On July 13, 12,000 passengers from six ships visited Bergen.

Lerwick Port Authority is investing £85,000 (E102,817) in a new welcome ashore pavilion for meeting and greeting cruise passengers.

A new service centre was opened at the Port of Akureyri in June.

On June 11, 95,000gt MSC Poesia docked in Hafnarfjordur. At 300m long she is the largest vessel to have docked at the Icelandic port.

Vigo will welcome Iberocruceros’ Grand Voyager on 24 turnaround calls this year, the first time that the Spanish brand has homeported in the northern Spanish port.

Isafjordur has seen a significant increase in its cruise calls over the last few years.