The Icelandic fishing village of Djupivogur joined Cruise Europe in September. Numbering 450 inhabitants it is making a concerted effort to encourage cruise calls. A two year marketing project has resulted in Spirit of Adventure and Maasdam calling this year carrying 1,600 passengers while in 2008 calls were zero. To date two calls and 800 passengers are confirmed for 2010 and one for 2011.
One of the goals in the “nearest future is to build a suitable terminal for cruise passengers” says Bryndis Reynisdottir, marketing manager at the port. Improving facilities over the next few months and years is a priority either in building or refurbishing suitable housing which will be used for activities linked to cruiseships, for example handicraft stores.
Smaller ships can berth alongside the 75m-long quay where the depth is 9m or anchor in the fjord which has a two-mile turning basin and a depth of 60m.
