españolCruise Terminal Concession ExtendedWednesday, March 22, 2017 The concessionaire of the cruise port Colon 2000 in Panama will have have the right to operate the terminal and use of the area under concession for twenty more years. Among the plans of the concessionaire Corporación de Costas Tropicales Panamá&Colón S.A. Successful First Cruise Ship Season in ColónTuesday, April 21, 2009 The first cruise ship season in the Colón Home Port ended with 21 ships raising anchor and 52 thousand passengers. Since December 2008, 52 thousand cruise ship passengers have boarded at the terminal in Colón Port 2000; 14 thousand Panamanians and the rest mostly Colombians, Mexicans, Costa Ricans and Venezuelans. Cruise Ships Extend Season in PanamaThursday, June 11, 2009 Carnival announced that it will conduct four more trips to the Colón 2000 port, outside of the standard cruise season. The cruise season is from December to the month of April. Nevertheless, on June 9th, the Carnival Freedom cruise ship docked with 2,900 passengers at the Colón 2000 port. Panama: Marina Home Port to begin operations in DecemberFriday, September 26, 2008 With a total investment of $15 million, construction should be fully completed at the end of November. On December 7, the Enchantment of the Seas cruise ship belonging to Royal Caribbean International should begin offering services to Latin American passengers from this port. Cruise Season in PanamaThursday, September 5, 2013 During the 2013-14 season the arrival of 120 cruise ships are expected at the port of Colon, with the estimated expenditure of each passenger on land being $125. The number of cruise ships foreseen for this season is similar to the number of arrivals that occurred in the previous period. Between December 2013 and January 2014, the port will receive 54 cruises ships across the Atlantic, ie 27 cruises every month. Cruises from Colon at 100% OccupancyMonday, March 12, 2012 Demand for places on cruises leaving from Home Port Colon 2000 in Panama remains high, with Royal Caribbean and Pullmantur recording 100% occupancy rates on its ships in recent months. The Grandeur of the Seas, belonging to Royal Caribbean, and the Horizon, owned by Pullmantur Cruises are two ships that have had 100% occupancy throughout the season of the Home Port Colon 2000, reports Pananaamerica.com.pa. Panama: Cruise Tourism Up 9%Thursday, January 30, 2014 Up to November last year, 301,149 tourists arrived on cruise ships at Panamanian ports, 9.2 % more than in the same month in 2012. Statistics from the Tourism Authority of Panama (ATP) reveal that between January and November 2013, 301,149 tourists arrived in the country on cruises, 25,470 visitors more than in the same period in 2012, an increase of 9.2%. This sector contributed $45 million to the national economy in that period. |
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