Royal Caribbean has received permission for two of its cruise ships to remain in warm layup in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). The BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA) confirmed last week that ‘Rhapsody of the Seas’ and ‘Grandeur of the Seas’ (pictured) had been given permission for technical [Read more...]
Maritime charity Sailors’ Society is supporting the crews of cruise ships anchored around the UK coast by receiving their online shopping and post. The goods can be delivered to the Southampton seafarer centre and the charity workers will bring the shopping and post to the [Read more...]
MSC Cruises has signed a long term commercial partnership with ABP Southampton, which includes a commitment to build a fifth passenger terminal. Southampton is Europe’s leading cruise turnaround port, and the UK’s number one departure port. The new terminal will be ready for the 2021 [Read more...]
The Port of Tarragona’s first connection between the southern breakwater and the caissons at the new Balears Wharf has been completed. This development, together with the construction of the northern breakwater, will shelter the wharf on both sides. It will increase the port’s ability to [Read more...]
The Port Network Authority of the Ionian Sea has awarded Global Ports Holding (GPH) a 20-year concession to manage cruise passenger services at Taranto, Italy. Taranto’s cruise port infrastructure is currently undergoing a state funded, about €28 mill investment programme, which includes the building of [Read more...]
The BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA) has granted permission for cruise ship technical calls and warm layups at its ports. The British Virgin Islands Goverment has agreed on conditions to allow cruise ships to carry out short-term berthing at the BVI Ports Authority’s cruise pier and [Read more...]
Tallink Grupp’s ropax ‘Victoria I’ became the first ship to connect up to shore power in Tallinn when she berthed at the Old City Harbour on 11th September. Shore power can now be used by vessels operating the Estonian/Swedish as well as Estonian/Finnish routes. The [Read more...]
Tokyo International Cruise Terminal was officially due to open to the public on 10th September. Designed to be part of the now delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics, the terminal will be able to accommodate the world’s largest cruise ships. The new four-level terminal was built in [Read more...]
A major project that has been years in the planning and months in the undertaking, has been completed at UK’s Portland Port. The port’s main berths, outer coaling pier (OCP) and the outer arm of queens pier (Q Pier), have undergone a dredging programme to [Read more...]
In April, 2020, the Port of Seattle suspended its planning for a new cruise terminal to serve the Alaska market. This move was said at the time to be due to a need to better understand the short and long-term cruise industry market impacts from [Read more...]