Eight first attempts
Rostock expects more cruise ships
December 28, 2023, 11:59 a.m
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The port of Warnemünde in Rostock is one of the most important cruise destinations in Germany. In the coming year, ships from national and international shipping companies will head to the Warnow estuary almost 150 times. Almost half of this comes from the kissing mouth fleet.
The port of Warnemünde in Rostock expects 145 cruise ship calls next year. The season begins on April 14th with the arrival of the “AIDAmar”, as Gernot Tesch, Managing Director of Rostock Port GmbH, announced. A total of 35 different ships from 21 shipping companies are expected. The Rostock shipping company Aida Cruises alone will have 69 voyage change calls in its base port with “AIDAdiva” and “AIDAmar”.
In addition, eight cruise ships will call at the Warnow estuary for the first time. They include, among others, the ““Brilliant Lady”. “Viking Neptune”, the “Coral Princess” as well as the “Caribbean Princess” and “My Ship 7″. The season is scheduled to end on December 18th with the start of “Amadea” the German shipping company Phönix Reisen.
This year the 236 meter long ran this morning “Spirit of Discovery” The English shipping company Saga Cruises was the last ship to reach the quay this year. Coming from Gothenburg, she brought almost 1,000 passengers to the port of Warnemünde. The ship will continue its journey to Kiel in the early evening.
This means that cruise ships have visited the port of the Hanseatic city in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 130 times since the beginning of the year. 410,000 travelers disembarked or began their journey with them. After the restrictions of the Corona years, the number of passengers increased significantly. However, the number of ship purchases fell slightly. Ultimately, cruise ships from 22 shipping companies docked in the port of Warnemünde on 103 out of 365 days of the year.