Porto Cruise Terminal welcomed the inaugural call of Tui’s Mein Schiff 6 on Good Friday

Monday, April 18, 2022 - 13:06 by leixoes

Mein Schiff 6 was on her 8 days one-way voyage from Palma de Mallorca to Hamburg, themed as "Easter" visiting Cadiz, Lisbon, Leixões and A Coruña.
The ship arrived at the Porto Cruise Terminal with 1.790 passengers on board, almost all of them of German nationality and 790 crew members.
To welcome the first call of this ship, the Port of Leixões presented Captain George Alevropoulos with the usual commemorative plaque ceremony.
Mein Schiff 6 was launched in 2017 and is operated by Tui Cruises.
It is 295 meters long and can accommodate on board around 2.500 passengers.

Porto Cruise Terminal welcomed the inaugural call of Tui’s Mein Schiff 6 on Good Friday

Mein Schiff 6 Inaugural Call at Porto Cruise Terminal (c) Port of Leixões

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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!