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What To Do Before Your Ship Departs Dover
Cruise passengers typically don’t think of Dover as a destination as much as they consider it to be a port of embarkation/debarkation.
Tromsø surprised visitors in the 1800s: They thought it very sophisticated and cultured for being so close to the North Pole.
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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.
Harwich has 26 calls booked in 2010 compared to 46 turnaround and six transit calls in 2009 bringing a total of 135,000 passengers to the east coast of England port.
Cherbourg is preparing to receive the prestigious Cunard vessel Queen Victoria next month. The cruise ship is starting a special cruise on the theme of the “Celtic Legends” and for the occasion Cherbourg will welcome the boat with a photo exhibition on the E. Liais Museum called “Terres Celtiques”.
Turku is expecting eight calls and 3,000 passengers this year as it did last.
Scrabster is expecting six turnaround and four transit calls this year compared to four plus three in 2009.
This summer a low sound helicopter taking 4 passengers will be permanently based in Ulvik, Hardangerfjord. It will cover all calls at the port of Eidfjord.
May 23rd a fire broke out in the engine room of m/s "Deutschland" while berthing in Eidfjord, Hardangerfjord, Norway. Fortunately no one was hurt, but all the passengers and crew had to be evacuated. The ship was towed back to Germany for repairs.
12-Night itineraries include calls to Scandinavia, Germany and Russia
DOVER, England (June 8, 2010) – The Disney Magic cruise ship will call on the Port of Dover for the first time, as part of an extended season of special Mediterranean and Northern European itineraries, the latest example of Disney’s global expansion in the family cruising market.
