Tuesday, April 29, 2025 - 18:39 by a-coruna
TUESDAY 22nd APRIL, THE PORT OF A CORUÑA HAD THE BUSIEST CRUISE DAY IN ITS HISTORY WITH THE ARRIVAL OF FIVE CRUISE SHIPS
• This is the first quintuple call in the history of the port of A Coruña and the second largest ever, following the arrival of six cruise ships on 2 May 2014, although then with a smaller length and less travellers.
• Between passengers and crew, 14,500 people arrived in just one day on Tuesday 22nd April.
• Around 150 people were involved in the operation, involving the Port Police, security forces, surveillance, supplies, transport, port companies and tourist services.
• The Port Authority of A Coruña has been preparing special arrangements for several weeks, including the provision of four terminals and a service of 10 shuttle buses to speed up passenger arrivals and departures.
• In addition to the two cruises on Monday 21st, this week there will be a triple stopover on Sunday 27th, the arrival of two ocean liners on Thursday 24th, and another cruise stopover on Wednesday 23rd. In just one week, a total of 13 ships and 40,000 tourists.
MSC Poesia with 3,324 passengers on board, arrived at around 9:00 AM at the San Diego dock. P&O Ventura with 4,314 passeners, docked at the Calvo Sotelo Sur dock at 6:45 AM. At 7:00 AM, the Balmoral with 1,614 passengers, was scheduled to dock at Centenario Oeste. At the same time, the Amera with 1,000 passengers on board, arrived at Calvo Sotelo Norte. The last, and largest vessel of the day, the Celebrity APEX, carrying 2,975 passengers and 1,321 crew members. This amounts to 14,548 visitors in a single day, between the passengers and crew members of the five ships.
The special arrangements for this quintuple call have been coordinated by the Port Authority of A Coruña, with the Port Police playing a leading role and 150 staff involved between port personnel, surveillance reinforcements, State security forces, Corunna Cruise Terminal, transport, tourist services, supplies and port services, among others.
