“You’ve got to spend money to make money. This old saying certainly applies to the Port of Galveston’s cruise business,” said Galveston Port Director and CEO, Rodger Rees in a recent port update. The port is investing an estimated $33 mill in cruise-related infrastructure improvements [Read more...]
Global Ports Holding (GPH) has announced that Global Ports Canary Islands (GPCI), an 80/20 joint venture between GPH and its local partner Sepcan, has completed the competitive RFP process for certain Canary Island cruise ports. GPCI has now received the final acceptance for the concessions [Read more...]
US Senator, Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) has announced that the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has signed the land conveyance for the site known as the Whittier ‘Tank Farm’ at the Head of the Bay of Prince William Sound. Senator Murkowski championed the original legislation [Read more...]
Last week, Global Ports Holding (GPH) confirmed that it had terminated merger talks with Swiss-based MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC). MSC subsidiary, SAS Shipping Agencies, had approached the world’s largest independent cruise port operator in an attempt to buy it. However, SAS Shipping Agencies said last [Read more...]
Haropa Port (Le Havre, Honfleur, Rouen and Paris) has given an update on cruise ship activity and investments in cruise facilities at the Seine basin ports. In 2022, 130 cruise calls are scheduled for Le Havre. Three new cruise lines (Virgin Voyages, Ambassador Cruise Line [Read more...]
Genoa is undergoing infrastructure work to upgrade the passenger port quay at Ponte dei Mille East, which is beginning to take shape. According to MedCruise, plans are in hand to equip the berth for new generation cruise vessels, thereby providing Stazioni Marittime with an additional [Read more...]
According to Alaskan media reports, native businesses Na-Dena`and Klawock Heenya Corp have teamed up to promote a new cruise destination to be built in Klawock. The first call is scheduled by Oceania Cruises for 24th May, 2023. Developed similarly to Icy Strait Point near the [Read more...]
Earlier this month, Carnival Cruise Line (CCL), in co-operation with the Grand Bahama Port Authority and the Government of The Bahamas, held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new cruise port destination on Grand Bahama Island. CCL President, Christine Duffy; Bahamas Prime Minister, The Hon Philip [Read more...]
The Alaska State Legislature has passed legislation authorising the Alaska Railroad Corp (ARRC) to sell bonds to fund the replacement of its passenger dock and terminal in Seward. It will now go to Alaska’s governor for approval. Once it is approved, ARRC will be able [Read more...]
The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) and trade association Interferry are to promote an environmentally sustainable future for the European ferry business. This will be achieved through the provision and use of onshore power supply (OPS). ESPO and Interferry confirmed the following joint approach: Ferries [Read more...]