17 Dec 2012 - 6:18pm
Helsinki’s west harbour is undergoing major development. The former cargo port is being regenerated as housing but this is not preventing cruiseships calling at the two quays, Munkkisaari and Melkki Quays.
The former is the premier cruise-only berth and can accommodate two ships while the latter is...
17 Dec 2012 - 6:16pm
Today Fred Olsen Cruise Lines’ Balmoral called Oslo on a Christmas cruise with P&O Cruises’ Oriana docking the week before (see photo).
Margrethe Austad, marketing manager cruise Port of Oslo, commented that the latter found the cruise easy to sell. While snow cannot be guaranteed, last...
12 Dec 2012 - 1:20pm
In 2012 calls to Aalborg numbered seven and passengers 6,451, the best year yet. The season opened on May 30 with a call from Holland America Line’s Prinsendam and closed on September 6 with a maiden call from Cruise & Maritime Voyages’ Ocean Countess.
Feedback from passengers on Ocean Countess...
12 Dec 2012 - 1:17pm
Alesund is expecting 213,354 passengers (128 calls) next year compared to the 105,684 on 90 calls that were expected in 2011. As it turned out there were 87 calls and 93,301 passengers with this year showing 114 calls and 138,643 passengers visiting.
In June a new pier was opened having been...
6 Dec 2012 - 12:31pm
Portree received 29 calls and 12,884 passengers in 2012 compared to 22 and 7,677 respectively in 2011.
“This year is the best season we have had so far,” commented Gordon Ireland, tourism development officer The Highland Council, who credited the growth to membership of associations such as...
6 Dec 2012 - 8:27am
The port of Lisbon states that December 2012 will be the “best ever”. The largest number of calls and cruise passengers to date will arrive during this winter month at 24 and 40,000 respectively.
6 Dec 2012 - 8:07am
Passenger numbers to the Icelandic port of Akureyri reached 66,000 this year, up 35% on 2011. Calls reached 62 compared with 53 last year.
For 2013, 65 calls are already booked and a further 20% increase in passenger numbers is expected, acccording to Petur Olafsson, marketing manager Port of...
6 Dec 2012 - 8:04am
Ronne on the island of Bornholm plans to develop its port facilities in order to accommodate larger vessels.
“Come 2015 and the ECAs [emission control area 0.1% sulphur limit], you have to have facilities for bigger ships or you are going to go out of business. We will develop cruise tourism...
21 Nov 2012 - 12:07pm
Amadea will call Stavanger on December 4, marking the end of the season at the Norwegian port which welcomed its first cruiseship in March.
Calls this year numbered 167 up from 130 in 2011 and just 56 in 2007. This year 58 different ships called with the most frequent visitors being Costa Luminosa...
21 Nov 2012 - 11:36am
Isafjordur is excited to be hosting 38 calls and 41,000 passengers in 2013.
The ships calling are getting bigger with 1.5m gt booked in compared to 1.04m gt this year, when calls numbered 34 and passengers 31,000.
