There were about 94 passengers arrived in the Skeppsbron dock on April 22 on a maiden call which kick started Stockholm’s 2019 season. Another five cruise ships are due to visit Ports of Stockholm in the first week of the season with some 287 more cruise ships expected, bringing an anticipated 650,000 passengers between April – October. Last year, the ports of Stockholm saw 619,000 passengers visited the region.
Stefan Scheja, Ports of Stockholm’s cruise and ferry manager said that this cruise arrival marks the arrival of spring and will be great to welcome both the returning passengers and a good deal of new comers to Stockholm during the season.
On April 24, Stockholm saw the arrival of AID Adiva at Stadsgården, one of the 56 planned visits by the AIDA fleet, this year. Over the course of the season Norwegian Getaway will bring some 4,941 passengers to Stockholm.
Fredrik Lindstål, chair of the board at Ports of Stockholm said that Stockholm is a very popular destination and a record number of passengers are expected this year. The cruise traffic is very significant to the region and for commerce, as the passengers, crew and cruise shipping companies spend close to SEK 900m each season.
Stockholm is now expecting 12 maiden calls this year including Viking Jupiter, AIDAprima, Nieuw Statendam and Marella Explorer in May. The cruises can offload black and grey water. Offloading of sewage is included in the harbour fees and wastewater management facilities are available at all berths. In recent years 75-80% of cruise ships have offloaded sewage during stops.
Offloading of rubbish waste is also included in the harbour fees, with vessels offloading sorted rubbish paying a reduced tariff.
Tags: AID Adiva, Skeppsbron dock, stockholm
