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Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is the first cruise operator to depart from Newcastle this year. Balmoral set sail on its first cruise of the season from the Port of Tyne, taking passengers on a nine-night ‘In Search of the Northern Lights’ voyage. (more…)
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The 2024 cruise season at the Port of Dover officially begins next month, with four consecutive weekly port of call visits from AIDA Cruises. (more…)
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ABB is appointed primary contractor as part of Portsmouth International Port’s Sea Change project. The Sea Change project will design, build and operate a shore power project across the port’s three busiest berths. (more…)
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The arrival of AIDAsol at Portland Port has heralded the start of the UK port’s cruise season. (more…)
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Kicking off 2024 as Cruise Critic’s Best UK Departure Port, Dover is ready for an exciting year ahead. (more…)
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The cruise sector has made a record contribution to the local economy in 2023. More than 460 cruise vessel calls and 2.6 million passengers visiting Southampton have generated more than £1 billion for the local and regional economy. (more…)
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Following the release of their latest cruise schedule, 90 ships are expected to visit Portsmouth International Port this year, making 2024 the busiest year to date. (more…)
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The beguiling chance to step onto a luxury cruise liner to start and finish a holiday in Cornwall for the first time in decades has been a draw for thousands of passengers in a record season which has reinforced Falmouth Harbour’s reputation as a world class cruise destination and brought an estimated £4-6 million into the local economy. (more…)
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Port of Dover’s Sonia Limbrick is pleased to have taken up her new role of head of business development for cruise, allowing her to transition to a reduced work schedule as she paves her way towards retirement. (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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Falmouth’s reputation as a premier cruise destination has been enhanced further with the arrival of Ambassador Cruise Lines’ Ambition. (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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Holland America Line has celebrated the Nieuw Statendam’s inaugural visit to the Port of Dover. (more…)
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Virgin Voyages is making a return to the UK with a series of sailings from Portsmouth International Port in 2024. (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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ABP Port of Southampton has welcomed Explora Journeys’ Explora I for the ship’s maiden call at the start of a nine-night voyage around the UK. (more…)
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Orkney remains a top cruise destination in the UK and received the approval of a new booking policy by Orkney Islands Council. (more…)
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After 18 months of construction, Portsmouth International Port has welcomed guests from Saga’s ‘Spirit of Discovery’ cruise ship as the first to experience its innovative net carbon neutral terminal extension, made possible through £11.25m of Levelling Up funding to transform the city’s visitor economy. (more…)
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Cruise and Passenger Services (CPS) and Baggex have partnered to further enhance cruise line support by offering to take away the hassle and stress of travel through a professional new tailored service which ships guest baggage door to door. (more…)
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Following the port’s exceptional growth over the last few years and solidifying Portsmouth’s place in the international cruise market, Andrew’s previous role as passenger operations manager has made a natural progression into a more strategic overview of cruise and ferry. (more…)
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Port of Aberdeen is delighted to announce that Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal will officially open the new Aberdeen South Harbour on Friday 22 September. (more…)
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The Port welcomed a milestone cruise call this week, with the Coral Princess arriving in Dover for the first time ever before setting sail to New York for a 55 night around-the-world cruise, part of a 107-day round trip world cruise from Auckland. (more…)
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Cruise ship services provider SCH has secured an extension to its contract with Liverpool City Council to support all cruise vessels calling at Liverpool Cruise Terminal (LCT). (more…)
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With the UK summer cruise season in full swing, Cruise Britain has welcomed new members to the association and confirmed changes to the Steering Group. (more…)
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A scheme aiming to boost diversity and social mobility in the cruise industry by enabling A-Level students to learn more about careers within the sector is set to expand after a successful pilot phase. (more…)
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Dover Cruise has said Farewell for now to Hurtigruten’s Maud until 2024, after an incredible run of expeditions between the iconic White Cliffs and Norwegian fjords over the 2022/2023 winter season. (more…)
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Portland Port (UK) has officially opened a new deep-water berth as part of a record £26 million development. (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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Portland Port hosted trade association Cruise Britain’s annual summer gathering for the first time during a record-breaking year for the port. (more…)
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Portsmouth harbour has been the backdrop for many spectacles, today (Friday 26 May) it was the turn of cruise line TUI, as their ship Mein Schiff 3 took the title of largest ship ever to sail into the city. (more…)
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More than 50 cruiseships are scheduled to call in Falmouth this year and membership of Cruise Britain is an important part of marketing the port and destination. (more…)
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Portland Port welcomed a record 5,000 passengers in the first cruise call at its
newly developed deep-water berth. MSC Virtuosa has brought the greatest number of guests of any single vessel visiting the port so far. (more…)
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On Monday 24 April, 2023, Portsmouth was the final call for over 600 passengers on Phoenix Reisen Amera’s 125-night world cruise, after it departed Nice, France in December 2022 for an international sailing. (more…)
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Figures released by Cruise Britain today show that the cruise sector’s post-Covid ‘year of transition’ was a success for ports and service providers around the UK and has provided the strongest possible springboard for a projected record season in 2023. (more…)
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Guernsey will receive 95 cruise calls this season bringing a potential 147,260 passengers to the island, an increase on 2022 figures. (more…)
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Dartmouth is expecting to welcome 11 cruise ships to the port this summer, kicking off with two arrivals in April. (more…)
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Ian McQuade, Portland Port, is named interim Chair as Kate O’Hara steps down from Port of Tyne. Kate O’Hara stepped down as chair of Cruise Britain following her departure from Port of Tyne where she has been commercial director for the past three years. (more…)
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A total of 130 thirty ships were supposed to dock in 2022 but 44 cancelled, with 95 ships scheduled to visit this season. (more…)
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Cruise and Passenger Services (CPS) has extended its valet parking contract with the Port of Dover for a further two years. (more…)
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Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) reception at the House of Commons was held to highlight the economic benefits of cruise tourism to all parts of the UK. (more…)
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