Cruise news (port terminals-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Porto Cruise Terminal surpasses 200,000 passenger threshold
By the end of October 2025, the cruise terminal at the Port of Leixões (Portugal) recorded 216,644 cruise passengers, representing an increase...
December 25, 2025 - Cruise Industry
St. Kitts secures homeporting operations with P&O Cruises
St. Kitts is advancing its role in the Caribbean cruise network by securing homeporting operations with P&O Cruises, part of the Carnival...
December 25, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Isle of Portland Port (UK) registers dual cruise milestones in 2025
Isle of Portland Port (England UK) recorded an unprecedented level of cruise activity during 2025, setting two operational benchmarks after a late...
December 24, 2025 - Cruise Industry
French Riviera implements cruise passenger caps and call limits
French maritime authorities have enacted a regulatory framework governing cruise ship operations along the Alpes-Maritimes coastline, extending a...
December 22, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Diamond Princess ship started Singapore homeporting season
Princess Cruises’ Diamond Princess has commenced her Singapore homeporting season, entering Marina Bay Cruise Centre on December 7th and...
December 19, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Port Tarragona concludes 2025 cruise season with 62 calls and growth outlook for 2026
Port Tarragona concluded its 2025 cruise season with a total of 62 vessel calls and 126,348 passengers, establishing the year as the 3rd-highest on...
December 18, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Port of Brisbane reaches 500 cruise ship calls since inception
At the Port of Brisbane, a noteworthy operational milestone was recorded with the 500th cruise vessel visiting the Brisbane International Cruise...
December 16, 2025 - Cruise Industry
NCL's ship Norwegian Viva begins inaugural winter season from Galveston TX
The NCL's ship Norwegian Viva has entered service from Port Galveston (Texas USA). The 2025–2026 winter Caribbean season is the vessel’s...
December 16, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Port of Genoa completes first passenger ferry bio-LNG ship-to-ship bunkering
At the Port of Genoa, a significant milestone in Italy’s maritime energy transition was reached with the first ship-to-ship (STS) bunkering of...
December 13, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Valencia Port concludes H2PORTS project with hydrogen-machinery showcase
The Port of Valencia (Spain) hosted the final conference of the H2PORTS project on December 3rd, 2025, presenting the principal findings of this...
December 11, 2025 - Cruise Industry
MSC's private island Ocean Cay to be upgraded with new family & wellness amenities in 2026
MSC Cruises has announced that beginning January 2026 its private island, Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve in the Bahamas will offer an expanded suite of...
December 10, 2025 - Cruise Industry
France to impose €15 cruise-passenger levy under new budget
The French legislature approved a proposal to introduce a new tax on cruise ship passengers — a levy of EUR 15 per person for each French port...
December 9, 2025 - Cruise Industry
CCL-Carnival unveils plans for Ensenada Bay Village
The port of Ensenada, long treated as a routine West Coast call port rather than a standout destination, is poised for transformation. On December...
December 9, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Port Everglades/Fort Lauderdale (FL USA) hosts 3 ship namings in 2 weeks
Over the course of just two weeks, Port Everglades (Fort Lauderdale FL USA) in Broward County concluded the naming ceremonies, Plaques-and-Keys...
December 6, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Dart Harbour enhances tender facilities for cruise ships visiting Dartmouth
The Dart Harbour authority has recently upgraded the tendering arrangements for cruise vessels calling at Dartmouth (England). According...
December 6, 2025