Tagged: Cruise Europe

Cruise Tours Benelux was set up as a private company in early 2019. With 10 office staff and 15 on the ground, it operates mostly in The Netherlands and Belgium, handling about 30 ocean calls and hundreds of river calls annually. (more…)

Cruise Plymouth, represented by Evie Smith, business support officer at Cattewater Harbour Commissioners, Plymouth, has recently joined the Cruise Europe family. (more…)

Just six years on from the Environmental Port Index (EPI) going operational, the first southern port has signed up as a member: Lisbon. (more…)

Stranda Port Authority KF (SPA) is establishing an innovative and environmentally-focused fjord network connecting the villages in the World Heritage fjord. (more…)

Cruise tourism to Svalbard generated NOK361.5 million (€31 million) in 2024, the vast majority of which was in Longyearbyen, which received 506 calls bringing 67,000 passengers. (more…)

This year marks Caen’s millennium and with it has come some exciting new developments which will add to its attraction as a small-ship cruise port. (more…)

A new 374m-long, 11m-deep cruise pier is being built at the Port of Roenne, with completion expected in the fall. (more…)

Captain Torbjorn Jacobsen is not only the Mayor of Runavik but still pilots the ships coming in. (more…)

In the first full year of onshore supply (OPS) being available in in Aalesund, 60 percent of the ships arriving on the 284 calls (189 in 2019) plugged in, with the hope for this year being 70 percent. (more…)

Guernsey is rejoining Cruise Europe to help promote its inclusion in European cruise itineraries. (more…)

Onshore power supply (OPS) will be available to cruiseships calling Skagen from 2028. The project planning has started and the tender for relevant suppliers is expected during 2025. (more…)

An additional new DKK 70 million (€9.4 million) terminal is currently under construction, adding capacity to the current terminal built in the 1980s, following the large port expansion at the Port of Torshavn, which was completed in 2022. (more…)

The Port of Klaipeda has signed a contract for the construction of a €43.9 million cruise terminal. (more…)

In 2024, Trondheim hosted 170,700 passengers on 93 calls, a decrease from a record high of 108 in 2023. This year the numbers are 98 and 174,000 respectively. (more…)

Michael Kaczmarek, chairman, Clean Shipping Alliance (CSA), contacted Cruise Europe following a story in the December cruise letter, entitled ‘Norway should follow Denmark and ban these of scrubbers on board ships’. (more…)

The Antwerp-Bruges Port Authority is going to modernise the Swedish Quay in Zeebrugge. This €40 to 50 million plan will include the installation of shore power facilities and fits in with the port’s ambition to be climate-neutral by 2050. (more…)

The Cruise Europe Sustainability Committee is working on a goals and strategy document, which outlines its commitment to fostering relevant work regarding challenges in daily practices. (more…)

Ten years after the launch of the ‘Art de Vivre’ campaign, which symbolised the diversity and complementary nature of the Normandy, Brittany, Loire Valley, and South-West regions, the French Atlantic Ports (FAP) of Rouen, Honfleur, Caen-Ouistreham, Le Havre, Cherbourg, Saint-Malo, Brest, Nantes Saint-Nazaire and Bordeaux are seeing remarkable results. (more…)

Onshore power supply technology (OPS) is to be launched in Cherbourg in early 2027. The total budget of the project, which is co-funded by Ports of Normandy and the Cotentin Urban Community, is €11.5 million. (more…)

Travel and cruise industry veteran, Nathan Philpot, joined cruise services company Excursions Limited on November 27 as ceo; the day before the company celebrated its 25th anniversary. (more…)

In April this year, Denmark adopted a ban on the discharge of so-called scrubber water from ships up to 22km from the Danish coast. The law comes into effect from July 1, 2025. Sweden is also planning a similar ban from next summer. (more…)

The Norwegian government have decided to secure state funding of NKr 100 million (€8.5 million) to the establishment of shore power in Flåm. (more…)

Stornoway Port Authority (SPA) has been working closely with the local community and business groups to ensure constant communication around cruise and what to expect. (more…)