Port G u i d e 2 01 4 / Cru i se an d ferrie s
Cru is e And Fe r ry T e r mi n als The Amsterdam por t region, which includes the por ts of Amsterdam and IJmuiden, has become one of the major sea cruise destinations in nor thwest Europe. I n 2013, the three passenger ter minals handled a combined total of 179 calls car r ying some 339,000 passengers, plus 560,000 passengers by DFDS S eaways’ daily fer r y sailings IJmuidenNe wcastle and some 1,482 r iver cruise calls in Amsterdam with 280,000 passengers.
DFDS Seaways transports some 560,000 passengers between IJmuiden and Newcastle upon Tyne (UK) every year. Photo: Willem Moojen
A unique event occured off the port of IJmuiden on Wednesday 17 July 2013 when two cruise vessels from MSC Cruises met: the MSC Opera and MSC Magnifica. Photo: Foto & Video Honing
A msterda m se aports january 2014
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