They are two of the largest ships in the international fleets and will make a double stop of around 9 hours at the docks of Coruña.
The Port of A Coruña will receive another large double stopover tomorrow, Thursday, with the second docking of the year of the<Independence of the Seas> , which will share the A Coruña docks with the<Azura> , totaling 9,600 travelers, including passengers and crew.<Independence of the Seas> The cruise ship, one of the world's largest vessels, will arrive at the Transatlantic Pier at 11:45 a.m., coming from Madeira. With a total of 3,800 passengers and 1,500 crew members on board, it is scheduled to depart for Southampton at 6:30 p.m. Regarding the<Azura> The ship, carrying 3,100 passengers and 1,200 crew members, is another of the large ocean liners that visit A Coruña each year, following the Port Authority's strong commitment to promoting the city as a high-level Atlantic destination for large cruise ships.<Azura> It is scheduled to dock at 7:15 a.m. at the Calvo Sotelo South Wharf. Having departed from Cádiz, it will sail for Southampton at 3:30 p.m.
October is one of the busiest months of the year in terms of passenger traffic, with a total of 11 port calls scheduled, some of them by very large vessels. Given A Coruña's growing popularity as an Atlantic destination, multiple calls by high-capacity ships are becoming increasingly frequent, which boosts passenger traffic to the city and contributes to the economic benefits this boom brings to the service and tourism sectors in A Coruña.
These figures confirm that the cruise sector continues to boom in the city following the record-breaking results achieved last year, which saw over one hundred port calls and 156,000 passengers. The latest statistics on this traffic, covering the period from January 1st to September 30th, show a total of 88,804 passengers across 66 port calls. Regarding the forecast for the fourth quarter of 2014, passenger numbers are estimated at around 40,000 on board 22 ships, so everything points to the current year closing with equally impressive figures, maintaining the Cantabrian-Atlantic coast's leading position in the number of port calls.
