The renewal of shore excursions is a key part of the development of cruise activity in Var-Provence. Last year saw a record 278 calls (23 maiden calls), 362 479 passengers and 32 cruise lines. (more…)

MedCruise port members Rijeka and Zadar have joined forces with European ports and cities – to improve cruise-related logistics and transport planning.

Thomson Cruises has included Taranto in its destinations for 2017, with Thomson Spirit calling at the southern Italian city as part of her itinerary “Taste of the Adriatic”. (more…)

Zadar port has seen a significant rise in passenger numbers in recent years and it seems the numbers are still growing. From 2012, passenger numbers have increased from 20,000 to a record 130,000 in 2016. (more…)

The port of Ancona, Italy, is located in a strategic position. Ancona is the capital of Marche region, a territory rich in history, and extremely various: mountains, hills, and beaches are concentrated in a relatively small territory characterised by a culture made of quality of life, respect for the environment, beauty and solid entrepreneurship tradition. (more…)

The port of Livorno is expecting 349 calls and 700,000 passengers in 2017 including six new ships and three ships in partial turnaround: Silver Muse (5 calls), AIDAperla (17 calls), Majestic Princess (4 calls), Norwegian Joy (1 call), Seabourn Encore (5 calls), Viking Sky (2 calls), MSC Armonia (17 partial turnarounds), Arethusa (16 partial turnarounds) and Hebridean Sky (1 partial turnaround). (more…)

After a successful 2016 cruise season, Marina di Portofino is pleased to remind the cruise world about the new anchorage regulation in full effect since July 2016 which allows ships to anchor at the closer distance of 0.3 nautical miles. (more…)

Amongst them, six will be new ship visitors. This is a small decline on last year’s figures, -33% calls and -10% passengers. In 2016 a new cruise terminal has been completed in La Seyne sur mer and the ferry/cruise Terminal downtown has been completely refurbished. (more…)

These figures compare well to the numbers achieved this year (2016). The most popular shore excursion from La Spezia is to Florence, Pisa and the Cinque Terre. (more…)

Nine ships called at Igoumenitsa in 2016, meaning a small increase year on year. (more…)

Of these, some are inaugural calls. These numbers are an increase of the figures from 2016 when 225 calls and 350,000 passengers called at the Rock. (more…)

New ships scheduled to call in Genoa are MSC Cruises’ MSC Meraviglia and Silversea Cruises’ Silver Muse. Cruise passenger throughput is expected to drop slightly, by approximately 5%, compared to the current year. (more…)

New ships visiting the port will be Seabourn Cruises’ Seabourn Encore and Seabourn Odyssey, Ponant Cruises’ Le Lyrial, Crystal Cruises’ Crystal Serenity, and Premiere Cruises’ Serenissima. (more…)

Cruise calls are on the rise, once again, at Port of Odessa, 13 ship calls bringing circa 13,700 passengers are expected for 2017 compared with only five calls and 1,137 passengers this year. (more…)

AIDA Cruises’ AIDAaura (1 call), MSC Cruises’ MSC Meraviglia (23 calls), Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Spirit (16 calls), Princess Cruises’ Majestic Princess (2 calls) and Regent Seven Seas Cruises’ Seven Seas explorer (1 call) are all first time callers to the port. (more…)

Following a call by the European Commission (Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs & Fisheries), MedCruise has been selected to contribute in the works of the European expert group on Skills and Career development in the Blue Economy. (more…)