined forces and launched the Itinerary Planner. The tool aims to make planning itineraries in the Baltic Sea region and Norway easier, and now the Itinerary Planner is ready in a new and improved edition. (more…)
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Cruise Baltic is proud to announce Lysekil in Sweden as their latest partner to join the cruise network. The new partner brings the number of cruise ports and destinations up to a total of 32. (more…)
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The annual “Crew Activity Guide” from Cruise Baltic invites the cruise lines’ crews to explore the destinations in the Cruise Baltic network, where crew members can get discounts and free entrance at several activities. (more…)
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Yesterday the conference Sustainable Cruising took place in Copenhagen, and 19 cruise lines made themselves first movers by signing a Memorandum of Understanding, making a historic commitment to the use of available onshore power supply in the Baltic Sea region. (more…)
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Although several countries in the Baltic Sea region are now open for cruise calls and the annual market review from Cruise Baltic had positive predictions for 2022, the circumstances are yet again uncertain. (more…)
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A new study shows that the use of OPS is increasing among the Baltic cruise ports. Some ports in the Baltic Sea region have decided to invest in shore power facilities, but several ports have not decided yet. (more…)
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New members and a sustainability priority – the Cruise Baltic network is back together hosting a conference on shore power and reuniting for the first time post-pandemic last week. Partners and relevant stakeholders of the network were invited to discuss the benefits of shore power and alternative fuels. (more…)
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To help cruise lines to a smoother planning, Cruise Baltic has recently launched a COVID-19 site that includes all the special measurements taken by ports in the Baltic Sea. (more…)
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A new partner has joined the cruise network, Cruise Baltic. It is a happy reunion, as Sassnitz has previously been a part of the network and has now returned. With this new German partner, the total number of cruise ports and destinations hits 32 – the highest ever. (more…)
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Cruise Baltic and Cruise Norway have joined forces and launched the new tool, the “Itinerary Planner”. The tool makes it easier for cruise lines to check availability and plan itineraries in the Baltic Sea Region and Norway. (more…)
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An ambitious Sustainability Manifesto was created together with all partners of Cruise Baltic in 2019 as a joint vision towards a more sustainable region. (more…)
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The cruise network, Cruise Baltic, has just published the annual Cruise Baltic Market Review, which not surprisingly shows disappointing figures in 2020 due to the pandemic. (more…)
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The cruise network, Cruise Baltic, is proud to announce Hamina in Finland as the latest partner to join the network. The new partner brings the total number of cruise ports and destinations to 31, which is the highest number ever. (more…)
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In 2019, 29 cruise destinations signed a manifesto pledging increased sustainability. The results of the sustainable initiatives are collected in the Cruise Baltic Sustainability Report 2019. (more…)
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Printed material is history at Cruise Baltic. The action to become paper-free is in line with the cruise network’s ambition for the Baltic Sea to become the most sustainable cruise destination in the world. (more…)
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The newly published 2020 edition of the Cruise Baltic Market Review reveals a record number of cruise guests in 2019. A total of 5,909,784 guests visited the ports in the Baltic Sea in 2019, which is an increase of 9.1% since 2018 and 16.9% since 2017. (more…)
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Nyborg Tourist Attractions: 7 Top Places to Visit (Credit: Social Bubble)
With Nyborg’s central location on Denmark’s main international waterway, the port offers an easy-to-reach destination for cruises in and out of the exciting Baltic. (more…)
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