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Liverpool seeks design team for new Cruise Terminal
Liverpool City Council has launched a Europe wide search to design a potential new cruise terminal on the River Mersey. The authority is seeking to appoint a highly skilled technical team to advise on the...
Read MoreRising Star award scooped by ABP Southampton’s Rebekah Keeler
Cruise Trade News has named seven members of the cruise industry as Rising Stars including Rebekah Keeler, Commercial manager, ABP Southampton who has been awarded Ports Rising Star. The winners, all aged 35 and under, were...
Read MoreRoyal Princess returns to Liverpool
Princess Cruises has announced that the 3,560-guest ship will visit Liverpool throughout spring and summer 2018. It’s the latest good news for Liverpool’s cruise liner terminal, which this year welcomed 63 ships bringing 114,676 passengers...
Read MoreCruising towards a busy 2017 at Portsmouth International Port
With a successful 2016 summer season drawing to a close the schedule for cruise ships at Portsmouth International Port next year is looking healthy, with a 24% rise in bookings already in the diary. 2017...
Read MorePort of Dover scoops top National award
The Port of Dover became the toast of the transport sector after being named 'Port of the Year' at the UK National Transport Awards 2016. Supported by the Department for Transport, Transport Focus and the...
Read MoreThree ships in a day at different ports show SCH cruise capability
SCH underlined its credentials as the UK’s most extensive provider of cruise ship services by supporting over 8,000 passengers in three different ports in a single day. Biggest operation came in Southampton where the port...
Read MoreHat trick of cruise awards for Liverpool
Liverpool has been named the ‘Best UK Port of Call’ for the third time in four years by the world’s largest cruise review site. ‘Cruise Critic’ – sister site of ‘Trip Advisor’ – has awarded the...
Read MoreOcean Watch Week shows strong results on routes from Portsmouth International Port
The results of marine charity ORCA’s OceanWatch 2016 are in, and show more sightings of whales, dolphins and porpoises (collectively known as cetaceans) on routes from Portsmouth International Port than any other UK port. During...
Read MorePortsmouth Cruise Forum re-launch at Seatrade Cruise Med Tenerife
The Portsmouth Cruise Forum re-launched from the Cruise Britain stand at the Seatrade Cruise Med event in Tenerife. The Portsmouth Destination Marketing Partnership subgroup sees Portsmouth City Council, key attractions and activity providers, as well...
Read MoreLatest international award win secures ABP Southampton as port of the year
ABP Southampton, Northern Europe’s leading cruise turn around port, added to its trophy case after it scooped a major international award for Port of the Year at the Seatrade Cruise Awards last week (22 September)....
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