Tag: Chile cruise season

• Saturday, September 4th 2021 - 10:22 UTC

  Chilean company announces first Antarctic cruise on 3 December, from Punta Arenas

  

  A Chilean company Antarctica21 is planning 17 Antarctica cruises this coming season, leaving from Punta Arenas, the first of which is scheduled for December 3rd, with an only vessel the Magellan Explorer.

• Wednesday, May 18th 2016 - 10:54 UTC

  Chile celebrates best cruise season in seven years

  

  Chile reports that this last cruise season (October 2015/April 2016), has been the best in seven years, according to the Southern Cone Ports Corporation, with a 47% increase in the number of vessel calls and 43% in landed passengers, compared to 2014/2015.

• Monday, February 2nd 2015 - 03:46 UTC

  “Good cruise season” for Punta Arenas with some 60.000 visitors

  

  Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile is expecting some 60.000 visitors this cruise season (2014/15) according to estimates from the local port authority Empresa Portuaria Austral, EPA, which is considered a 'good season' and an improvement over previous years.

• Monday, November 10th 2014 - 19:13 UTC

  Chilean cruise industry wants to 'catch' 'repeaters' with new options

  

  The official 2014/2015 cruise season was recently launched in Chile with the announcement that in the November/April period an estimated 200.000 passengers with 168 vessels calling, will be visiting the country. However in an interesting twist for the industry, Chileans admit that together with the cruise companies they are intent in concentrating efforts in what is called 'repeaters'.

• Monday, October 1st 2012 - 06:23 UTC

  Cruise season in Chile begins 6 November; Punta Arenas expects 47 calls

  

  As of next 6 November Chile’s port cities will display their best since on that date the official 2012/13 cruise season begins which extends until mid April and the country has great expectations of recovering a leading position in the region.