Above the small Dutch city of Harlingen
Following the opening of its new berth and terminal in March this year, Cruise Port Harlingen, certified as an ECO port by ESPO in 2012 and renewed this summer, has released its new website for cruiselines, www.cruiseportharlingen.nl.
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The Port of Narvik is investing in a new cruise pier in the centre of town. Work will commence this autumn and completion is scheduled for the first half of 2019.
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In late May an overwater jack-up platform arrived in the River Mersey to begin site investigations on the bedrock on which much of the new facility will be built. The aim is to establish the strength of the seabed near to the Princes Jetty.
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Every year Zeebrugge, the port of Bruges, welcomes more than 140 cruiseships bringing some 400,000 passengers to discover the manyfold tourist attractions Flanders and Belgium have to offer.
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In cooperation with Danish company PowerCon and local energy company Agder Energi Nett, the shorepower system in Kristiansand will be Europe’s largest.
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The stunning city of St Petersburg played host to this year’s Cruise Europe conference (CEC) April 24 to 26 which was attended by 160 international guests from the lines, the press and CE members.
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Chris Alexander has been appointed to the management team of Capital Cruising (CC) in a newly-created role which demonstrates the company’s commitment to offering customers the best experience possible.
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This year 42 cruiseships carrying up to 68,500 passengers are going to call at Skagen. This is 100% up on 2017, when 33,000 passengers on 31 calls visited Skagen. Out of the 42, 11 will be first calls from ships within Princess Cruises and Viking Ocean Cruises, both brands being quite new to Skagen.
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Longyearbyen has a population of 2,200 and is situated at 78 degrees North on the island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard. Not surprisingly this Arctic wonder has been given a sustainable destination quality label from Innovation Norway.
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Owner and manager of the ports of Caen-Ouistreham and Cherbourg, Ports of Normandy Authority (PNA) has registered a new record in 2017 with a growth of 24.21% to 130,424 passengers, up about 25,000 on the previous year.
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The expected growth in the number of cruiselines visiting Roenne in 2018 is estimated at being 45 % up on 2017. This development is expected to continue due to the port extending its facilities to accommodate ships up to 350m in length from June 1 2019.
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Rouen’s season began in mid-January with a call from Fred Olsen Cruise Lines’ Balmoral and will continue through to December 11 when Christmas market calls are booked.
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Two million passengers visited Southampton in 2017 and brought with them a massive multi-million pound cash injection to the local economy. Every time a cruiseship visits Southampton, it is estimated to bring a cash boost of £2m (€2.26m) and in 2017 there were more than 500 calls.
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The Port of Akureyri has not forgotten its promise to accommodate smaller vessels closer to the town centre and is investing €5m in constructing a new pier which will open for business in 2019.
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