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For the first time, the Costa Diadema a ship of the Costa Cruises fleet used shore power connection. It happened on Friday June 7, in the port of Kiel. (more…)
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MSC Euribia at the weekend connected to the shore power facility at the Ostuferhafen cruise terminal in Kiel for the first time as part of MSC Cruises‘ flagship’s summer season from the north German port. (more…)
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At the German-Lithuanian Maritime Forum, the ports of Klaipėda, Kiel and Hamburg as well as the shipping company DFDS emphasised their close cooperation. (more…)
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TUI Cruises announced the naming ceremony of its newest addition to the fleet, the Mein Schiff 7, with Environmental Officer Fenia Kalachani as the godmother. (more…)
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In the cruise sector, the PORT OF KIEL recorded a total of 1,187,148 passengers on 214 calls last year. All major European shipping companies were represented with several vessels in the Baltic Sea port. (more…)
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With the call of the AIDAnova, the PORT OF KIEL ends this year’s cruise season last Saturday. (more…)
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Last Saturday 23rd September 2023, the Port of Kiel opened two shore power facilities at the Ostuferhafen. (more…)
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At the weekend, (16-18th September) the seaport of Kiel reached the mark of one million cruise passengers in one season for the first time. (more…)
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Canal cruises offer travelers an intimate perspective on countries and their maritime history. Impressive human engineering paired with peaceful rural surroundings blend to create a unique experience. (more…)
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Kiel Week is the largest sailing and summer festival in the world, attracting over three million visitors each year. (more…)
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Costa Cruises has signed an agreement with LC3 Trasporti to start using bio-LNG-powered trucks to transport supplies needed by its cruise ships. (more…)
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With AIDAluna, the first AIDA ship has arrived in Kiel this season already on April 21, 2023. A total of three ships in the AIDA Cruises fleet are expected to call at the Kiel Fjord 64 times during the 2023 summer season. (more…)
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This year’s cruise season in Kiel opened last friday (14th April) with the Balmoral. The capital of Germany’s northernmost state is expecting 221 cruise calls in the coming months. (more…)
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Last Thursday, the PORT OF KIEL ended this year’s cruise season with the “Vasco da Gama” at the Ostseekai. (more…)
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The “Kiel Week” returns this summer after a two-year break. AIDA Cruises will be on board as event sponsor of the world-renowned sailing and summer festival. (more…)
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AIDAluna is the first AIDA ship to arrive in Kiel this season on April 25, 2022. A total of four ships in the AIDA Cruises fleet will depart from the Schleswig-Holstein state capital for the great North Country adventure. (more…)
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MSC Cruises’ today announced that MSC Grandiosa will now be fully dedicated to the Norwegian Fjords for the entire summer 2022 season. (more…)
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MSC Cruises commenced the Northern Europe summer season this weekend when MSC Seaview departed from the German port of Kiel for the first of her 7-night cruises in the Baltic Sea. (more…)
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An important step for climate protection in the port of Kiel. At the Ostseekai, the Minister of Economics, Transport, Labour and Technology and Tourism of the State of Schleswig-Holstein, Dr Bernd Buchholz and Kiel’s Lord Mayor, Dr Ulf Kämpfer, officially commissioned one of the most powerful on-shore power plants in Europe together with the CEO of the Costa Group, Michael Thamm and Dr Dirk Claus, Managing Director at the PORT OF KIEL. (more…)
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Kiel’s seaport will start the cruise season on the Whitsun weekend (22nd and 23rd May). The “AIDAsol” is already berthed at the Ostseekai, departing on Saturday evening (scheduled departure time is 6 p.m.) for a four-day cruise. (more…)
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MSC Cruises today announced it will restart its sailing operations in Germany on 3 July with is first ever deployment of an innovative Seaside class ship to operate in the Baltic Sea, MSC Seaview, and with a brand new itinerary for the region. (more…)
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“Ahoy” for AIDA cruises from Germany: today, May 12, 2021, bookings will open for AIDAsol’s first voyages from/to Kiel. Dates between May 22 and June 9, 2021 are available for selection. (more…)
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Citing a directive from local goverment authorities, TUI Cruises is cancelling its remaining 2020 cruise program from Kiel with the Mein Schiff 1, which was sailing cruises to nowhere, featuring all sea days. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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The visit of the cruise ship ”AIDAprima“ on Saturday, 12th October, will mark the conclusion of the ocean-going cruise liner season in Kiel 2019. The port has been visited this year on 174 separate occasions (2018: 169) by 32 different cruise ships with a total tonnage of 15 million GT (2018: 11.5). (more…)
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Coming from Norway, the youngest addition to the fleet of the shipping company Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV) / TransOcean Kreuzfahrten, the vessel Vasco Da Gama, arrived in Kiel in the early Friday morning (19th July) for its maiden call. (more…)
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In the early Tuesday morning (16th July) the cruise ship “Marella Explorer” berthed in the port of Kiel with 2,000 mostly anglo-phone passengers on-board. The vessel follows an itinerary of 14 days leading it all across the Baltic Sea. (more…)
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Coming from Stockholm, the latest newbuilding of Holland America Line’s fleet (HAL) arrived in the port of Kiel for its maiden call in the early Thursday morning (23rd May). (more…)
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Maiden call of the cruise ship “AIDAprima” at the port of Kiel. Coming from Dubai, the vessel concluded its transfer voyage and berthed at the Ostseekai Terminal in the early Friday morning. (more…)
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The Port of Kiel’s first shore-based power supply plant for shipping was officially inaugurated at the Norwegenkai on May 9th. (more…)
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MSC Cruises today (27 April 2019) inaugurated a newly equipped co-branded terminal and a dedicated berth at the Port of Kiel. As MSC Meraviglia marked her maiden call to Kiel, senior leaders of MSC Cruises and the Port gathered to renew their long-term partnership and agreed to ramp up the Company’s homeporting operations. (more…)
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The call by the cruise vessel “AIDAcara” on Sunday, 7th April, marks the beginning of Kiel’s cruise season 2019. Dr Dirk Claus, Managing Director at PORT OF KIEL (SEEHAFEN KIEL GmbH & Co. KG): “The upcoming cruise season will be very exciting and we will welcome a lot of new ships to Kiel. (more…)
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The economic importance of nautical tourism for Schleswig-Holstein is continuing to increase. More than 2.2 million passengers are expected in the port of Kiel alone this year, forecasting record numbers like 600,000 cruise passengers and 1.6 million ferry travellers. (more…)
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Last year, Kiel was visited on 169 separate occasions (143 in 2017) by 34 different cruise ships with a total gross tonnage of more than 11.5 million – an increase of 15.3 % over the previous year. (more…)
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The building construction of the second Ostseekai terminal building for cruise passengers is about to start. Kiel’s Lord Mayor Dr Ulf Kämpfer, Town Councillor for Urban Development Doris Grondke, PORT OF KIEL Managing Director Dr Dirk Claus as well as the architects Christoph Roselius and Ralf Dieter Ladwig jointly laid the foundation for the new building on 27th November. (more…)
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Kiel closes its latest cruise shipping season on Sunday October 28th with the visit of the “AIDAbella”. This year the port has been visited 166 times by 33 different cruise ships with a combined gross tonnage of more than 11 million. (more…)
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The cruise ship “Viking Sky” sailed into the Kiel Fiord on her maiden visit to Kiel early on Tuesday morning escorted by a water fountain display from a local tug. (more…)
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The cruise ship “Aurora”, part of the fleet of the English shipping company P&O Cruises, arrived early Tuesday morning for her first visit to the Kiel Fiord. The ship’s maiden call also marked the 150th visit to Kiel this year by a cruise ship. (more…)
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This Sunday, (02/09), Kiel says goodbye to the Costa Pacifica cruise vessel for this year’s season. To mark the over 40 years of partnership between the shipping company, the city and the port, Hans-Werner Tovar, City President, Dr Dirk Claus, Managing Director PORT OF KIEL, Captain Paolo Viscafè and Dr Jörg Rudolph, General Manager Costa Germany, unveiled a bronze plate on Kiel’s Walk of Cruise Ships at the Ostseekai Terminal. (more…)
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The biggest cruise ship of this year’s summer season arrived in the port of Kiel on Saturday April 28th at the end of a journey across the Atlantic. (more…)
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The Federal State of Schleswig-Holstein, the Federal State capital Kiel, the Seaport of Kiel and the Costa Group came together on Thursday, April 26, 2018, aboard the cruise ship “AIDAluna” to set out the ways in which they will be stepping up their existing collaboration. (more…)
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