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TOP CRUISE PORTS

Website: www.olp.gr Investment: Expansion of the cruise port will increase the number of the

Email: [email protected] berths at Piraeus cruise port and will

Total Ship Calls Annually: include the creation of two additional (2016) 625 / (2017) 576 berths which will be able to facilitate

Biggest Ship to Call: the berthing of new generation cruise

Ovation of the Seas (LOA: 348 meters ships with lengths of 390m and 350m / GRT: 168,666 GT) respectively. Two new cruise terminals

Annual Passenger Throughput: (2016) will be built; one on the new pier and 1,094,135 / (2017) 1,055,559 another at the pier of Agios Nikolaos.

PIRAEUS PORT

AUTHORITY S.A.

Website: www.portdebarcelona.cat

PORT OF

Email: [email protected]

Total Ship Calls Annually:

BARCELONA 826 / via 42 cruise lines

Biggest Ship to Call:

Harmony of the Seas (362 meters LOA / 20,236 DWT)

Annual Passenger Throughput: 2.7 million passengers (2017)

Investment: It is expected that during the second half of 2018 the new Cruise terminal

E will be operational, which is being built and will be managed by Carnival Corp.

The installation, with 12,500 meters of built surface, will be the largest terminal in

Europe and involves an investment of 30 million Euros. The Port of Barcelona is also currently building the adjacent spaces to the new terminal and the adaptation of the access road to service the installation.

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