The shipping companies that own these ships, Cunard and P&O, have made a strong commitment to A Coruña and have concentrated all the dockings in the calendar for the last two months of the year.
The Port of A Coruña received another double call today, resulting in the disembarkation of more than 4,000 people, including passengers and crew. The first to arrive was the<Queen Victoria> The ship, belonging to the exclusive fleet of the Cunard Line, considered the most luxurious in the world, docked at the Transatlantic Pier from Lisbon shortly after 7:00 a.m. and is scheduled to depart for Southampton at 6:00 p.m. This vessel, making its second port of call this year, carries 1,990 passengers and 1,200 crew members. This is a significant stop given the high purchasing power of the passengers and the regularity with which this cruise line includes A Coruña in its itineraries. It will make a total of five port calls this year, highlighting the city's position as a top-tier destination on Atlantic routes.
Along with the<Queen Victoria> The port of A Coruña is occupied today by<Adonia> Although not sharing the same dock, as it moored at the Calvo Sotelo Sur dock after 8:15 a.m. Coming from Tangier, it will depart around 4:30 p.m., also bound for Southampton.<Adonia> It carries 667 passengers and 385 crew members and belongs to the P&O company, which has made a strong commitment to A Coruña with a total of 27 cruise ship calls from its fleet in this year's calendar.
Cunard and P&O's commitment to the Port of A Coruña is evident in the schedule for the last two months of the year. These two shipping lines account for all the traffic planned until December 27th, when the year is scheduled to end with the fifth port call.<Queen Victoria> It was precisely another ship from this company, the also exclusive<Queen Elizabeth> The first ship to call on January 4th inaugurated the 2014 calendar. Between November and December, a total of six P&O ships and four Cunard ships, a subsidiary of the Carnival Group, one of the giants in the cruise sector, are scheduled to call. Regarding traffic forecasts for the full year, following the excellent results achieved last year with more than 157,000 passengers, the number of calls is expected to remain close to one hundred, thus maintaining its leading position on the Cantabrian-Atlantic coast in terms of port calls.
