The
Port of New Orleans recently announced that Carnival Cruise Lines
renewed a three-year berthing agreement with the port. The renewal
will keep the line in the port through 2016, and also includes the
option of two one-year extensions.
“Carnival
Cruise Lines currently carries 340,000 passengers annually from the
Port of New Orleans, which consistently ranks as one of the most
popular homeports among our guests,” said Gerry Cahill, Carnival’s
president and CEO. “This agreement builds upon our outstanding
relationship with the Port and the New Orleans community and we look
forward to continuing to sail from such a highly rated and attractive
homeport,” he added.
Carnival
currently has two ships home-ported in New Orleans year round sailing
from the Port’s Erato Street Cruise Terminal. The 2,974-passenger
Carnival Conquest sails seven-day eastern and western Caribbean
itineraries, while the 2,052-passenger Carnival Elation sails four-
and five-day cruises to Cozumel and Progreso, Mexico. Beginning in
November 2013, New Orleans will become the homeport for Carnival
Sunshine.
