The port of Cherbourg

The 2010 report
The Port of Cherbourg has welcomed 22 cruise-ships in 2010 (which represents roughly 32000 passengers) and is ending the year beautifully.
There have been 10 maiden calls at Cherbourg this year (and as many cruise companies), among them, the most unusual ship was the Disney Magic. It called on July 31st at the “Quai [...]

In order to improve welcoming cruise-ships passengers for cruise calls  Cherbourg, the Tourist Office of Cherbourg Cotentin has launched the cruise greeters network.
The aim is double. On one hand, it is about increasing the Cherbourg inhabitants’ awareness on their touristic heritage and on the other hand, about sharing their experience and love affair with the [...]

According to BBC, today Queen Elizabeth II is naming Cunard’s new ship that will call in Cherbourg on the 30th of November. The ceremony is holding in Southampton before the cruise ship sail for her maiden voyage to Vigo, Lisbon, Cadiz, Canaries Islands, Madeira and Southampton. The Queen Elizabeth was built in Fincantieri shipyards in [...]

After nearly 10 years, the association French Atlantic Ports including the ports of Rouen, Saint-Malo, Brest, Nantes,  La Rochelle, and Bayonne enforce its offer of French cruise destination with the introduction of the ports of Le Havre and Cherbourg. Now, the Channel and Atlantic coast is completed and can work all together to promote the [...]

Friday 23rd of July, Queen Victoria will call at Cherbourg from 7.00am to 05.00pm.
Built in 2006 by shipyard Fincantieri near of Venise in Italy to replace the Queen Elizabeth 2, this ship was baptize of the 10th of December 2007 in Southampton by Camilla Parker-Bowles, duchess of Cornouailles, before leaving at sea the day after for [...]

It is the first time that this cruise ship, built in Germany in 1965 under the name of Alexandr Pushkin, calls at the Quai de France.

From March 12, 2010, the society Huelin Renouf, from Jersey, is going to operate a line of transport of containerized goods to the Channel Islands : Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney, then to Southampton. This service is operated by the “Huelin Endeavour”.
Design features :
L 78 x l 14 x te 5.5
This ship will call at Cherbourg [...]