May 22, 2012

Port of Hamburg sees record cruise growth

"Queen Mary 2" and "Deutschland" during the 823rd Hamburg Port Birthday. (photo copyright: S.Breitenbach)

The Port of Hamburg will be visited a total of 33 times by cruise ships in May. While the volume of passengers for the whole of 2008 stood at 89,000, passenger turnover in May 2012 alone is anticipated to hit the 94,000 mark. Eight cruise ships (‘AIDAblu’, AIDAluna’, ‘AIDAmar’, ‘AIDAsol’, ‘Deutschland’, ‘Le Boréal’, ‘MSC Lirica’ [...]

‘Celebrity Eclipse’ Makes First Public Appearance

Eclipse_exit_shipyard

The Celebrity Eclipse emerges for the first time out of the ship yard in Meyer Werft ship yard in Papenburg, Germany.