Cruise Europe is a business to business network of cruise ports and destinations in Northern & Atlantic Europe. We started in 1991 with 27 members as the first cruise industry network in Europe, and have now grown to an average of 140 members in over 20 countries. On behalf of our members we provide the broader cruise industry with a professional and reliable partnership adding value for the cruise lines and their guests.
Our vision:
To deliver to the Cruise Companies a World Class Cruise Destination on behalf of our Members
Our mission statement:
Continue to promote and develop a thriving and “must see” North and Atlantic European destination while working constructively with the Cruise Lines on behalf of our Cruise Europe members.
The idea for an organisation specifically designed to promote cruising in Northern Europe was first floated by Anne Dunderdale in the Fontainebleau Hotel Miami Beach during the Seatrade Cruise Shipping Convention and Exhibition in March 1990. She was accompanying her husband Iain who was there to promote Invergordon, a port in Cromarty Firth.
He happily remembers a visit from Brendan Corrigan of Carnival Cruise Line who visited the stand then and every year thereafter until he retired. “Although it would be 20 years before the first Carnival ship called at Invergordon,” he told me recently. Other regular visitors were Herman van Deursen from Holland America Line, Mike Ronan and Rick Strunck from Royal Caribbean and Michael Pawlus, then working for Royal Viking Line which was the only cruiseline to venture to visit Northern Europe at that time.
Funtion in CE Council: Chair
Port: Retired from the Port of Cork
Email: mmccarthy@mmccportmarine.com
Phone : +353 862556278
Function in CE Council: Chair of Atlantic Europe region
Port: Columbus Cruise Center Bremerhaven / Wismar
Function in Port: Commercial Director
Phone: +49. 471. 902625-13
Email: a.kamjunke@cruiseport.de
Function in CE Council: Vice Chair of Atlantic Europe region
Port: Port of Leixões (Porto)
Function in Port: Commercial and Marketing Manager
Email: helena.fernandes@apdl.pt
Phone: +351 96 200 10 51
Function in CE Council: Deputy Chair of Baltic Region
Port: Ports of Stockholm
Function in Port: Manager Cruise and Ferry
Phone: +46 70 770 28 13
Email: stefan.scheja@stockholmshamnar.se
Function in CE Council: Chair of Baltic Region
Port: Port of Tallinn
Function in Port: Head of Marketing and Communication
E-Mail: s.arro@ts.ee
Phone: +372 5130979
Function in CE Council: Chair of NIF Region
Port: Port of Narvik
Function in Port: Sales & Marketing Manager and Cruise Coordinator
Email: post@cruisenarvik.no
Phone: +47 99005842
Function in CE Council: Elected for the Norway-Iceland-Faroe region
Port: Port of Tórshavn
Function in Port: Cruise representative
Email: annfinnh@torshavn.fo
Phone: +298 215475
Funtion in CE Council: Chair of UK & Ireland Region
Port: Port of Southampton
Function in Port: Head of cruise
Email/Phone: rkeeler@abports.co.uk
Phone: +44 7968225916
Function in CE Council: Deputy Chair of the UK region of Cruise Europe Elected Council member
Port: Port of Tyne
Function in Port: Commercial Director
E-Mail: Kate.ohara@portoftyne.co.uk
Phone: 07810871719
Function in CE Council: Directly Elected Council Member
Port: Cruise Port Rotterdam
Function in Port: Executive Manager
Phone: +31 (0)10 486 07 24
E-mail: n.hoogeweij@cruise.rotterdam.nl
Function in CE Council: Directly elected member
Port: Copenhagen Malmo Port
Function at port: Commercial Cruise Director
Phone: +45 22210131
Email: luis.decarvalho@cmport.com
Port: Retired from the Port of Cork
Phone: +353 862556278
Email: mmccarthy@mmccportmarine.com
Port: Port of Hamburg, Cruise Gate Hamburg GmbH
Function in Port: Managing Director
Phone: +49 40 42847-4970
Email: simone.maraschi@cgh.hamburg.de
Port: Port of Gothenburg
Function in Port: Operations Manager, PFSO, Energy Port Operations and Cruise
Phone: +46 31 368 75 21
Email: martin.meriwall@portgot.se
Port: Port of Cork
Function in Port: Chief Commercial Officer
Phone: +353867768375
Email: cmowlds@portofcork.ie
Port: Port of Flåm
Function in Port: Manager Port Operations/head of cruise
Phone: +47 97 62 73 82
Email: jonolav@aurlandhavn.no
Port: Columbus Cruise Center Bremerhaven
Function in Port: Commercial Director
Mobil: + 49 471 90262513
E-Mail: a.kamjunke@cruiseport.de
Port: Port of Tallinn + Saaremaa Harbour
Function in Port: Head of Marketing and Communication
Mobil: + 372 51 30 979
E-Mail: s.arro@ts.ee
Port: Port of Roenne
Function in Port: Chief Business Officer Cruise
Mobil: + 45 51 36 37 41
E-Mail: yag@portofroenne.com
Port: Port of Tórshavn
Function in Port: Cruise representative
Email: annfinnh@torshavn.fo
Phone: +298 215475
Port: Cruise Port Rotterdam
Function in Port: Executive Manager
Phone: +31 (0)10 486 07 24
E-mail: n.hoogeweij@cruise.rotterdam.nl
Port: Port of Dover
Function in Port: to follow
Mobil: to follow
E-Mail: to follow
Port: Port of Hamburg
Function in Port: Managing Director
Phone: +49. 40.42847-4970
Email: simone.maraschi@cgh.hamburg.de
Port: Cruise Europe
Function in Port: Managing Director
Mobil: +47 91781441
E-Mail: jens@cruiseeurope.com
The idea for an organisation specifically designed to promote cruising in Northern Europe was first floated Anne Dunderdale in the Fontainebleau Hotel at Miami Beach during the Seatrade Cruise Shipping Convention and Exhibition in March 1990. She was accompanying her husband Iain who was there with Gordon Ireland from Scottish Tourism to promote Invergordon, a port in Cromarty Firth, as a cruise destination and their kilts were to become a well-known feature of subsequent Seatrade Miami events. Their stand was next to that of the Chantiers de L’Atlantique which was then engaged in building new cruise ships for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line and when the karaoke machine on an opposite stand became too annoying, they asked the French yard to turn up the sound on it promotional video showing the launch of one of the ships in order to drown out the offending racket! Also in Miami at that time were representatives from the ports of Bordeaux and Stavanger.
