Tagged: Cruise Europe

Last year Klaipeda launched an audio guide app, Discover (Atrask) Klaipeda, designed for passengers who want to explore independently. “Our biggest concern was to how make them happy,” explained Kristina Gontier, international relations manager Klaipeda State Seaport Authority. (more…)

The fact that FTI’s Berlin is returning to the seaside resort of Scheveningen close to The Hague this year after its first call last year is a fantastic start for the Dutch port’s entry into the cruise business. (more…)

The Scandinavian ports of Kristiansand, Kragero, Fredrikstad, Helsingborg, Hundested and Aalborg have joined forces in an initiative to offer itinerary ideas based on Nordic cuisine. (more…)

Late last year the work on matching the height of the powerlines to the two bridges in Bordeaux was finished. Hence all three now have an air draught to 53m allowing larger vessels up river. The city centre berths can accommodate ships up to 262m in length. (more…)

The French Atlantic Ports represent twelve destinations located on France’s North and Western coastline: Rouen, Honfleur, Caen-Ouistreham, Le Havre, Cherbourg, Saint-Malo, Brest, Lorient, Nantes Saint-Nazaire, La Rochelle, Bordeaux and Bayonne. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

After two stable years of cruise activity, Stavanger is expecting a record-breaking year in 2019. The number of expected calls will be up by 30% and passenger numbers are set to rise by over 45%, compared to 2018. (more…)

At 974km2, Ruegen is Germany’s largest island, having a population of 64,000. Reasons to visit include the Unesco world heritage sites of Stralsund and 13th century beech forest of Jasmund National Park, the oldest lighthouse on the Baltic Sea coast – 1826 Leuchtturm Kap Arkona – and Ummanz, the largest crane resting places in Europe. (more…)

North Atlantic Agency (NAA) was established in 2013. It is a network of port agents providing full cruise and expedition agency services in the North Atlantic and Arctic. Its experience in dealing in harsh weather conditions sets it apart. (more…)

At the Cruise Europe (CE) AGM in St Petersburg in April 2018, the chairman Captain Michael McCarthy outlined how it would be in the interests of CE as an organisation to retain an ‘Observer and Contributor Status’ to the Atlantic Blue Ports EU project. (more…)

The cruise season is coming to an end in the Port of Gdynia, Poland. The port acted as gateway to the Pomorskie Region for over 94,000 passengers on 46 calls. (more…)