Global Ports Holding’s (GPH) joint venture, Creuers Del Port de Barcelona (Creuers), has bought the remaining shares of Malaga Cruise Port concession for €1.5 mill. GPH holds a 62% stake in Creuers, with the remaining share owned by Royal Caribbean Cruises. Creuers previously owned 80% [Read more...]
The Port of Tallinn has signed an agreement with YIT Eesti for the construction of new cruise terminal in Tallinn Old City Harbour. The value of the contract is €13.7 mill and it will be completed in July, 2021. Included will be a three-storey terminal [Read more...]
In the middle of last month, the Port of Galveston signed a long-term contract with Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) for a new $100 mill cruise terminal. Through a public/private partnership, RCL will build the terminal, then lease it from the port for an initial term [Read more...]
MSC Cruises has signed a long-term agreement with DP World for preferential berthing rights at Dubai’s Mina Rashid Port. The contract was formally signed by the line’s CEO Gianni Onorato and Mohammed Abdul Aziz Al Mannaei, CEO, P&O Marinas & Executive Director, Mina Rashid on [Read more...]
Durban’s status as a leading cruise destination was cemented on 16th November with the arrival of the ‘MSC Orchestra’ on her maiden voyage to South Africa. This coincided with a sod turning ceremony to mark the start of construction of the new Durban passenger terminal. [Read more...]
Port Everglades is upgrading its maintenance facilities and streamlining operating procedures. A central warehouse is the focal point of an improved inventory control system to better track supplies and reduce costs. The next step, already underway, is to computerise the inventory accounting through a software [Read more...]
The Port Authority of the Balearic Islands (APB) has joined the ‘CRUISE 2030 CALL FOR ACTION’ initiative, led by Venice, to find a way for the cruise industry to be compatible with the demands of European ports. Last month, the first meeting of the working [Read more...]
The Port of Seattle is proposing to develop a new cruise terminal at Terminal 46 as part of a flexible marine transportation facility, which will continue to support cargo and other marine operations. Analysis of the cruise market and cruise ship deployment supports the need [Read more...]
The first meeting of a working group, representing some of the main European Cruise ports, took place recently in Venice. Delegations from seven of the main cruise destinations in Europe - Amsterdam, Palma de Mallorca, Bergen, Cannes, Dubrovnik, Malaga, Marseille Fos, answered a call received [Read more...]
Carnival Corp and Royal Caribbean Cruises have signed an MOU with the government of Saint Lucia. The aim of the MoU is to form a joint venture to manage the island's existing cruise pier and terminal facilities at the Port of Castries and to design, [Read more...]