Tagged: Cruise Europe

On April 22, Cruise & Maritime Voyages’ Magellan was the first to call at the New West Port in Kalundborg. Construction was completed just two weeks prior to her arrival. (more…)

Last year Klaipeda launched an audio guide app, Discover (Atrask) Klaipeda, designed for passengers who want to explore independently. “Our biggest concern was to how make them happy,” explained Kristina Gontier, international relations manager Klaipeda State Seaport Authority. (more…)

The fact that FTI’s Berlin is returning to the seaside resort of Scheveningen close to The Hague this year after its first call last year is a fantastic start for the Dutch port’s entry into the cruise business. (more…)

The Scandinavian ports of Kristiansand, Kragero, Fredrikstad, Helsingborg, Hundested and Aalborg have joined forces in an initiative to offer itinerary ideas based on Nordic cuisine. (more…)

Late last year the work on matching the height of the powerlines to the two bridges in Bordeaux was finished. Hence all three now have an air draught to 53m allowing larger vessels up river. The city centre berths can accommodate ships up to 262m in length. (more…)

The French Atlantic Ports represent twelve destinations located on France’s North and Western coastline: Rouen, Honfleur, Caen-Ouistreham, Le Havre, Cherbourg, Saint-Malo, Brest, Lorient, Nantes Saint-Nazaire, La Rochelle, Bordeaux and Bayonne. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

After two stable years of cruise activity, Stavanger is expecting a record-breaking year in 2019. The number of expected calls will be up by 30% and passenger numbers are set to rise by over 45%, compared to 2018. (more…)

At 974km2, Ruegen is Germany’s largest island, having a population of 64,000. Reasons to visit include the Unesco world heritage sites of Stralsund and 13th century beech forest of Jasmund National Park, the oldest lighthouse on the Baltic Sea coast – 1826 Leuchtturm Kap Arkona – and Ummanz, the largest crane resting places in Europe. (more…)

North Atlantic Agency (NAA) was established in 2013. It is a network of port agents providing full cruise and expedition agency services in the North Atlantic and Arctic. Its experience in dealing in harsh weather conditions sets it apart. (more…)

At the Cruise Europe (CE) AGM in St Petersburg in April 2018, the chairman Captain Michael McCarthy outlined how it would be in the interests of CE as an organisation to retain an ‘Observer and Contributor Status’ to the Atlantic Blue Ports EU project. (more…)

The cruise season is coming to an end in the Port of Gdynia, Poland. The port acted as gateway to the Pomorskie Region for over 94,000 passengers on 46 calls. (more…)

IJmuiden is quietly going about its business and the results are plain to see. This year 34 calls brought the total since 2012 to 400. First timers are much in evidence. Costa is turning around for the first time next year (Costa Pacifica). Norwegian Cruise Line is calling for the first time with four calls from Norwegian Spirit. (more…)

The Port of Narvik is investing in a new cruise pier in the centre of town. Work will commence this autumn and completion is scheduled for the first half of 2019. (more…)

Every year Zeebrugge, the port of Bruges, welcomes more than 140 cruiseships bringing some 400,000 passengers to discover the manyfold tourist attractions Flanders and Belgium have to offer. (more…)

In cooperation with Danish company PowerCon and local energy company Agder Energi Nett, the shorepower system in Kristiansand will be Europe’s largest. (more…)

This year 42 cruiseships carrying up to 68,500 passengers are going to call at Skagen. This is 100% up on 2017, when 33,000 passengers on 31 calls visited Skagen. Out of the 42, 11 will be first calls from ships within Princess Cruises and Viking Ocean Cruises, both brands being quite new to Skagen. (more…)

Longyearbyen has a population of 2,200 and is situated at 78 degrees North on the island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard. Not surprisingly this Arctic wonder has been given a sustainable destination quality label from Innovation Norway. (more…)

Owner and manager of the ports of Caen-Ouistreham and Cherbourg, Ports of Normandy Authority (PNA) has registered a new record in 2017 with a growth of 24.21% to 130,424 passengers, up about 25,000 on the previous year. (more…)

The expected growth in the number of cruiselines visiting Roenne in 2018 is estimated at being 45 % up on 2017. This development is expected to continue due to the port extending its facilities to accommodate ships up to 350m in length from June 1 2019. (more…)

Rouen’s season began in mid-January with a call from Fred Olsen Cruise Lines’ Balmoral and will continue through to December 11 when Christmas market calls are booked. (more…)

The Port of Akureyri has not forgotten its promise to accommodate smaller vessels closer to the town centre and is investing €5m in constructing a new pier which will open for business in 2019. (more…)

The Port of A Coruña has just closed a historic year in cruise traffic. A total of 184,069 passengers visited the city last year, 45% on 126,735 in 2016. The 2017 figure also exceeds by about 15,000 the passengers forecast at the beginning of the year, which highlights the boom that the sector is experiencing. (more…)

Last year Bristol welcomed its 30,000th passenger since opening in 2013. One of this year’s highlights is the confirmed arrival of Cruise & Maritime Voyages’ 1,452-passenger Magellan, which will be the largest cruiseship to have visited the UK port. (more…)

The Seawalk Port of Nordfjordeid was established in 2017. In 2019 the Norwegian port is expecting its first calls, 20 in total bringing 60,000 passengers. (more…)