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MedCruise News Bringing the Med together September 2010 | Issue 29 IN THIS ISSUE All roads lead to Cannes Association News/People 1-3 Seatrade Med in Cannes 1 MedCruise welcomes new members North Sardinian Ports 2 2 Lisbon 3 Bourgas 3 Port facilities & Infrastructure 4-5

Madeira Ports 4 Valletta 4 Malaga 4 Sete 5 Venice 5 Ravenna 5 Destinations 6

Odessa 6 Koper 6 Itineraries / deployment 7-8

Costa enhances its green credentials 7 Royal Godmother names HAL ship 7 Changes for itinerary and shorex planners 7 MSC makes it 12 8 Voyages of Discovery returns 8 ©CRT & Pierre Behar Balloïde & Pierre ©CRT

edCruise will have a strong marketing and cruise manager Port presence at Seatrade Med 2010 Authority of and Jacques Truau, Mtaking place in Cannes, November vice president Marseille Fos Port Authority. 30th to December 2nd, at the Palais des Snijezana Papes, MedCruise board Festivals et des Congres. member and head of marketing Rijeka Port The pavilion is the biggest MedCruise Authority will speak at the Upscale showcase ever at the bi-annual event and Cruising session whilst Laurent Antibes will house 31 exhibition stands Monsaingeon, general manager French representing the following members: Riviera Chamber of Commerce and Ports Balearic Islands, Barcelona, Bari, Authority, will participate in the Itinerary Cartagena, Castellon, Ceuta, Croatian Expansion session along with Erkunt Oner, Ports, Cyprus Ports, French Riviera, ceo of associate member Tura Turizm. Gibraltar, Inflot World Wide, Koper, La Adding to the mix and dicussing the state Spezia, Livorno/Portoferraio, Malaga, of the Mediterranean cruise industry will be Marseille, Monaco, Naples, Palamos, high-calibre players including Manfredi Portuguese Ports, Sardinian Ports, Sete, Lefebvre d’Ovidio, chairman of the European Sicilian Ports, Sochi, Tarragona, Cruise Council and deputy chairman /Var, Trieste, Tunisian Ports/Goulette Silversea Cruises; MSC Cruises’ Shipping, Valencia, Valletta and Venice Pierfrancesco Vago; Royal Caribbean Cruises’ ©David Vincendeau with Ravenna and Alloschi/Bassani. Michael Bayley; ’ Gianni Organised in association with the French Onorato; P&O Cruises’ Carol Marlow; Louis or participants planning to go to Riviera Cruise Club and supported by Cruises’ Charis Papacharalambous and NCL’s Seatrade Med 2010, a dedicated website by host French Riviera Cruise MedCruise, the Seatrade Med Cruise Kevin Sheehan. F Club (www.frenchrivieracruiseclub.com) Convention is taking place on French soil New at Seatrade Med is a one-day Dining provides information on the cruise for the first time. at Sea Workshop to introduce potential new community and activities along the Cote MedCruise also has a high profile at the suppliers of high-quality food and beverage d’Azur including member contact details, conference with Giovanni Spadoni, products to influential buyers within the technical information on ports and shore MedCruise president and technical and cruise industry. The 10th edition of Top excursion suggestions at 21 towns and commercial director of Porto di Livorno Cruise, a unique day of cruise line workshops villages accessible from Cannes, Golfe- 2000, participating in the Port Development and tailored conferences for travel agents Juan, Antibes, Nice or Villefranche. New panel discussion along with Carla Salvado, also takes place on November 30th. this year are pedestrian maps of each port. www.medcruise.com MEDCRUISE Newsletter Issue 29.qxd 23/9/10 14:58 Page 2

MedCruise welcomes trio of Olbia, Golfo Aranci and Porto Torres

trio of North Sardinian ports (Olbia, reachable on a half day tour. Recently renovated, Porto Torres has a Golfo Aranci and Porto Torres) have Golfo Aranci is a small town 15 minutes 300mtr-long cruise and ferry berth. The town Acollectively joined MedCruise. from Olbia and currently has two passenger itself has several Roman remains many Located in the heart of the West Med, the berths but is planning four new ro/ro-ferry shown at the archaeological museum. Twenty three ports are well connected to and quays plus a fifth 350mtr dedicated cruise minutes away is the fishing town of Alghero. with regular ro/ro and ferry berth. Costa Smeralda is also close and there connections and together they handle around are numerous beaches 150mtr from the port MedCruise contact Paolo Piro: 6m passengers every year. for relaxing and water sports. [email protected] Cruise calls to Olbia and Golfo Aranci numbered around 120 in 2009 accounting for Olbia Lighthouse 250,000 passengers with MSC, Azamara, Costa, Oceania, Thomson, NCL, and Sea Cloud amongst visiting cruise lines. The Port Authority administering the three ports is keen to expand its cruise business having improved and expanded its cruise facilities. Each port offers dedicated cruise berthing. The largest and main gateway to Sardinia is the natural harbour of Olbia. A 187mtr-long dedicated cruise berth was built in 2008 and two more cruise piers, each 275mtr long and located north of Isola Bianca wharf, were completed this May with a view to expanding cruise business. The port offers a free shuttle bus to town and Costa Smeralda is a short distance away, easily

Marseille targets a million passengers

Cruises and Louis Port of Marseille Fos Authority and MPCT Cruises and the are investing in a new dolphin in the northern concessionaires are part of the terminal which will increase the helping boost length of dock 181. turnaround business The new cruise facilities and improved in 2010 with seven transport network (Marseille Airport vessels between them will be a hub for over 40 European homeporting: MSC destinations) alongside the customer-focussed Fantasia, MSC commitment of the local community is Splendida, Costa encouraging more operators to choose Concordia, Costa Marseille as a Mediterranean homeport. Marina, Louis Orient Queen, Louis Majesty MedCruise contact Jacques Truau: and Louis Coral. In [email protected] addition, CDF’s Bleu de France uses Marseille as a base. Marseille is expecting to reach arseille is proud to join MedCruise as one million passengers a year in 2011, notes the fourth French member. The the Marseille Provence Cruise Club, Mleading French port is expecting more comprising the City of Marseille, the Marseille than 700,000 cruise passengers this year with Provence Chamber of Commerce and Industry traffic up 30% in turn over. and the Port of Marseille Fos Authority, The Marseille Provence Cruise Terminal bringing together all those involved in the (MPCT) is managed by MSC Cruises, Costa development of cruise activity at the port.

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isbon, previously part of a multi- at the Atlantic coast port Lisbon Cruise Terminal project grouped Portugeuse Ports membership, on their maiden voyages; Lis now a stand alone member of the other ships are Saga MedCruise. Pearl II, Star Flyer, Lisbon expects 308 calls bringing 450,000 Prince Albert II, passengers in 2010, representing an increase Norwegian Sun, Azura, of 5% and 8% respectively compared to 2009. Celebrity Eclipse, Costa This year Lisbon will welcome 19 new Deliziosa, Le Boreal, visitors: Silver Spirit, AIDAblu, MSC Ocean Countess, Ocean Princess, Kristina winner of the international competition, and Magnifica and Queen Elizabeth will all call Katarina, Seabourn Sojourn, Thomson together with the existing Santa Apolonia Dream, Nieuw terminal, will offer more than 1,500mtr of Amsterdam and Louis quay which will be operational by the end of Majesty. next year. Port of Lisbon This year two new shorex have been Authority launched an introduced: exploring Lisbon’s ancient ideas competition for historic quarters by segway and a tour by the project of the new private buggy with a driver who will pick up cruise terminal due to passengers from the cruise quay for a to start operations in memorable visit of the city. The buggy 2013. The new facility, includes a talking audio guide describing to be named Lisbon points of interest. This is a 100% fun and 0% Cruise Terminal will emissions tour, contributing to a clean and be constructed under green lifestyle. the eye of the Portuguese architect MedCruise contact Manuela Patricio: Santa Apolonia undergoing major expansion Carrilho da Graça, the [email protected]

Super Burgas envisions new cruise terminal

he Port of Burgas in Bulgaria is aiming to intends to promote Burgas Bay as a cruise turnaround port serving Southern Europe. 'We ramp up its cruise traffic and is planning destination with Burgas being the preferred also feel that our proximity to the port of Tto build a cruise terminal and dedicated location for handling larger vessels. Istanbul will work in our favour to facilitate cruise quays as part of a major redevelopment Burgas is Bulgaria's fourth largest city and the extension of Mediterranean cruise of the old port area. provides easy access to Nessebar, a UNESCO itineraries to the Black Sea.' added Coco. The Super Burgas project involves the World Heritage site located 35km (40 mins) reconstruction of an area totaling 750,000sq away. Closeby is Sunny Beach, the leading MedCruise contact Vittorio Coco: mtr by transforming it into a place for resort in Bulgaria with 200,000 hotel beds. [email protected] business, culture and entertainment. It will be There are a number implemented in stages and the first phase will of Byzantine include a terminal with throughput for at least churches in the city 100,000 passengers a year plus two cruise which are popular quays up to 1,000mtr in total length. tourist attractions as 'A consulting group is currently undertaking well as 3,000 year- a feasibility study and anticipate having the old picturesque results next year. We want to open the terminal fishing villages called by 2011 and have had meetings with Sozopol and Pomorie representatives of the major cruise lines about that are popular in cruise calls, but we are at a preliminary stage,' summer for their said Vittorio Coco, international relations, atmosphere and senior adviser for the Free Access Zone (ZOD) traditional Bulgarian Burgas, a public consortium entrusted by the architecture. Bulgarian government and managed by With an reknown transport expert Pavel Marinov. international airport, Whilst cruise ships are currently calling at Burgas also has the nearby port city of Nessebar, Burgas ambitions to be a

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Funchal’s new Valletta welcomes nine maiden terminal callers this year functioning smoothly

naugurated at the beginning of the summer, Madeira Port’s new cruise Iterminal in Funchal is functioning well. Covering an area of 3,000sq mtr, the terminal costing 12.8m is located € alongside the port’s south quay and offers berthing for two vessels of 300mtr or three ships of 220mtr in length. The authority’s administrative headquarters and all its services are located in the new terminal building as well as ilver Spirit, Silversea's newest luxury During its exit from the harbour, the Port of some commercial activities. ship, graced the port of Valletta on a Valletta gave its greeting to the Silver Spirit The building project was funded through maiden call, in early July. The port will firing a cannon from the Saluting Battery at a combination of money raised by the port S see a total of nine maiden calls by the end of the Upper Barrakka Gardens. authorities (37% of the total 12.8m), with € this year. ‘Along the years, Malta has established a the remaining 63% sourced from EU funds. A live band cheered disembarking good reputation of offering its visitors a warm Funchal receives approximately 450,000 passengers with tunes on the quay, whilst and unforgettable welcome,’ said VISET ceo passengers a year from around 300 cruise Roman soldiers further added to the special John Portelli, manager of cruise ops. calls and joined MedCruise in 2009. The atmosphere along the Valletta Waterfront During the first half of 2010 the number of Port Authority is looking to boost traffic in promenade while re-enactors wearing British passengers visiting Valletta, stood at 198,152 the lower summer season and make Victorian period military uniforms distributed compared to 132,454 in the first six months of Madeira a more profitable year-round information about various historic sites and 2009. This equates to an increase of almost destination. national heritage. 50%. Madeira is a refined holiday destination, Just before the ship left the Grand Harbour, On June 29, Costa Allegra carried out a first set in a spectacular landscape with a passengers were treated to a performance of fully fledged homeport operation, which wonderful climate. the popular In Guardia parade - a historical involved around 930 Maltese passengers. Madeira is a sub-tropical island. The re-enactment portraying an inspection of the Laurisilva Forest, in the Madeira Natural Knights' fort and garrison by the Grand Bailiff MedCruise contact Charles Axisa: Park, is the largest evergreen forest in the of the Order. [email protected] world - a fact that has earned it classification as a World Heritage site and one of the seven natural wonders of Portugal. Elsewhere the exotic flowers and fruits compete with one another in their variety and colour. And then there’s the sea, always blue and visible from wherever you are. Malaga’s massive traffic increase MedCruise contact Bruno Freitas: [email protected]

ruceros Málaga, in charge of Port of Malaga's Cruise Terminal operations, recorded a total of 43,041 Cdisembarking passengers during the summer months of June, July and August. This represents a massive increase of 8,885% compared to the same period in 2009. Main reason for the huge rise in traffic numbers (thousand percentage rise) is this year's regular weekly homeporting by Royal Caribbean International's Adventure of the Seas and Pullmantur's Pacific Dream (latterly replaced by Atlantic Star), notes Cruceros Malaga's Susana Gutierrez. Embarking passengers reached 44,618, representing a 10,944% increase on last year, whilst passengers in transit 90,662, a 20% increase. The number of calls between June 1 to end of August totalled 67, up 36% compared to the same period of last year, with weekly calls by Royal Caribbean International, Pullmantur and Louis Cruises and regular visits by ships from Costa Crociere, MSC, P&O and AIDA.

MedCruise contact Sebastian Camps: Aza [email protected]

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Venetian art on display

wo exhibitions this summer in the Port of Venice’s passenger facilities, managed by TVenice Passenger Terminal (VTP), are dedicated to the promotion of Venetian contemporary art and the Murano Glassworks. An exhibition of Tobia Rava’s works focusing on Kabbalah and Mediterranean Landscape (pictured) is part of the Summer of Arts Exhibition. Twelve canvas’ and one sculpture are Get Sete and go to ‘Little Venice’ displayed, having as a leading thread travel and the . The masterpieces will be exhibited at Terminal 107 until October 15th, 2010. ete, located in the south of France, is has been hoisted off. Also on display, until November 24th, is an also known as the Little Venice of Sete offers two berths for visiting cruise exhibition of Murano Glass at the Venice . ships including one quay close to the town S Cruise Terminal. Organized by Consorzio The port is central to Sete’s daily life. centre for ships up to 200mtr in length. Promovetro and the Regione del Veneto in Along the canals lined with colourful Another berth is available from where a cooperation with VTP and entitled, ‘The Breath facades, passengers can taste macaronades, shuttle service to the town centre is provided of the Sea, the Breath of the Glass’, it presents tielles and other Sete specialities while by Sete Cruise Club. 20 pieces of Murano glass inspired by the sea watching ships come and go. A new royal Aside from Sete itself, the Languedoc- produced by trademarked concessionaries. harbour was built in the 17th century and Roussillon region offers a wide range of tours since 1743, the port town has celebrated a including four UNESCO World Heritage MedCruise contact Roberto Perocchio: famous medieval-style water jousting event gems. Tours lasting from four to nine hours [email protected] every August 25th. include trips to Pezenas and Valmagne Abbey The jousters are mounted on two colourful (4hrs 30), Sete and the Thau Lagoon (4 hrs), wooden boats painted red and blue which are the Canal du Midi (4hrs), Montpellier and rowed towards each other passing each other Chateau de Flaugergues (5hrs), Exploring on the left, like horses in conventional land Roman Nimes (5hrs), Narbonne (5 hrs), Uzes jousts. and the Pont du Gard (9hrs), Carcassonne (9hrs) Jousters carry a shield and a lance and and Aigues-Mortes (4hrs). wear white costumes. Each tries to knock the other off into the water. The winner is the MedCruise contact Catherine Lafon: one remaining on his platform after the other [email protected]

Ravenna’s new cruise facility officially opens

he port of Ravenna’s new cruise 300mtr) and fourth (for smaller ships) berths, at an overall cost of 21m. The time of terminal at Porto Corsini € Tmanaged by Ravenna Terminal completion will be announced in due course. Passeggeri S.r.l. (RTP S.r.l) welcomed its In the adjacent area (covering 14 hectares) inaugural call, Azamara Quest on the an entire new complex comprising of luxury 24th of August. hotels, restaurants, residential properties, Located at the entrance of the shopping malls and open air recreation Ravenna Port Canal, the first stage of activities, is planned for a total building area the new cruise terminal, consists of a measuring 26,000 sq mtr. The shareholders of 301mtr long pier, with two berths and a RTP S.r.l. are: Bassani Group, Bologna 600 sq mtr terminal housing the Airport, Royal Caribbean, VTP and the security, customs and immigration Chamber of Commerce of Ravenna. controls. The project represents an In the month of September calls will overall investment of 32m including include Seabourn Odyssey, Columbus and € the cost of the dredging works in the Pacific Princess whilst confirmed bookings turning basin, entry canal, and for 2011 amount to 75 calls counting over alongside the two berths and the 155,000 passengers and around 55,000 crew placing of navigation and mooring members. buoys. The second phase will see the MedCruise contact Mariliana Moschona: Azamara Quest, the first visitor addition of a third (for ships of up to [email protected]

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Supported by Black Sea Economic Odessa’s Potemkin Steps lead to the passenger terminal Cooperation, Ukraine’s Ministries of Transport & Communications and Foreign Affairs amongst others and organised by Odessa Commercial Sea Port, MedCruise and the Black Sea and Azov Sea Ports Association, cruise line executives and administrators from Black Sea port cities and regions will meet up to discuss the challenges and prospects of extending Mediterranean itineraries to the Black Sea, the state of tourism infrastructure in regional ports and passenger terminals – existing facilities and proposed projects. MedCruise president Giovanni Spadoni made a presentation on the role of MedCruise in developing the Black Sea as a cruise destination. Among cruise line participants were John Tercek, vp commercial at Royal Carribean International and Marc Berberian of Compagnie Iles du Ponant. Nikolay Pavlyuk, general director of Odessa Sea Commercial Port presented a paper on passenger terminal development in the Port of Odessa. A full report on the event will appear in Odessa’s step-by-step walking tour the December issue of MedCruise News. MedCruise contact Nikolay Pavlyuk: hat better way to get familiar with colonnaded City Hall (right) with Pushkin’s [email protected] Odessa than to explore it by foot. monument in front and cannon recalling the WReferred to as the Pearl of the events of the Crimean War. From the Opera Black Sea, Odessa is a city boasting historic House passengers can stroll down architecture, cozy squares and long streets Deribassovskaya Street, the main pedestrian which still retain their old-fashioned charm. area and stop off in one of its cafes for a tea Starting at Kateryninska Square, a or coffee. Don’t forget the magnificent walking tour will take in the seaside Opera and Ballet theatre. promenade of Primorsky Boulevard, past Odessa hosted the second edition of the the imposing statute of city founder international conference Black Sea Cruise Catherine the Great to the famous Potemkin 2010, from September 16-18th at the Odessa Steps, then onto the pink and white Passenger Terminal Hotel.

calls this season and Regent's Seven Koper celebrates Seas Mariner Mariner returned to Koper. Koper is expecting 60 calls and a trio of 40,000 passengers this year, up from 53 calls and 31,021 passengers in 2009 and representing a 94% milestones increase in passengers compared to 2008. Other lines scheduled to visit this ort of Koper recorded some year include Oceania, Azamara significant milestones this summer in Cruises, Thomson Cruises, Costa Pits on-going development as a cruise Crociere, Seabourn, Classic destination: in the space of one week in International Cruises, Voyages of July NCL's Discovery and Spirit of Adventure Norwegian Cruises. Gem became In June, Costa Allegra became the the biggest first Costa Cruises’ ship to visit Koper commanding spectacular views of the ship to call at (pictured). surrounding countryside. A visit to the Slovenian The medieval city centre is a 300mtr Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia or to port, Princess walk from the cruise pier. Popular shorexs Piran one of the country's oldest and best Cruises' Pacific are the Lipica Stud Farm home of the preserved towns are also recommended. Princess made Lipizzan horses, which was founded in a second out of 1580 and the Postojna Cave system. MedCruise contact Bojan Babic: three first-time Close to Postojna is Predjama Castle, [email protected]

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Costa enhances its green Changes afoot crudentials for itinerary

osta Pacifica is taking part in the pilot Mediterranean: Miramare in Trieste (Italy), and shorex REPCET project, a reporting system Cabrera (Spain), Cap d' (France) and Cpromoted by World Wildlife Fund La Galite (Tunisia). Italy aimed at reducing collisions between Costa has also been collaborating with the planners ships and whales while tracking their Joint Research Centre of the European movements. Commission since 2005 with automatic air The REPCET program uses the global pollution monitoring stations installed on olland America Line hired Justin satellite network and reports of sightings are three of the company’s ships, most recently Poulsen as manager of deployment sent by participating ships that warn , all deployed on regular Hand itinerary planning, a position passenger and commercial vessels whose routes in the Western Mediterranean. that opened when Tim Littley left to routes are likely to take them close to the The next stage of the project of become director of itinerary development at animals. collaboration with JRC involves new The Yachts of Costa Cruises has partnered with WWF measurements of the atmosphere in the Seabourn. for five years, most recently with the aim Mediterranean using weather balloons to Poulsen reports of setting up an integrated network of measure variations in the concentration of to Capt. Simon Marine Protected Areas in the ozone. Douwes, director of deployment and itinerary planning at HAL. He joins the line after serving as operations manager at a Seattle-based tugboat company. Tim Littley Poulsen earlier spent four years as a deck officer on tugboats. Tim Littley signed on with The Yachts of Seabourn as the successor to itinerary planner Peter Cox, who retired at the end of May after 17 years with Seabourn. He has served as manager of deployment and itinerary planning at Holland America Line in Seattle since 2005. For the prior decade, Littley sailed in various deck officer positions, most recently as second Royal godmother names HAL ship officer. Littley reports to Stephanie Farrow Helen Panagos, vp shore side operations at Seabourn. Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has appointed incantieri delivered Nieuw Amsterdam The interior decor honours the style of Stephanie Farrow as Tours Manager, with to Holland America Line in early July. New York City. In the 17th century Nieuw responsibility for heading the department that It is the 14th ship Fincantieri has built Amsterdam was the Dutch name for the F deals with shore excursions on cruises for the brand. fortified village which went on to become worldwide. At 87,000gt, the new vessel can the Big Apple. Stephanie replaces Tim Moore, who retired accommodate up to 2,106 passengers in Nieuw Amsterdam's naming ceremony at the end of 1,053 cabins. took place in Venice. The godmother was August after almost Her Royal Highness the Princess Maxima of 14 years with the the Netherlands. UK-based cruise HAL’s new ship will spend this summer in company. the Med using Venice and Barcelona as hub She has been ports for a variety of cruises of differing with Fred. Olsen lengths covering the entire basin. Next year since 2005, working Nieuw Amsterdam returns to the Med for a in the Tours full season starting in April through to Department, so has October. Once again turnarounds will be a wealth of conducted from Venice and Barcelona and experience to bring cruises will comprise 7, 12, 19 and 24 days in to the role. length. Tim Moore

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MedCruise News Bringing the Med together September 2010 | Issue 29 MedCruise World Trade Center, Edifici Est, 3a Planta MSC Cruises makes it 12 08039 Barcelona, Spain Tel: +34 93 306 88 00 ext 7358 SC Cruises and STX France have possible for the vessel to be delivered by the Fax: +34 93 306 88 17 concluded the legal and financial end of spring 2012. [email protected] Mprocesses for the line's new Pierfrancesco Vago, ceo of MSC Cruises José Campos, Secretary General Fantasia-class ship to be called MSC said: 'We are delighted at the confirmation of Fantastica. The price is 565m. this important investment, a sign of the MEDCRUISE MEMBERS € An important factor in the success of success of our ambitious growth strategy, and Alanya ASSOCIATE finalising the project was the financial we would like to thank all those who have Alicante MEMBERS Almeria backing provided by French financial made it possible.' European Cruise Council Azores Turisme de Barcelona institutions, and especially by Coface, the MSC Fantastica will be the 12th ship in Balearic Islands - Barcelona French Export Credit Agency, making it MSC Cruises' fleet. Barcelona Bari Afrimar Tunisia Batumi - Tunisia Burgas Agena Tramp - Sète Cartagena Aloschi & Bassani Castellon - Venice Ceuta BC Tours & Shipping Civitavecchia - Barcelona Constantza Cemar Agency Network Cypriot ports - Dubrovnik, Korcula Hugo Trumpy srl Egyptian ports - Livorno French Riviera ports Inflot World Wide Inc Genoa Gibraltar - Sochi Koper Intercruises Shoreside La Spezia & Port Services Lattakia - Barcelona Lisbon KaravanMar Cruise On the day the MSC order was announced French President Nicolas Sarkozy (right) visited the STX Livorno Services France shipyards together with Gianluigi Aponte (middle), president of MSC, and Piefrancesco Vago, ceo Madeira ports - Alanya of MSC Cruises (left). Malaga Karpaten Marseille - Constantza Messina MH Bland Monaco - Gibraltar Voyages of Discovery returns Motril Mirco Santi srl Naples - Venice North Sardinian ports Navlomar maritime Odessa oyages of Discovery has been visiting Williams, graduate in Ancient Greek and Palamos - Constantza the Med and Black Sea annually for Roman History & Culture who is an expert Olive Branch Tours years. In September 2011, 650- on the subject. A 13-day Venetian & Portoferraio - Morocco V P&B Agencies passenger Discovery sails south to make the Adriatic Treasures cruise follows starting in Ravenna Rijeka - Barcelona very best of the warmer weather and late- Venice before the ship moves into the Black Sete Plaisant & Co. Ship season calm of the Med region. From the Sea in October. Sevastopol Agency SRL Ionian to the Adriatic and Black Seas, there MedCruise members Limassol and Sibenik - Cagliari are six cruises that round off her summer Alexandria are amongst ports of call in the Sinop Samer & Co. Shipping programme for its mainly British passengers. Search for the Holy Land cruise whilst Sochi - Trieste Split A 12-day Classic Mediterreanean cruise Valletta, La Goulette, Cartagena and Select Black Sea Tarragona - Odessa staring in Lisbon and finishing in Malaga are visited in the final cruise of the Theodosia Top Class European Dubrovnik visits seven MedCruise member season departing Egypt on November 8 and Toulon-Var-Provence Cruise Services ports. Guest speaker is Kate Gamons finishing in Malaga 10 days later. Trieste Tunisian ports - Monaco Valencia Transcoma/Macandrews Valletta cruise & travel Venice - Barcelona Volos Tura Turizm Zadar - Sinop

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