'Cruise passengers in total spend more than half a billion SEK on sightseeing, hotels, restaurants and shopping in Stockholm,' explains Johan Castwall, Ports of Stockholm managing director.
'This year we have improved the service for passengers at the Port of Nynäshamn with our new Seawalk, an extendible pier that is used instead of smaller transport shuttle boats,' says Henrik Ahlqvist, cruise marketing manager at Ports of Stockholm.
The 260mtr long Seawalk pier was used for 16 vessel calls and was very popular, among other things because passengers and baggage can be more easily embarked and disembarked.
Next year Stockholm has 273 cruise ship bookings, of which 74 are turnarounds.
This year eight out of 10 international cruise ships offloaded wastewater at Ports of Stockholm. The service is included in the port fee which also covers offloading of domestic waste, and vessels that sort their waste at source are offered a reduced tariff.
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