About Cruise Europe
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.
CRUISE EUROPE CELEBRATES 30 YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH WITH PLENTY MORE TO COME
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.
Council Members
Captain Michael McCarthy
Funtion in CE Council: Chair
Port: Retired from the Port of Cork
Email: mmccarthy@mmccportmarine.com
Phone : +353 862556278
Andrea Kamjunke
Function in CE Council: Chair of Atlantic Europe region
Port: Columbus Cruise Center Bremerhaven GmbH,
Columbus Cruise Center Wismar GmbH
Function in Port: Commercial Director
Phone: +49. 471. 902625-13 & Fon: +49. 3841. 452-402
Fax: +49. 471. 902625-14 & Fax: +49. 3841. 452-2470
Mobile: +49. 175. 5266232
Email: a.kamjunke@cruiseport.de | www.cruiseport.de
Helena Gomes Fernandes
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
Henrik Ahlqvist
Function in CE Council: Chairman Baltic Region
Port: Copenhagen Malmö Port, Malmö and Visby
Function in Port: Head of Cruise
Phone: +46 70 601 40 85
Email: henrik.ahlqvist@cmport.com
Sirle Arro
Function in CE Council: Representative of Baltic Region
Port: Port of Tallinn
Function in Port: Head of Marketing and Communication
E-Mail: s.arro@ts.ee
Phone: +372 5130979
Grethe Parker
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
Annfinn Hjelm
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 784402
Rebekah Keeler
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
Kate O’Hara
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
Ingvar M. Mathisen
Function in CE Council: Co-opted
Port: Port of Oslo
Function in Port: Port Director / CEO
Email: imm@oslohavn
Phone: +47 997 40050
Monic van der Heyden
Function in CE Council: Chair River Cruise Europe (co-opted)
Port: Port of Amsterdam
Function in Port: Commercial Manager Cruise
Email: Monic.van.der.heyden@portofamsterdam.com
Phone: +31 651240931
CRUISE EUROPE THE FIRST QUARTER CENTURY
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.
