World Navigator makes her maiden call in Leixoes, Porto

Thursday, September 9, 2021 - 17:26 by ce-press

On July 25, the Porto Cruise Terminal hosted the maiden call of the newest Atlas Ocean Voyages’ cruiseship, World Navigator.

The ship left the Port of Viana, Portugal, on July 24 to board passengers at the Port of Leixoes, Porto Portugal, on her inaugural cruise to Greece. This 11-day itinerary also included visits to Gibraltar, Formentera, Ibiza, Capri and finally Piraeus.

To welcome the maiden call of this ship, the port presented the captain during the traditional ceremony plaque exchange, adapted to the Covid-19 restrictions currently in force.

The port was very pleased to welcome the first cruiseship in 16 months in maximum security conditions and in full articulation with cruise companies and national health entities.

Until the end of this year, 30 cruise calls are expected to call Leixoes. For 2021, 140 cruise calls and about 160,000 passengers were scheduled but were not confirmed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

World Navigator makes her maiden call in Leixoes, Porto

World Navigator calls Porto Cruise Terminal (c) Port of Leixoes

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Leixoes

The Porto Cruise Terminal (Port of Leixões) is the main gateway by sea to Porto – the city of the Port Wine and the appropriate place to welcome all passengers from cruise liners. Equipped with comfortable facilities for tourists, Leixões features two cruise terminals. The Leixões Passenger Terminal is a wooden construction that resembles a ship’s hull, and is considered an important architectural and historical heritage. Since April 2011, it is in operation a new cruise quay 340m long and 300m length for berth (up to 320m upon request). Since then, the biggest and the most glamorous cruise ships from the worldwide cruise fleet are welcome here, boosting the cruise tourism in the North of Portugal region. The Porto Cruise Terminal it is in full operation since March 2015 and the main building has a capacity for 2.500 passengers in turnaround. Porto Cruise Terminal was planned to improve the whole cruise visitor experience!