Tagged: Tampa

Port Tampa Bay commissioners approved a half-million dollar contract on Tuesday with an engineering firm to begin the design process for a fourth cruise terminal. (more…)

Port Tampa Bay expects to break the all-time cruise passenger record this year as the cruise industry continues to boom, officials said. (more…)

Tampa Port Ministries will celebrate the opening of a new center to serve seafarers visiting Port Tampa Bay. (more…)

More travelers are setting sail from Port Tampa Bay. New numbers from AAA show cruise bookings are twice as strong as this time last year. (more…)

Tampa in Florida is the home port for several cruise lines, among the others: Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and Celebrity. If you have booked a vacation cruise on Carnival Pride, or perhaps Royal Caribbean’s Serenade of the Seas, or Celebrity Constellation Tampa is where the fun begins. (more…)

Cruise ships will once again set sail from The Port of Tampa for the first time in nearly a year. This is huge for the cruise industry, and local businesses. (abcactionnews.com)

Passengers who prefer sailing out of Florida’s Gulf Coast over the ports on the Atlantic side of the state will soon have some new cruise lines to choose from. Holland America and Celebrity will resume using Port Tampa Bay as a port of call next year, where they will be joined by newcomer MSC Cruises. (wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu)

For the first time ever, Port Tampa Bay has welcomed more than 1 million cruise ship passengers. The port announced the news via Twitter on Sept. 23. (bizjournals.com)

At Port Tampa Bay this past weekend, we welcomed six cruise ships in one weekend for the first time (3 ships Saturday, 3 ships Sunday), smashing previous records for passenger traffic. (more…)

Port Tampa Bay saw a record number of cruise ship passengers during two recent weekends. 19,876 guests arrived and departed ships the weekend of February 3 and 4, breaking the previous record. Then last weekend, February 17 and 18, there was a total of 22,960 passengers, breaking the record again. (cruiseradio.net)

Passengers taking Royal Caribbean’s Empress of the Seas out of Port Tampa Bay started their trip in the port’s newly improved cruise terminal 6, which has opened after months of renovation. (bizjournals.com)

Port Tampa Bay may have finally found a formula that works to grow its long-limited cruise business. (tampabay.com)

Port Tampa Bay has landed another cruise ship for the upcoming winter cruise season. Holland America’s MS Oosterdam is the newest cruise ship to call Port Tampa Bay home. (web.tampabay.com)

The state’s largest seaport has just taken another step to fortify the safety and security of its sprawling, 5,000-acre perimeter. This week, Port Tampa Bay received C-TPAT (Customs Trade Partnership against Terrorism) certification, through a program of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency. (more…)