After 4 years, Seatrade Cruise Med was held in Malaga – Spain, member of MedCruise
Malaga, Spain, has been the capital of the cruise industry for a week, hosting on the 14th and 15th of September the first Seatrade Cruise Med after the pandemic. (more…)
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“The World” arrived at the North Cruise Terminal with 140 guests on board and during the weekend nearly 100 guests will embark and disembark the ship at Leixões.
On July 26, the Porto Cruise Terminal welcomed the maiden call of Disney Magic cruise ship, which was also the first operation of Disney Cruise Line at the Port of Leixões.
The twinning of the Heraklion Port Organization (OLI) with the Terminal of Napoli, Italy, was carried out with great success and solemnity, confirming the excellent and solid relations and bonds of friendship that exist between the two countries.
The new cruise itineraries and ferry links, the actions to develop nautical tourism in the Adriatic, the investments to promote sustainability and respect for the environment and the environmental and occupational impact of maritime tourism will be among the main themes of the itinerant international forum devised by Risposte Turismo.
On Sunday July 17 at 7 am the cruise liner MSC Bellíssima belonging to MSC Cruises docked at the new Baleares Wharf in the Port of Tarragona.
On July, 05th, the Marseille Provence Cruise Club celebrated its 25th anniversary, at the Marseille Provence Cruise Terminal, surrounded by the whole local cruise community.
Within the range of infrastructure works underway to upgrade the Passenger Port of Genoa, quaywall renovation at Ponte dei Mille East begins to take shape.
Porto Cruise Terminal welcomed the Portuguese Cruise Ship ‘World Navigator’ on June 10th – ‘Day of Portugal, Camões, and the Portuguese Communities’. The ‘Portugal Day’ commemorates the death on 10 June 1580 of Luís de Camões, a poet and national literary icon.
Seven cruise ships in the port of Livorno at the same time.
The cruise lines and main agents in the cruise sector have marked Malaga on their calendars since, on September 14 and 15, the capital will host the international event ‘Seatrade Cruise Med’.
On Friday 3 June 2022, Dubrovnik Port Authority welcomed for the first time TUI Cruises vessel, MEIN SCHIFF 5, arriving to Dubrovnik from Bari and heading to Trieste, Italy. 
The 60th edition of the General Assembly of MedCruise, the Association of Mediterranean Cruise Ports, representing more than 145 cruise ports from 22 countries and three continents, was hosted by the port member Costa Brava Cruise Ports representing Palamós and Roses.
The Director of Corporate Communications of Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) and its representative on the Board of Directors of the Thessaloniki Tourism Organisation (TTO), Mrs Theodora Riga, presented Thessaloniki as an ideal cruise destination at the 60th General Assembly of MedCruise (Association of Mediterranean Cruise Ports), held in Costa Brava, Spain from 23-27 May.
The Minister for Tourism, the Hon Vijay Daryanani MP, has attended the Cruise Lines International Association’s (CLIA) conference in Southampton and the 60th Med cruise General Assembly in Palamos, Costa Brava.
On Tuesday 10th of May 2022, the 4th meeting for the Working Group on Cruises and Port Cities took place in a hybrid format, with participants meeting in Tangier and online. 
On Friday 13 May 2022, Dubrovnik Port Authority welcomed the newest Viking Cruises vessel, Viking Mars, arriving to Dubrovnik Port directly from the Fincantieri shipyard in Ancona, Italy.
Ports of Cape Verde participated from April 26 to 28 in Seatrade Cruise Global 2022, held in Miami, Florida, where they presented the Mindelo Cruise Terminal project, whose works began last January and are expected to be completed in November 2023.
On Thursday, 31 March 2022 AIVP and MedCruise held the third meeting of the joint Working Group (“WG”) on Cruises and Port Cities that, thanks to its 25 members covering 10 countries around the world, represents a unique cooperation practice in the field of port-city relations. 
The annual MedCruise statistical report is among the flagship publications of the Association representing cruise ports in the Med and its adjoining seas. It details the actual picture of cruise activities in the region over the past year.
The Easter holidays mark the return of cruises to Portoferraio. After the Artemis called at the port on April 15th, the Alto Fondale pier is once again hosting a cruise ship.
A delegation from the Port of Huelva and the Association for the Commercial Promotion of the Port of Huelva (HuelvaPort), led by the president of the Port of Huelva, Pilar Miranda, is present this week at the Seatrade Cruise Global event, which is being held in Miami Beach.
Porto Cruise Terminal welcomed the inaugural call of Tui’s Mein Schiff 6 on Good Friday (April 16, 2022).
Safaga Port inaugurates the summer season by welcoming the first visit of MSC Virtuosa within the framework of the scheduled 2022 new series of itineraries that MSC Cruises provides for its passengers through “Grand Voyages“.
Cruise season inauguration in Heraklion, Crete was officially announced by Mr. Vassilis Kikilias Minister of Tourism, on Sunday April 3rd, at Heraklion Port.

Francesca Antonelli, Senior Vice President MedCruise and Cruise Manager at the Port Authority of Valencia and Carolina Navarro, Director of Port – City, Mobility and Cruises at Fundación Valenciaport, have visited Dubrovnik Cruise Stakeholders in the framework of Herit-data Project with the purpose of interchanging experiences on sustainable cruise tourist management strategies. 