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Cagliari Cruise Port passes homeport operations testCagliari Cruise Port passes homeport operations test

Cagliari Cruise Port is hoping that the recent successful turnaround of over 40 passengers disembarking, and another 40 joining, Noble Caledonia's Panorama II in Sardinia is a starting point for more homeport operations.

Mary Bond, Editor in Chief

May 21, 2018

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On May 18, Panorama II berthed at Cagliari Cruise Port's Rinascita Pier Terminal.

Those disembarking passengers took various shiore excursions in the city before heading to Elmas Airport for their flights to London.

On the same day, 40 new guests of Panorama II arrived to Cagliari to start a new cruise in the Mediterranean.

It is the first concrete operational test for Cagliari, numerically small but particularly significant, in relation to a MoU recently signed between the Port Authority of the Sardinia Sea, the Municipality of Cagliari, Sogaer (Cagliari-Elmas Airport Co) and Cagliari Cruise Port, to collectively promote and develop homeport operations.

A dedicated meeting point was prepared at the airport to provide the incoming cruise passengers a warm welcome to the City of Cagliari, as well as to improve the ease and efficiency of the operations.

Cagliari Cruise Port aims to promote homeporting opportunities to the cruise lines supported by the expansion of its cruise terminal, which is planned to be completed before the start of the 2019 cruise season.

Cagliari Cruise Port is part of Global Ports Holdings.

About the Author

Mary Bond

Editor in Chief

Mary Bond is Group Director, Seatrade Cruise a division within Informa Markets and responsible for the Seatrade portfolio of global cruise events, print and online cruise publishing.

Mary is also the publisher and editor-in-chief of Seatrade Cruise News and Seatrade Cruise Review magazine.

Mary has worked in the shipping industry for 39 years, first for Lloyd’s Register of Shipping before joining Seatrade’s editorial team in 1985.

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