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TOP CRUISE PORTS

LISBON,

PORTUGAL

Website: www.portodelisboa.pt Investment: Lisbon of? cially opened

Email: [email protected] its new cruise terminal in November

Total Ship Calls Annually: 2017. An investment around Euros 330 / via 38 cruise lines 22m resulted in a berth of 1,490

Biggest Ship to Call: meters able to accommodate vessels

Anthem of The Seas; up to 12 meters in draft and a new

MSC Meraviglia; Queen Mary terminal building.

Annual Passenger Throughput: 522,042

PORT OF

SOUTHAMPTON

Website: www.abports.co.uk

Email: [email protected]

Total Ship Calls Annually: 500 / via 11 cruise lines

Biggest Ship to Call:

Harmony of the Seas /36m / 20,236 DWT

Annual Passenger Throughput: £ 2.5m

Investment: In 2017, ABP Southampton com- pleted the ? nal stage of a multi-million pound refurbishment that enabled the port to cater for the world’s largest cruise vessels, with delivery of a bespoke ship-to-shore walkway for the Queen Elizabeth II Cruise Terminal. This has assisted in facilitation of Carnival’s pas- senger volume, through Carnival Corp & Plc brands alone, to experience an anticipated increase by 25% over 2017 and 2018. Having re-secured Southampton as Royal Caribbean

International’s home port in 2016, the port has initiated planning for further enhancements.

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