MV Astoria arrived into Cobh on 21st March, the first of 94 cruise liners to visit the Port of Cork in 2018, a 30% increase on 2017 calls. The Port of Cork anticipates with 94 cruise calls the total passenger numbers to be 188,844 and 80,000 crew.
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Ireland is set for its 12th successive year of cruise liner growth with Dublin and Cork now rivalling such famous liner ports as Naples and Monaco. Dublin and Cobh, Co Cork confirmed busy schedules for cruise liners visiting Ireland this year with the season already underway. (independent.ie)
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Tourism in Cork is set for a major boost this summer with the Port of Cork revealing that a 30 per cent increase in the numbers of cruise liner visits to Cork Harbour is set to result in more than 180,000 passengers coming ashore to provide a near €15 million injection to the local economy. (irishtimes.com)
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Holland America Lines, MS Prinsendam made her maiden call to Bantry Bay Harbour today (June 12) on what was to be the first visit of a cruise liner to Bantry in almost 30 years.
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May 4 is a significant date in Cork’s history, it being 100 years since the arrival of the US fleet during the First World War. On that day Commander Joseph Taussig of USS Wadsworth led six destroyers of the US Atlantic Fleet into Cork Harbour.
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Irish ports will have their busiest ever cruise ship season in 2017 with over 300 cruise ships scheduled to visit ports and harbours, large and small, around the island.
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More than 100,000 cruise ship passengers visited Cork last year — the highest figure the area has ever recorded in a single 12-month period. (eveningecho.ie)
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Traders in Cork City are losing out on millions of euro of business by not tapping into the lucrative luxury cruise passenger market which arrives on their doorsteps every year. (irishexaminer.com)
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Fred Olsen Cruise Line will open the Port of Cork’s cruise liner season with the arrival of Balmoral and her 1,800 passengers and crew to Cobh Cruise Terminal on Friday 1st April. (cruisebusiness.com)
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The Port of Cork celebrated a record year for its cruise liner business which saw almost 150,000 passengers and crew spend about €15 million in the region. (irishtimes.com)
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The 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania off Cork is to be commemorated next month when a team of rowers replicate the efforts of a lifeboat crew to save survivors. (irishtimes.com)
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The Port of Cork is carrying out a feasibility study as part of its cruise strategy into building a second dedicated cruise berth in Cobh to cater for the increase in vessels calling to Ireland.
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The Port of Cork Company have announced the appointment of Captain Paul O’Regan as Harbour Master, Port Operations Manager and Superintendent of Pilots of the Port of Cork. (cruisebusiness.com)
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The Atlantic Alliance is a marketing project of 18 ports along Europe’s West coast between Hamburg and Lisbon, including Britain and now an Irish port.
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