2016 Cruise ship calls Cork Harbour

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The list of cruiseship calls to Cork harbour for 2016 is now available on the Port of Cork website http://www.portofcork.ie/index.cfm/page/cruiseschedule2010.

Season opens with Balmoral on 1st April and runs to 19th December with Macro Polo making the final call of the year. The usual quota of megaships with several visits from Caribbean Princess as well as some interesting smaller vessels like Azores, Le Boreal, L'Austral and Orion. 2 ships coming right up to the city berthing at North Custom House Quay L'Austral on 18th May and Bremen on 8th June.

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The Port of Cork cruise business has been a success story from the early 1990's when the port welcomed 10 cruise ships per year to Cork Harbour compared to over 60 cruise ships now annually. Over 100,000 passengers and crew visit the region on board these luxurious liners and in turn provide a huge boost to the local economy. In 2015, the Port of Cork have invested €1.5 million in upgrading facilities at Cobh Cruise Terminal, Ireland's only dedicated cruise berth, which will enable larger ships to be berthed.

The success of Cork's cruise business is down to a number of things, such as year round marketing of the port's capabilities and what the region has to offer, continued investment by the Port in the cruise area and a dedicated team, eager to increase business and make Cork Ireland's number one cruise destination

Sources from Port of Cork website: www.portofcork.ie
http://www.portofcork.ie/index.cfm/page/currentnews/id/167

Port invests over €1.5m in upgrading Cobh Cruise Terminal
http://www.portofcork.ie/index.cfm/page/currentnews/id/152

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The 2016 Port of Cork Cruise Brochure

http://www.portofcork.ie/contentFiles/newsImages/Brochure_2016%20v.6.pdf

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More interesting news , http://www.eveningecho.ie/cork-news/second-cruise-berth-may-built-cobh/1951518/

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I read the article in the Cork Evening Echo a few days ago about the possibility of a 2nd Cruising Berth being considered by the Port of Cork to accommodate more ships calling to the Cobh Cruise Terminal in Co. Cork. In recent months I understand they promoted the Port of Cork as a popular cruise port destination at a major Cruise Exhibition in Florida, USA. Great to see it continuing to perform so well.

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Wet and windy today for the first visitor of the season Fred Olsen Lines Balmoral

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Celebrity Eclipse departing yesterday evening

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The oldest cruiseship scheduled to visit Cork this year The Astoria arrived on Friday 13th at just after 1pm a couple of hours later than scheduled. Although substantially rebuilt since then she was launched in 1948 as Stockholm she was the ship involved in the sinking of the Andrea Doria in July 1956 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Andrea_Doria

40 pics added here https://www.flickr.com/photos/yiddo2009/albums/72157666571623666

Here's a few

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MSC Spendida visited Cobh yesterday and today L'Austral berthed at North Custom House Quay. Over 60 pics added here https://www.flickr.com/photos/yiddo2009/albums/72157666571623666

Here's a few

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30 pics taken yesterday of Europa and Balmoral added https://www.flickr.com/photos/yiddo2009/albums/72157666571623666

Here's a few of them

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Added 30+ pics of Mein Schiff 1 in Cobh today  https://www.flickr.com/photos/yiddo2009/albums/72157666571623666

Here's a few

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I've added 23 pics of another old timer Boudicia who visited last week https://www.flickr.com/photos/yiddo2009/albums/72157666571623666

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Beautiful day yesterday with 2 ships in. Got to see Bremen at North Customs House Quay before heading to work and go to Cobh after to see Magellan departing. Over 70 pics added to
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Have added some pics of the Astor arriving at Ringaskiddy yesterday https://www.flickr.com/photos/yiddo2009/albums/72157666571623666

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I've added 60 pics to https://www.flickr.com/photos/yiddo2009/albums/72157666571623666 featuring 3 visitors from the last 2 weekends Carribean Princess, Sea Cloud 2 and Saga Sapphire. Here's a few pics













Here's a bonus one of Carribean Princess passing Ardmore after leaving Cobh enroute to Dublin