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Portsmouth International Port sets sail for its busiest cruise season yet
Following the release of their latest cruise schedule, 90 ships are expected to visit Portsmouth International Port this year, making 2024 the busiest year to date. Featuring ten inaugural calls and the return of some...
Read MoreDover Named As Best UK Departure Port In Cruise Critic’s Editors’ Picks Awards
Cruise Critic, the world’s leading cruise reviews site and online cruise community, has named the winners of its 15th annual Cruise Critic UK Editors’ Picks Awards – the industry’s most comprehensive awards – recognising the...
Read MoreBelfast Harbour named best UK & Ireland Port of Call by Cruise Critic
Belfast has been recognised as the Best UK & British Isles Port of Call at this year’s Cruise Critic UK Editors’ Picks Awards. Cruise Critic®, a subsidiary of TripAdvisor, is the world’s leading cruise reviews...
Read MoreTurnarounds highlight of Falmouth’s record season
The beguiling chance to step onto a luxury cruise liner to start and finish a holiday in Cornwall for the first time in decades has been a draw for thousands of passengers in a record...
Read MorePortsmouth International Port’s double wins including ‘Best Port’ at awards night
Portsmouth International Port is celebrating today after a double win at the industry Wave Awards last night (Monday 13 November) having scooped Best Port and the Best Environmental Innovation. Dubbed the 'Oscars' of the cruise...
Read MoreDover’s Sonia Limbrick speaks about her bright future at the port
Port of Dover’s Sonia Limbrick is pleased to have taken up her new role of head of business development for cruise, allowing her to transition to a reduced work schedule as she paves her way...
Read MoreCornwall’s first ‘living wall’ habitat set to grow in Falmouth Harbour
A Falmouth Harbour wall that was sparse of wildlife is set to become a bristling habitat of marine flora and fauna due to the installation of ‘habitiles’ designed to increase biodiversity. New “Habitiles” attached to...
Read MoreLast call of 2023 brings record cruise season for Belfast to a close
Belfast enjoyed a record cruise season in 2023, with 158 calls reported by Cruise Belfast, the partnership between Belfast Harbour and Visit Belfast which markets the city as a leading cruise tourism destination. The announcement...
Read MoreAberdeen set to smash record-breaking cruise season in 2024
Port of Aberdeen celebrates the end of a record-breaking cruise season and is already on course to surpass this in 2024. Between May and October this year, Port of Aberdeen welcomed 43 cruise calls with...
Read MoreMSC Euribia makes maiden call in Southampton
ABP Port of Southampton welcomed MSC Cruises new flagship Euribia, at the start of the ship's series of winter Northern Europe cruises. MSC Euribia completed the world’s first net zero greenhouse gas emissions voyage when...
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