Cruise news (Palma de Mallorca Spain-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Balearic Port Authority Approves New Law for Palma Port
The Balearic Port Authority approved a new law for Port Palma de Mallorca. For the first time ever, it includes measures to protect Posidonia meadows...
October 27, 2019 - Cruise Industry
AIDAmira Godmother Announced
On November 30, 2019, AIDA 14th fleet member will be officially named by the 1974-born German fashion model and actress Franziska Knuppe. The liner...
September 20, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Palma to Limit the Number of Visiting Cruise Ships
Iago Negueruela, Balearic Islands' Minister of Tourism, and Jose Hila, Mayor of Palma City, have been holding talks with the major cruise lines to...
September 8, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Talks Held Over Cruise Ships Visiting Palma
Palma town hall held talks with the Balearic Ports Authority over the issues of cruise ships calling at the local port. Cruise liners that empty the...
July 21, 2019 - Cruise Industry
AIDA Cruises to Add New Ship in 2019
AIDA Cruises is adding a new ship to its fleet next year. AIDAmira (former Costa neoRiviera), as the vessel will be named, will sail for the...
May 26, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Marella Explorer Christened in Palma
Marella Cruises officially welcomed Marella Explorer during a christening ceremony at Port Palma (Majorca) on May 17. Formerly sailing as Mein Schiff...
May 18, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Mallorcan Campaigners Want EUR 5 Tax on Cruise Ships
Mallorcan campaigners in Palma called for the introduction of daily fee of EUR 5 to be paid by cruisers to the busy port, plus a 2-liner-per-day...
May 14, 2018 - Accidents
Marella Cruise Ship Spilling Oil Off the Coast of Mallorca
Balearic Islands Port Authority has dispatched emergency services to the waters off its coast because of a Marella Cruises ship spilling oil into the...
May 2, 2018 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Hundreds Protest Against the World's Largest Cruise Ship
Nearly 150 demonstrators held up banners that read messages like ‘Horror of the Seas’ and ‘Stop Cruises Palma’ shortly after...
April 11, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Cruise Ships to Boycott Ibiza and Mallorca Over New Tax
Cruise liners threaten to boycott Ibiza and Mallorca unless Balearic Government changes its mind about charging cruise passengers EUR2 per day...
November 25, 2017 - Cruise Industry
Lena Gercke Christens AIDAperla Today
At around 10:15 p.m. today, June 30, 2017 Lena Gercke - Model and TV host - will christen the 12th member of AIDA fleet in the name of AIDAperla in...
June 30, 2017 - Cruise Industry
TUI Explorer Joins Thomson Cruises Fleet
The latest addition to the fleet of Thomson Cruises, TUI Explorer (former Mein Schiff 1), will join line's TUI Discovery and TUI Discovery 2 to offer...
March 31, 2017