Port

More Mediterranean Port Calls Canceled – This Time in Greece

Just a week after cruise lines modified port calls in Turkey, three cruise lines have stopped calling on the Greek island of Lesbos. Lesbos, also sometimes called Mytilene which is the capital and port city, has been the destination of many of those trying to escape Syria and...

Are Cable Cars the Future for Cruise Piers?

A developer has proposed a unique cable car arrangement instead of a new controversial deep-water pier proposed by the government. The Grand Cayman's is the fifth busiest cruise port in the Caribbean according to recent reports, but it’s losing ground to other destinations. One of the factors is...

How Crowded is Your Port Call?

This week, the Irish Times had the headline Four cruise liners deliver 13,000 tourists to Dublin Port. The article stated this was the most visitors by cruise ships at any one time, and that the port wishes to set a new yearly record of over two million cruise...

Is Your Port of Call Safe?

In the March 18, 2015 terrorist attack on the National Bardo Museum in Tunisia, more than 20 foreign tourists were killed and more than 50 more were injured. At the time of the attack, more than 200 tourists were in the area, most from the cruise ships MSC Splendida and the Costa...