The Portuguese Carrilho da Graça is the architect for the new Lisbon’s Cruise Terminal that will be operating by the end of 2013. From the 37 proposals received, the one submitted by Carrilho da Graça was the best positioned in the international competition that took place for the project of the new cruise terminal in Lisbon.  Read More

A meeting of the international project, “Atlantic Alliance” took place 1 July on board the vessel “Lisboa Vista do Tejo”. The Port of Lisbon is a founding member in conjunction with 14 other Atlantic ports. The main objective of the project is to promote the Atlantic as a destination for cruise ships, due to the excellence of its cities, the rich history and cultural diversity as well as the gastronomy, offering visitors the opportunity to enjoy unique and diverse experiences on one trip   Read More

After 10 years as a Group Member, the Port of Lisbon became an Individual Member of MedCruise at its 36th General Assembly, which took place 2-5 June in Constanza, Romania. In fact it was at the 16th General Assembly of the Association of Mediterranean Cruise Ports, held in May 2000, in Ajaccio, that the Port of Lisbon in conjunction with the ports of the Azores joined MedCruise as Portuguese Ports. In May 2002, the Port of Portimão joined them   Read More

On 12 March, coming directly from STX Europe shipyard in Saint Nazaire, and after having called at Amsterdam, the MSC Magnifica arrived in Lisbon, and then sailed to the Mediterranean where she ended her first trip at the Port of Venice.   Read More

With 415 758 cruise passengers, in 2009 the Port of Lisbon achieved a new record by exceeding the 407 508 passengers who visited Lisbon in 2008, representing an increase of 2%  Read More

The Port of Lisbon just achieved the award for Europe’s Leading Cruise Destination, for the city of Lisbon, at the World Travel Awards. The WTA for Europe were announced on Saturday 17 October at Óbidos, after a vote, where for the first time, users of the WTA site were able to participate, joining thousands of tourism professionals, whose vote of quality was worth the double of that of a regular voter. The Port of Lisbon was nominated for the 16th World Travel Awards - Europe 2009, in the category of Europe's Leading Cruise Destination and with this distinction is placed alongside other renowned ports in the industry of maritime tourism such as Venice, Copenhagen or Amsterdam   Read More

The Port of Lisbon has been nominated at the 16th World Travel Awards - Europe 2009 in the category of Europe’s Leading Cruise Destination. This distinction places the Port of Lisbon alongside other ports with excellent reputations in the maritime travel industry  Read More

In 2008, the Port of Lisbon achieved an all-time high number of cruise calls and passengers, establishing new national records. In 2008 Lisbon recorded 308 cruise calls, the greatest number ever at a national level. It also exceeded its record number of passengers verified in 2007, when more than 300 thousand people visited Lisbon aboard a cruise ship.   Read More

On 12 December, the MSC Fantasia arrived in Lisbon directly from the STX Europe shipyards, in Saint Nazaire. The MSC Fantasia is the largest cruise ship ever to be ordered by a European shipyard, the Italian company MSC Cruises.   Read More

Cruise Atlantic Europe is presenting itself for the first time at Seatrade Med, in Venice and invites all Seatrade participants to have a taste of wine from the European regions represented by this project, at booth 413 (1st floor). The Cruise Atlantic Europe partnership is the initiative of a group of ports on the Atlantic front - Lisbon, Leixões, A Coruña, Bilbao, Brittany, Dover and Cork – that has as purpose to reinforce the position of the Atlantic Area in the European cruise tourism market   Read More