The cruise services arm of ACCIONA Trasmediterranea, the Spanish conglomerate better known for its ferry operations, reported a 30% increase in passenger throughput at its Valencia cruise terminal, Alan Lam reports.
At the end of August this year, they had recorded a total of over 300,000 passengers and 119 cruise calls, well on it way to meet the full year expectation of 500,000 passengers and 211 calls.
Compared to the same period previous year, the number of calls remained the same. The company attributed the increase in passenger numbers to bigger ships.
On just one day this summer, 9 September , ACCIONA served three major liners in Valencia – Queen Mary 2, Adventure of the Seas, and Costa Pacífica. Together they brought 10,000 passengers to the port. The company’s record for this year is four ships in one day.
The ACCIONA Maritime Terminal in Valencia is capable to berthing 564-metre cruise ships and up to two vessels simultaneously.
