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The largest ever cruiseship to visit Warrenpoint Port, Azamara Pursuit at 180m in length, was observed by locals lining the quayside as the ship headed up Carlingford Lough this morning, writes Jehan Ashmore Measuring 30,277 in gross tonnage, the cruiseship…

As previously reported the Port of Waterford announced an operating profit of €1.1 million for 2021, up from €700,000 on the year. Turnover was €7.7m and shareholder's funds ended the year at €34m. Bulk throughput in 2021 came in at…

A cruiseship which called to Kinsale marked the first arrival of 2022 to the west Cork harbour. The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Danny Collins welcomed the German luxury cruise ship, Europa, with 400 passengers and 275 crew.…

The first cruiseship since 2017 to visit Warrenpoint Harbour on Carlingford Lough was welcomed to the port today with the arrival of the World Navigator, writes Jehan Ashmore. The cruiseship's inaugural call to the Co. Down port formed part of the…

The return of a cruiseship schedule at Warrenpoint Port since the pandemic, is to take place with the first caller this season due to arrive tomorrow, 28 June. The Co. Down port is to see the debut of the World Navigator,…

A new generation of a cruise ship docked in Dublin Port this week in the first port of call in a voyage around Ireland and the UK. The 430-foot Le Bellot can welcome up to 184 guests and 118 crew members with…

The weekend visit of the ship Greg Mortimer was the first cruise-liner to berth alongside at Dun Laoghaire Harbour in the 2022 season.  Capable of negotiating the strongest winds and waves, the 104-metre Greg Mortimer is built to polar standards…

Galway City businesses could benefit from cruise ship passengers to the tune of almost €2 million over the course of the summer months as such ships are due to anchor off the bay. A total of 22 cruise ships will…

The first cruiseship to visit Dubin Port this season arrived this morning, marking a momentous return of this tourism sector to the Irish capital and not seen since March 2020, as Covid travel restrictions were revoked last month, writes Jehan Ashmore.…

Ambassador Cruise Line, the UK's newest cruise operator whose Ambience has completed a 4-day round trip maiden voyage from its London homeport of Tilbury to Hamburg, Germany, writes Jehan Ashmore. In advance of Ambience's inaugural cruise that departed the London…

The Norwegian expedition cruise liner, Maud, arrived in Waterford Port this morning, the first cruise vessel in over two years, due to Covid pandemic disruption. It is the maiden voyage of the vessel, from the Norwegian cruise line company Hurtigruten.…

Dun Laoghaire Harbour has published a schedule of its cruise liner calls this year with many of the liners anchoring on Dublin Bay and tendering passengers ashore.  A ‘cap’ on the number of cruise calls to Dublin Port since 01 January 2020…

Dun Laoghaire Harbour's newly installed 'primary passenger ship tender pontoon' was put to immediate use this weekend to facilitate the second cruise-liner visit of the season to the east coast port. Tenders from the Viking Venus Cruise Ship were the…

Cork Beo described brilliant scenes in Cobh this morning when locals welcomed the first cruise ship in over two years. The port in the town has not seen tourists visiting on cruises since before the pandemic, so it's a big…

Dun Laoghaire Harbour will have a newly installed 'primary passenger ship tender pontoon' this weekend in time for its expected cruise liner visits to the harbour this summer.  It is understood that the whole tender operations for the visiting ships, (anchored…

The first cruise ship to Belfast Harbour for the 2022 season arrived on Friday, with the tourism industry anticipating a bumper season after taking a massive hit from Covid-19. The Viking Venus, a 930-passenger vessel owned by Viking Cruises, is…