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On April 1 this year, Stornoway Port (Scotland) welcomed its first ship to the new Deep Water Terminal. The inaugural call was made by Ambassador Cruise Line’s Ambition, and the largest ship to date, Holland America Line’s Rotterdam, arrived on May 15. (more…)
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Building a three-mast ship with traditional rigging and 28 impressive sails in the 21st century may seem a little unusual. (more…)
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Port of Aberdeen today (14 June 2024) celebrated a historic occasion as it welcomed the 245m-long cruise ship, Ambience, the longest vessel ever to visit the port. (more…)
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Forth Ports tugs welcomed Cunard’s new cruise ship, the Queen Anne, into the River Forth on 26 May with a spectacular water cannon salute led by local piper Louise Marshall to mark the ship’s maiden voyage into South Queensferry. (more…)
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Greenock Ocean Terminal is set to welcome eight passenger vessels in eight days as the cruise ship season ramps up. (more…)
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This year marks a significant rise in visitor numbers to the brand new port.The boom in the cruise ship industry in Aberdeen hopes to bring over £20m to the city. (more…)
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Orkney is an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, situated off the north coast of Great Britain. It has about 70 islands, 20 of which are inhabited. (more…)
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In a new announcement from the Scottish Greens, cruise ships visiting Scotland will now be charged emissions tax. (more…)
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After a record year for the number of cruise ship visits and passengers in many of Scotland’s ports, leaders from one of the political parties outlined plans last weekend to introduce new fees aimed at helping to deal with the waves of tourists. (more…)
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Port of Aberdeen celebrates the end of a record-breaking cruise season and is already on course to surpass this in 2024. (more…)
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Another busy cruise ship season is drawing to a close in Greenock, Scotland, with just three major arrivals scheduled before the end of October. (more…)
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Port of Aberdeen announces it has been awarded funding from the UK Government for a multi-million pound project to design and deliver the first large-scale landside and vessel-side shore power system in Scotland. (more…)
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With Balmoral Quay up and running at Aberdeen’s transformational South Harbour development, the city is now welcoming larger cruiseships, and this achievement will be celebrated at the official opening which will take place on September 22 with Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal in attendance. (more…)
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Cruise Britain joined Cruise Lines International Association and Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines when they hosted a delegation of Scottish politicians on board Balmoral last week to highlight the benefits of cruising to Scotland. (more…)
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Cruise ship crews have been asked not to sound their ships’ horns as they leave a Highland firth after a noise complaint. (more…)
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The Port of Aberdeen has quoted figures from Cruise Scotland showing that cruise calls to Scotland generate an average spend of £134 per passenger- and there are 12,000 passengers expected this year. (more…)
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The first of almost 150 cruise ships expected to visit Lerwick this season arrived in the Shetland port on Thursday 13 April, with passengers being greeted on the quayside by an all-new meet-and-greet team. (more…)
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The £400m South Harbour, which is both larger and deeper, has been the UK’s biggest marine infrastructure project. (more…)
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DOOM-MONGERS sounding the death knell of the cruise business as the coronavirus crisis took its toll are being blown out of the water with stats showing the industry on the crest of a wave. (more…)
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The Port of Cromarty Firth (PoCF), in the Scottish Highlands, is preparing to welcome record numbers of passengers and ships during the 2023 cruise liner season, which will get under way at the start of next month (April). (more…)
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Greenock Ocean Terminal has 91 cruise liners booked into the Inverclyde town’s new dedicated pontoon across 2023 – a rise of over 25 per cent on last year. (more…)
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Cruise ship calls in 2023 for Forth Ports’ Capital Cruising business on Scotland’s east coast are set to jump by 50%, with around 150 (2022: 100) cruise ships, carrying an estimated 225,000 passengers, expected to visit Edinburgh, Fife and Dundee this year. (more…)
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Aberdeen is set for a major tourist boost with its newly-expanded harbour due to welcome more than 25 cruise ship visits in the coming months. (more…)
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More than 120 representatives of business, local decision-makers and tourism providers gathered at Stornoway’s Lews Castle in mid December, to discuss the ‘transformative change’ expected from the significant cruise growth expected, starting this year. (more…)
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Lerwick Harbour is on course in restoring cruise traffic at the Shetland port in the aftermath of Covid-19 restrictions, with the first full season since 2019. (more…)
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In 2022 the return of cruise ship calls around Scotland has been stronger than expected. Throughout the summer, confidence in cruising by UK and international travellers has increased, and as Covid regulatory restrictions have eased, the percentage occupancy on each itinerary has grown month by month. (more…)
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A record number of cruise ships visited the Port of Cromarty Firth (PoCF), in the Scottish Highlands, this year, as the industry recovered rapidly in the wake of Covid-19. (more…)
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Vasco da Gama, operated by German company Nicko Cruises, arrived in the City of Discovery in the early hours of Sunday morning, after leaving Aberdeen. (more…)
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Stornoway’s Deep Water Terminal will be ready to offer a new gateway to the Outer Hebrides ahead of the 2024 season. (more…)
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THE largest private residential ship on the planet, known as The World, arrived at one of Scotland’s main cruise ports this weekend. (more…)
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The pandemic may have called a temporary halt but there is no doubt as to Scotland’s future cruise aspirations. (more…)
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It may have been the fourth attempt to hold the in-person Cruise Europe Conference in UNESCO Edinburgh but, perseverance paid off and the wait was worth it. (more…)
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Scrabster Harbour’s latest facilities for cruise liners welcomed their first vessel, with MS Hamburg berthing at the redeveloped St. Ola Pier on 3rd May. (more…)
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Arriving from all corners of the globe to discover the islands, the first of around 100,000 visitors have arrived in Orkney as the cruise season kicks off. (more…)
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The Port of Cromarty Firth is looking forward to another record-breaking year, as it brings more cruise ships and seaborne tourists to the north than ever before. (more…)
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Scrabster Harbour officially opened the redeveloped St Ola Pier on December 9 2021. The redeveloped pier structure, at the Caithness port, offers a total of 500m of deepwater berthing, with a new 250m outer berthing face capable of accommodating larger vessels. (more…)
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The rebuilding of Lerwick Harbour’s important cruise traffic in the aftermath of Covid-19 pandemic restrictions will potentially receive extra impetus next month with the earliest start yet to the annual season. (more…)
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The cruise ship “Island Sky” has recorded an unexpected double – first and final into Lerwick Harbour, Shetland – during a season shortened by the Covid-19 pandemic. (more…)
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Following the Scottish Government’s lifting of the Covid-related ban on cruise ships visiting Scottish ports from today (Monday 19 July 2021), the first vessel since early 2020 arrived in Lerwick Harbour, Shetland, this morning. (more…)
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Cruise Scotland has welcomed the Scottish Government’s reduction of Covid-19 restrictions to Level 0 from today (19th July 2021) and the confirmation that domestic cruising at Scottish ports and harbours can resume once again. (more…)
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