Cruise Ports

A cruise port is the port where cruise ship passengers board (or embark) to start their cruise and disembark the cruise ship at the end of their cruise. It is also where the cruise ship’s supplies are loaded for the cruise, which includes everything from fresh water and fuel to fruits, vegetables, champagne, and any other supplies needed for the cruise.

Cruise Ports Worldwide

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Cruise home ports are very busy places during the day the cruise ship is in port, because off-going passengers debark their baggage and on-coming passengers board the ship in addition to all the supplies being loaded. In 2017 the ‘Cruise Capital of the World’ is the Port of Miami, Florida, closely followed behind by Port Everglades, Florida and the Port of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Puertos de Cruceros en Todo el Mundo

Ports de Croisières dans le Monde Entier

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Cruise Port in the Caribbean (Nassau, Bahamas) — One of the most popular Cruise Ports in the Caribbean (Nassau, Bahamas)

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Most cruise ships sail the Caribbean or the Mediterranean. Others operate elsewhere in places like Alaska, the South Pacific, the Baltic Sea and New England. A cruise ship that is moving from one of these regions to another will commonly operate a repositioning cruise while doing so. Expedition cruise lines, which usually operate small ships, visit certain more specialized destinations such as the Arctic and Antarctica, or the Galápagos Islands.
In 2013 was the entrance of the first Chinese company into the cruise market. China’s first luxury cruise ship, Henna, made her maiden voyage from Sanya Phoenix Island International Port.