1st cruise ship of the new year, with 2,500 passengers, docks at Piraeus Port
There was an exchange of honorary plaques, as well as Christmas treats, which were given to all passengers when they disembarked at the Cruise Terminal.
The cruise ship in question, with 2500 passengers, sailed from Izmir and continues, according to its schedule, to Dubrovnik and Italy.
COSTA ships operate in the port of Piraeus throughout the year, having already recorded 16 arrivals in 2023 - and another 22 are expected in 2024, according to pre-bookings.
It is worth noting that according to the provisional data, historical cruise passenger records were reached this year, both in total, as approximately 1.5 million passengers were served, compared to 880,000 in 2022, and in homeport passengers, which amounted to approximately 800,000, compared to 380,000. in 2022. The number of cruise ships served was 760, of which 525 were homeport.
However, the new year is even more dynamic for the cruise industry in the port of Piraeus, as pre-bookings have been made for 1042 arrivals with a large increase and a new expected record for homeport ship arrivals (around 800 calls).
The president of PPA S.A., Yu Zenggang, expressed his satisfaction with the excellent course of the cruise in the port of Piraeus, typically mentioning that the continuation of the upward trend of the cruise industry is a key pursuit of PPA S.A., as it is a beneficial activity for many different bodies, and mainly for the local community, the port municipalities, Attica, but also the country in general.
