Bremerhaven Cruise Port, positioned on the mouth of Germany’s Weser River and the North Sea, is celebrating its first bustling week beneath the administration of International Ports Holding (GPH) with a giant begin to 2025.
Underneath the management of the world’s largest cruise port operator, Bremerhaven welcomed two German-based cruise strains as their homeport. Phoenix Reisen’s Amera and TUI Cruises’ Mein Schiff 3 will usher in a complete of 5,900 passengers to North Germany throughout each departure.
Timo Schön, basic supervisor of Bremerhaven Cruise Port, expressed his optimism in regards to the season’s prospects beneath GPH, which additionally just lately took over operations San Juan Cruise Port in Puerto Rico and is investing £25 million to enhance Liverpool Cruise Port in England.
“We’re thrilled to host each ships throughout our opening week and to start this thrilling chapter beneath International Ports Holding,” he mentioned.
“Along with our devoted crew, our focus is on delivering distinctive service, showcasing the distinctive attraction of Bremerhaven, and positioning the port as a key homeport inside the area.”
The port, that includes the Cruise Terminal Columbusbahnhof, is well-equipped to deal with giant volumes of passengers through the embarkation and disembarkation processes, and options predominantly on Scandinavian and Baltic Sea itineraries.
Nevertheless, as the primary ships of 2025 to depart Bremerhaven, Mein Schiff 3 and Amera each launched into lengthy voyages to hotter locations.
The 99,526-gross-ton Mein Schiff 3, which was the primary in port with as much as 2,506 passengers at double capability on January 12, 2025, is now crusing a 35-night transatlantic cruise to the Caribbean.
The vessel will return to Bremerhaven on February 16 after which present numerous 14-night voyages to ports in Norway.
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On January 13, the 39,051-gross-ton Amera, carrying as much as 835 visitors at double capability, launched into a roundtrip, world journey, additionally crusing throughout the Atlantic to the Caribbean and South America following preliminary calls in Spain and Portugal.
It’s going to return to Bremerhaven on April 26, the place it is going to kick off a summer season season in Northern Europe.
Phoenix Reisen can even homeport its 650-passenger, 22,496-gross-ton Deutschland in Bremerhaven, kicking off on April 22, 2025, and the 600-guest, 29,008-gross-ton Amadea starting on Might 21.
In whole, Bremerhaven Cruise Port anticipates greater than 90 ship calls and 300,000 passengers in 2025, together with AIDA Cruise Line’s AIDAsol.
10-12 months Port Concession
International Ports Holding was formally given rights to function and handle Bremerhaven Cruise Port from the Metropolis of Bremerhaven on September 6, 2023. The preliminary settlement is ready to final for 10 years from its starting in January 2025, with the choice to increase for an extra 5 years.
On the time, GPH’s Chairman and CEO Mehmet Kutman mentioned, “This concession represents one other vital step in our ambitions to develop our international cruise port community and to increase our operations in Northern Europe.”
The corporate now operates 32 ports across the globe, making it the biggest cruise port operator on the earth.
Together with this settlement, the port is ready to bear enhancements to modernize its amenities with funding from the Bremen state and federal authorities.
Over the subsequent 10 years, Bremen will make investments almost €2 million to widen the harbor by almost 2 miles and dredge the Weser River to permit for giant passenger ship arrivals. Moreover, the port will increase present terminals.
