A Year of Firsts in Tarragona

Global Ports Holding announced the Tarragona Cruise Port project back at Seatrade Cruise Global in April 2022. Since then, Alba Colet has been assigned as the Commercial Manager, leading the port’s cruise activities with great success.

Following a two-year hiatus due to COVID, Tarragona came back with a strong forecast of 36 cruise calls and over 66,000 passengers for 2022 — a significant growth after the restart in 2021 with a total of 8 calls and 1,350 passengers. This year has been a milestone year as Tarragona welcomed inaugural calls from several companies such as MSC Cruises and Royal Caribbean International, as well as a continued commitment from ongoing traffic that has highlighted Tarragona on their itineraries for years.

In addition, this year Tarragona has had several historic dates. The first time in the history of the Port of Tarragona, three simultaneous cruise calls took place — over 5,200 passengers were welcomed thanks to the new wharf, which was inaugurated in October 2021. This marks a new record. The new wharf and infrastructure have increased the port’s capacity to handle more ships simultaneously.

Alba Colet, Commercial Manager of Tarragona Cruise Port, said:
“Today, we welcome our first triple call since GPH has started its operations in Tarragona. Thanks to swift and organized operations, we have welcomed over 5,200 passengers with today’s homeporting and transit calls.”

Next year, more growth is expected at Tarragona Cruise Port. The main milestone will be the inauguration of the new self-sufficient passenger terminal in the third quarter, which will allow the port to handle up to 8,000 passengers per operation.