Norwegian Star and Sea Cloud Spirit inaugural calls at Leixões

Wednesday, May 25, 2022 - 14:01 by leixoes

On May 18, the Porto Cruise Terminal welcomed the NORWEGIAN STAR cruise ship for the first time.
She was on a 9-day trip from Barcelona to Southampton also visiting Cartagena, Malaga, Cádiz, Lisbon, Leixões and Le Verdon Sur Mer with more than 1.100 passengers on board who had the opportunity to visit Porto and the North of Portugal Region.
The NORWEGIAN STAR is owned and operated by Norwegian Cruise Line.

SEA CLOUD SPIRIT also visited Leixões for the first time in 'turnaround' operation on May 20.
She is currently the world's largest sailship with 138 m of length, 4.230 tons GT and 935 tons DWT.
Built in 2020 at the Metalships & Docks shipyards in Vigo (Spain) and inaugurated in 2021, the SEA CLOUD SPIRIT is the Sea Cloud Cruises' newbuild full-rigged and 3-masted barque.

To celebrate these debuts at the Porto Cruise Terminal, a plaque exchange ceremony was held at the port joining Port Authorities and ships' Captains.

Norwegian Star and Sea Cloud Spirit inaugural calls at Leixões

Norwegian Star at the Porto Cruise Terminal (c) Port of Leixões

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Norwegian Cruise Line

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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!