{"id":25153,"date":"2018-02-23T11:17:38","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T10:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/?p=25153"},"modified":"2018-02-23T11:37:08","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T10:37:08","slug":"port-bilbao-commences-cruise-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/en\/news\/port-bilbao-commences-cruise-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Port of Bilbao commences cruise season"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"show-for-small mobile-breadcrumbs\"><ul class=\"breadcrumbs\"><li class=\"home\"><span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Port of Bilbao.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/en\/\" class=\"home\" aria-current=\"page\"><span property=\"name\">Port of Bilbao<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><div class=\"one_half bbcol\">\n<p>This coming Sunday, 25 February, the cruise vessel <em>Saga Sapphire<\/em>, belonging to\u00a0 Saga Cruises, and represented by P\u00e9rez y C\u00eda, will inaugurate the cruise season in the Basque Country. The ship\u2019s overall length is 199 metres, and it arrives from Southampton with 566 mostly British passengers on board. It will berth shortly before 12.00 p.m. at the Port of Bilbao\u2019s Getxo Cruise Terminal.<\/p>\n<p>It will be the vessel\u2019s first visit to the Basque Country, and it will remain in port overnight before sailing for Malaga at 12.00 p.m. on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, the Port of Bilbao received 61 cruise vessels with 83,674 passengers on board. This season, although estimates can vary, the Port Authority is expecting a similar number \u201cwhich will be positive for the tourist sector for both Biscay and the Basque Country, as well as for the local economy, since it is complicated to maintain such similar positive figures for two consecutive years\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe intensive commercial work and the new passenger terminal \u2013 OLATUA, inaugurated in March 2017- still remain decisive\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In this sense, in March, the Port Authority will again promote the Basque Country as a cruise destiny at Seatrade 2018 Miami\/Fort Lauderdale \u2013 the most important on the international circuit.<\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"one_half column-last bbcol\"><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25155\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25155\" style=\"width: 535px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a class=\"thickbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/8408-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25155\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25155 size-medium\" title=\"2 cruise ships at Bilbao Port\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/8408-2-535x330.jpg\" alt=\"2 cruise ships at Bilbao Port\" width=\"535\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/8408-2-535x330.jpg 535w, https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/8408-2-150x92.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/8408-2.jpg 1149w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25155\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2 cruise ships at Bilbao Port<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cruise companies such as Azamara, Celebrity Cruises, Cunard Line, Crystal, Fred Olsen, Hapag Lloyd, Hurtigruten, Majestic International, Marella Cr., MSC, Noble Caledonia, Norwegian, Oceania, Ponant, Pullmantur, Princess Cruises, P&amp;O, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (RCCL), Saga Cruises, Seabourn, Sea Cloud, SilverSea Cruises, TUI Cruises and Wind Star continue to commit themselves to Bilbao as a cruise destination.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, this season will see a dozen emblematic cruise vessels berthing for the first time, and again, two, and even three, vessels will coincide. Special mention must also be made of Pullmantur for offering the possibility to embark on cruises from the Port of Bilbao\u2019s Getxo facility.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/p>\n <div class=\"hide-for-small page-options-container hide-for-print\"> <hr class=\"page-options\"\/> <ul class=\"inline right page-options\"><li><a class=\"bmprint\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Print this article\"><i class=\"icon-print\"><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"bmsend2friend\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Article of interest: Port of Bilbao commences cruise season - Port of Bilbao&body=https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/en\/news\/port-bilbao-commences-cruise-season\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Send a link to this article by email\"><i class=\"icon-envelope\"><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"row collapse posts-navigation\"><div class=\"medium-6 columns\"><i class=\"icon-angle-left\"><\/i>Anterior<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/en\/news\/port-bilbao-traffic-grows-7-shows-greatest-increase-last-eleven-years\/\" rel=\"prev\">Port of Bilbao traffic grows 7% and shows greatest increase in last eleven years<\/a><\/div><div class=\"medium-6 columns alignright\"><i class=\"icon-angle-right\"><\/i>Siguiente<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/en\/news\/famous-ship-bob-barker-berth-getxo-cruise-terminal-weekend\/\" rel=\"next\">Famous ship Bob Barker to berth at Getxo cruise terminal this weekend<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Port of Bilbao AnteriorPort of Bilbao traffic grows 7% and shows greatest increase in last eleven yearsSiguienteFamous ship Bob Barker to berth at Getxo cruise terminal this weekend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":25155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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