Ports

The Manila port authority has allowed foreign cruise ships carrying Filipino seafarers to anchor in Manila Bay. According to local sources, the authority said this move was agreed to repatriate nationals affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Returning overseas [Read more...]

The Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) has put out to tender the administrative concession for the construction and operation of a new public passenger terminal at the port. This infrastructure will be located in an area of around100,000 [Read more...]

MSC Cruises has signed a long-term agreement with Abu Dhabi Ports. This will give the cruise ship operator preferential berthing rights at both Zayed Port and Sir Bani Yas Island. The contract was signed at the line’s Geneva, [Read more...]

The Port of Seattle has sent a Revised Request for Proposal (RFP) to short-listed entities being evaluated as potential investment and operating partners for the proposed new cruise facility - Terminal 46. Included in the revised RFP is [Read more...]

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 [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, [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 [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 [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 [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 [Read more...]