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Montevideo, November 24th 2024 - 13:20 UTC

Tag: Punta Arenas cruise season

  • Wednesday, May 6th 2015 - 06:06 UTC

    Punta Arenas cruise visitors this season totaled 56.383 with 100 calls

    Of the 100 vessel calls, forty were international and the rest domestic (Pic LPA)

    The results of the 2014/2015 cruise season were considered 'positive' for Punta Arenas, in the extreme south of Chile, which received 100 vessel calls, of which 40 international and 60 domestic, totaling 56.383 visitors, a similar number to the previous season.

  • Friday, April 17th 2015 - 03:35 UTC

    Punta Arenas cruise visitors numbers up 30% during the 2014/15 season

    Windy Punta Arenas is the main port of call for cruise vessels in the south of Chile. This season 48 visited the city.

    Cruise visitors to Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile during this last 2014/15 season increased by 30%, with 48 vessel calls between last October and April this year, according to Chilean migration and international police records. This represents 78.872 cruise passengers, and is an increase over the 35 calls from the previous season 2013/2014.

  • Friday, February 13th 2015 - 13:56 UTC

    A canine brigade in Punta Arenas helps to speed the landing of 4.000 visitors

    The sniffers walking along the queue of arriving passengers last Monday

    How do you manage to make the mandatory phyto-sanitary controls when 4.000 visitors come ashore on the same day virtually at the same time, and the port is not a major terminal. Particularly when the country is a main producer of fruit and other agriculture goods and must act with the utmost jealousy to ensure its privileged position as a world leading exporter.

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

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

    Currently there are ten ports certified by Chile and the cruise industry, with 194 calls in the 2013/14 season

    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.

  • Tuesday, November 18th 2014 - 07:12 UTC

    Punta Arenas expects 60.000 visitors this cruise season

    Zaandam was scheduled to arrive on Monday while Le Soleal has been in the area since last week

    An estimated 60.000 visitors will be landing in Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile during this 2014/2015 cruise season, according to the manager of the Austral Ports Company, Ignacio Covacevich Fugellie. This includes 54.000 from international vessels and another 6.500 of Chilean flagged cruises on domestic tours.

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