Nassau Cruise Port on Track For More Than 1,100 Cruise Ship Calls This Year

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The cruise industry’s first full year of sailings since the pandemic is turning out to be highly successful for Nassau in the Bahamas. The port expects to reach a staggering 1,100 cruise ship visits this year. 

It also comes as the port welcomed more than 20,000 cruise ship passengers in a single day for the first time since it reopened in 2021.

1,100 Cruise Ship Calls In 2022

Besides homeports such as Port Canaveral, Port Miami, and Port Everglades, not many ports can boast of having 1,100 cruise ships visit this year. The first full year of sailings since the restart of operations is proving very successful indeed for the Nassau Cruise Port. 

At the same time, the port welcomed more than 20,000 cruise ship visitors on the same day, on the first anniversary of the return of cruising to the holiday destination. Six cruise ships visited Nassau on June 12, 2022โ€”Norwegian Sky, Carnival Conquest, Carnival Magic, Carnival Freedom, Freedom of the Seas, and Independence of the Seas.

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Mike Maura, the chief executive for the poor said: โ€œWe could not have asked for a better way to commemorate the restart of cruising than a six-ship day with over 20,000 passengers in port. We have welcomed 553 calls so far this year, which is 145 calls more than we received from June to December 2021.”

โ€œThis puts us on a healthy track to finish the year with over 1,100 calls. As of last Sunday, more than 1.8 million passengers have visited Nassau since June 2021 and the numbers continue to climb.โ€

In 2019, Nassau Cruise Port welcomed 3.6 million cruise ship passengers, a record that the port intends to break. However, as ships are not sailing at absolute maximum capacity, this will not happen this year. By 2023, Maura aims to welcome 3.8 million cruise passengers to Nassau. 

Nassau Cruise Port Continues Innovating

To ensure guests continue to be drawn to Nassau, the port committee and the local government are ensuring they keep innovating and creating a welcoming space for guests. That process started in 2019 and involved several steps to completely transform the area around the port.

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Nassau Cruise Port is being made into one of the world’s great waterfronts through a $300 million redevelopment project. This includes the repair and expansion of Prince George Wharf and the addition of a sixth berth that gives the port the capacity to accommodate three Oasis-class cruise ships simultaneously.

There will also be a new arrivals terminal, a museum, and a Bahamian Market: โ€œWe have come a long way since March 2020, and we have much to celebrate as we complete the reimagining of the waterfront and bring even more passengers to little Nassau. As those who live and work in the area can see, we are making excellent progress on the construction with the Arrivals Terminal and Junkanoo Museum,”  Maura continued.

By the end of the project, the Nassau Cruise Port hopes to be able to welcome a staggering 33,000 cruise ship passengers each day of the week. The total ship capacity will simultaneously increase to at least eight ships per day.

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Robert McGillivray
Robert McGillivray
Robert has been involved in the cruise industry since January 2007. He joined his first ship, the Seabourn Pride, in Miami Florida, and never looked back. Robert started his cruise career as a bar-waiter and worked his way up to being a corporate trainer for the same luxury 6-star cruise line. After a short break from ships in 2013, Robert has worked as a Hotel Director onboard several different cruise ships worldwide and even in Antarctica, and on the North Pole. As a writer for Cruise Hive Robert stays on top of all current developments and brings you breaking news, facts, and special reports. As an avid traveler and photographer, Robert has visited no less than 101 countries worldwide and stepped on to his 7th continent on his 30th birthday. His photos have been published by news media like Bloomberg and The New York Times, and are used by Celebrity and Azamara Cruise lines for their promotional materials. Robert currently resides in the Philippines on the tropical island of Panglao, with his wife and two daughters. Find out more about us here.

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