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GPH closes in on Las Palmas
Following a public tender process, Global Ports Holding (GPH), the world's largest independent cruise port operator, the Port Authority of Las Palmas has awarded preferred bidder status to Global Ports Canary Islands (GPCI). GPCI is an 80:20 joint [Read more...]
Kalundborg to rival Copenhagen
Global Ports Holding (GPH), the world's largest independent cruise port operator, has signed a 20-year agreement with Denmark’s Port of Kalundborg. This agreement calls for the provision of services for cruise passengers at Kalundborg. Kalundborg will be GPH's [Read more...]
Galataport Istanbul opens for business
Galataport Istanbul’s new cruise terminal received its first ship on 1st October. Around 150 passengers and crew arrived on the ‘SeaDream II’ from Varna, Bulgaria for a two-day homeport stay before sailing back to the Bulgarian port of [Read more...]
AD Ports to establish cruise terminal at Aqaba
AD Ports Group has signed a Heads of Terms agreement with the Aqaba Development Corp to develop a cruise terminal at Marsa Zayed in Aqaba, Jordan. This project will be the first facility to be developed by AD [Read more...]
Royal Caribbean to build Ravenna’s new cruise terminal
The Ravenna Port Authority has awarded a tender to construct and operate a new cruise terminal and the cruise operations concessions in Porto Corsini to RCL Cruises Ltd, a subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Group. Royal Caribbean said in [Read more...]
Calais’ new port inaugurated
The new Port of Calais was officially inaugurated last week following six years of construction. Thought to be the largest European port infrastructure project of the decade, the extension and modernisation at the port represented an investment of [Read more...]
City takes back Viking’s Turku terminal
The City of Turku has taken back under its control the terminal previously operated by Viking Line. This terminal and related facilities are located in an area in Turku leased by Viking Line. Under the original lease agreement, [Read more...]
TT-Line and Trelleborg extend co-operation
TT-Line and the Port of Trelleborg have signed a new 10-year agreement. This means a long-term perspective of port operations and thus consolidating its position as Scandinavia’s largest ro-ro port, the port said. TT-Line has seen a substantial [Read more...]
Construction starts on RCI’s new Galveston terminal
The Port of Galveston, claimed to be the fourth most popular cruise port in North America, held a groundbreaking ceremony on 14th August, to mark the start of construction of Royal Caribbean International’s (RCI) new $125 mill cruise [Read more...]
Tenerife joins CLIA (UK)
Tenerife Tourism Corp has joined Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) UK & Ireland as an associate partner. The long-term agreement will enhance Tenerife’s brand awareness across the region, bringing them into CLIA’s wider community of cruise lines, travel [Read more...]