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I Saw Three Ships at Dover Cruise
The sun was shining this May Bank Holiday Monday as three impressive cruise ships called at one of the UK's busiest cruise ports at Dover's historic Western Docks - the first time Dover Cruise has been at...
Read MoreSouth Quay, Poole Harbour – the world’s newest cruise berth open for business
Poole Harbour will be welcoming thousands of cruise ship passengers to the south coast this summer with the completion of South Quay, the world’s newest cruise berth, completed on schedule and on budget. Completion of...
Read MoreIsle of Man due to welcome record numbers of cruise visitors
The Isle of Man is set to welcome a record number of cruise passengers in 2018 with over 9,900 passengers arriving on 24 cruise ships due to visit this year. This compares with 23 cruise...
Read MorePlanning approval granted for Liverpool cruise terminal
Authorities in Liverpool on Tuesday granted formal planning approval for the city’s proposed new cruise terminal. Work on the £50m ($66m) facility could start in October. The permissions awarded by the city’s Planning Committee mark a...
Read MoreMSC Cruises announces new mega ship MSC Bellissima will be christened in Southampton
MSC Cruises, the world’s largest privately owned cruise company and leading cruise line in Europe and South America, has revealed that MSC Bellissima, which will be MSC Cruises’ next flagship, will be christened in the...
Read MoreDeep water cruise berth approval for Isle of Man
The Isle of Man's Tynwald Parliament has approved a Harbours Strategy which would include an £80m refurbishment of Douglas Harbour. Plans support the £11 million development of deep water berthing facilities to allow cruise ships...
Read MoreGerman speakers needed to support North East cruise tourism
North East cruise tourism needs more fluent German language speakers to help support the growing cruise sector. Experience North DMC, working closely with Port of Tyne, is looking for people who are fluent in German,...
Read MorePortsmouth International Port welcomes New Business Development Manager
In a proactive move to enhance customer relations and further develop its cruise, ferry and freight markets, Portsmouth International Port has appointed Ian Palacio as new business development manager. As part of the new business...
Read MoreRecord high for cruise visitors to British ports
Figures released today by CruiseBritain show that the number of cruise passengers visiting Britain continues to rise for the tenth consecutive year. In the last decade, passenger day calls have quadrupled to reach 1.415million including...
Read MoreSCH opens new security services subsidary VMS to support ship operations
Cruise ship terminal operators SCH have expanded their offering to the sector by establishing a new dedicated security services subsidiary. Viper Maritime Services (VMS) has been set up to increase the range of cruise ship...
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