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A record breaking cruise year
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2006 was a record-breaking year for the cruise industry in Gibraltar. 210,799
passengers and 96,445 crew arrived on 202 calls, the highest number of passengers crew and ship visits here ever. It also places Gibraltar at Number 26 in the Top Thirty European cruise ports, according to Lloyds Cruise International.
Other records were broken during 2006. There were 34 calls in May, beating the
previous record of 33 in May 2000, while overall, 65 different cruise ships included
Gibraltar in their itineraries.
The largest number of passengers and crew to ever arrive on one vessel was on 18 July, when the brand-new Italian cruise ship, Costa Concordia, called at Gibraltar during her maiden voyage, carrying 3,592 passengers and 1,064 crew, a total of 4,656. 2007 promises to be an even better year, with 213 calls already scheduled and an estimated 240,000 passengers, highlighted by Royal Caribbean?s Navigator of the Seas, one of the largest cruise ships in the world and with a potential to bring over 28,000 passengers during her nine scheduled calls. Disney Magic will also be paying two visits to Gibraltar, during her transatlantic voyages to and from her maiden season cruising in the Mediterranean.
Port Minister, Joe Holliday said ?I am delighted that 2006 has been such a
successful year for cruising, and look forward to another record-breaking year in 2007?.
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