Tag: Punta Arenas cruise season

• Tuesday, September 10th 2024 - 07:40 UTC

  Punta Arenas and Ushuaia inaugurate cruise season 2024/25 next week

  

  Punta Arenas and Ushuaia are ready for the start of the cruise season which in Chile is scheduled for Saturday 14th September and in Argentina, 17th September. In both cases it is a regional cruise with the “Ventus Australis” along the Chilean straits and channels, but there is great optimism that it could in effect 2024/25 could be a record season.

• Tuesday, August 27th 2024 - 07:24 UTC

  Punta Arenas expects some 170 cruise calls this season, beginning 14 September

  

  Some 170 cruise calls and an estimated 100,000 visitors are what the Punta Arenas, Austral Ports Enterprise, Epaiustral, is expecting for the coming 2024/25 season. Of these 128 are internationally flagged vessels, while the remaining fifty belong to local Chilean cruise companies, the Ventus and the Stella Australis.

• Thursday, June 8th 2023 - 14:49 UTC

  Punta Arenas optimistic about the 2023/24 cruise season

  

  Port authorities from Punta Arenas in the extreme south Chile, have revealed what they are expecting for the coming cruise season, following a 2022/23 season considered acceptable, although with a lesser number of passengers.

• Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 11:39 UTC

  Luxurious cruise yacht for 12 pax calls at Punta Arenas and heads for Antarctica

  

  A Russian flagged luxury yacht arrived in Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile, and is heading for Antarctica, after having called at Ensenada, Mexico, and El Callao in Peru.

• Wednesday, November 3rd 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  “Le Commandant Charcot” reopens Antarctic cruise season from Punta Arenas

  

  On Sunday Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile saw the departure of the first cruise vessel to Antarctica under strict sanitary and safety conditions. The first Antarctic cruise since the start of the pandemic was implemented by what local authorities denominate the sanitary “green bubble”.

• Wednesday, September 15th 2021 - 11:55 UTC

  Back to earth: Ushuaia admits much uncertainty about the coming cruise season

  

  The recent decision by Silverseas Cruises to move its operations to neighboring Punta Arenas and Puerto Williams in Chile, has shaken Tierra del Fuego and Ushuaia officials who are complaining that the Argentine government, despite promises, has yet to deliver the sanitary protocol for vessels and crew, calling in Ushuaia, plus announcing when borders will be opened.

• Friday, December 27th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Good news and bad news for Punta Arenas tourism industry

  

  Good news and bad news for the tourism industry of Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile. The good news is that this Friday some 3.150 cruise visitors are expected to land in the city, they are passengers from the Norwegian Star and the Viking Jupiter, each contributing with 2.348 and 800 pax.

• Thursday, August 8th 2019 - 08:49 UTC

  Punta Arenas optimistic about the coming 2019/20 cruise season

  

  Punta Arenas port authorities, in the extreme south of Chile, are optimistic about the coming cruise season and its impact on the local economy.

• Monday, May 27th 2019 - 05:38 UTC

  “Positive” cruise season for Punta Arenas; planning a 34% increase for 2019/20

  

  For Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile, this last cruise season was “positive” while the coming 2019/20 is expected to be even better with some 130 calls and over 94.000 passengers with an estimated increase of 34%, according to Patricia Lopez Manieu, General Manager of the Austral Ports Company, EPA, from Punta Arenas.

• Saturday, August 18th 2018 - 07:52 UTC

  Punta Arenas 2018/19 cruise season expects 138 calls and 89.100 visitors

  

  The extreme south Chile 2018/2019 cruise season, which includes mainly Punta Arenas, plus Puerto Natales and Puerto Williams, is expected to take off next September 15 and will extend until 29 March 2019, as reported by the Austral Port Enterprise, EPAustal