Tag: Punta Arenas - Cruises

• Thursday, February 1st 2024 - 23:55 UTC

  Ushuaia is talking of a record cruise season and a further 10% annual growth of the industry

  

  Ushuaia is undergoing a very positive and fluid cruise season which could mark a record, with some 590 calls and 250,000 visits between passengers and crew members, was pointed out by Roberto Murcia, head of Tierra del Fuego province ports corporation.

• 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.

• Monday, May 8th 2017 - 06:46 UTC

  Punta Arenas 2016/17 cruise season: 99 calls and 67.560 visitors

  

  Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile received 73.358 visitors during the last 2016/17 cruise season ending in April, of which 67.560 (92.1%) arrived in international vessels and 7.9% in domestic vessels.

• Tuesday, March 28th 2017 - 07:54 UTC

  Chile, Argentina and Uruguay planning greater coordination of cruise circuits

  

  Punta Arenas Austral Ports Company, EPA, was part of the Chilean stand at the Seatrade Cruise Global fair which took place in mid March in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and attracts the best of the cruise industry, operators and port terminals from all the world.

• Tuesday, April 19th 2016 - 01:39 UTC

  “Punta Arenas best cruise season in six years”, with 77.248 visitors and 121 calls

  

  Punta Arenas port authorities, in the extreme south of Chile, reported that during this 2015/16 cruise season there was a 35% increase in the number of cruise visitors, 77.248 passengers, and 121 vessel calls, one of the most encouraging in the last decade.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2016 - 22:18 UTC

  Punta Arenas cruise season: 29% increase in the number of visitors landings

  

  Almost 30% more cruise visitors landed in Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile, during the current 2015/16 season which is coming to an end. According to Chile's maritime migration officers, 109.746 cruise passengers and crew members were recorded, which represents a 29% compared to the previous season. The primary report was released by La Prensa Austral.