At the board and annual general assembly held Wednesday 9th March 2022, the Marseille Provence Cruise Club unanimously re-elected President Jean-François Suhas, at the association’s helm since 2015, as well as the Board and Committee.
It was an opportunity to once again evoke the pillars of action of an association created in 1996 and which brings together 62 private and public sector members, all stakeholders in the region’s cruise ecosystem.
OVERVIEW
Over the last two years, Marseille Provence has shown its support to the cruise industry by being a shelter port and then the first French port to resume cruise calls in July 2021.
The port of Marseille has maintained its investments for a greener cruise activity thanks to the Blue Charter, the ESI Program, LNG bunkering, and shorepower for cruise ships by 2025.
The cruise club is working to manage the flows of cruise guests in the city center and to develop sustainable and exclusive tours in Provence for guests and local community’s satisfaction.
The Marseille Provence Cruise Club also works for an inclusive cruise sector: creation of local jobs, donations by cruise ships, collaboration with local associations to preserve the biodiversity, all supported by online and offline communication campaigns.
In 2022, the association will continue its lobbying towards the French government and the coordination between French ports to support the full resumption of cruises in mainland France and overseas territories.
The cruise club will also attend all major cruise industry events to promote the destination to cruise lines representatives and international tour-operators.
Press release – The Marseille Provence Cruise Club’s ongoing actions – 03/10/2022 1
UPCOMING CLUB DATES
- Club’s 25th anniversary, at the Marseille Provence Cruise Terminal – June, 16th 2022
- 2nd edition of the Blue Maritime Summit – October, 20th 2022 at the Cosquer Cave
- 6th edition of the Rencontres Nationales du Tourisme Fluvial in Arles, 8th and 9th November 2022
2021 KEY FIGURES:
Maritime cruises
- 160 port calls
- More than 350,000 cruise guests
- Marseille hosted 18 cruise companies and 35 different ships River cruises
- Around 20,000 river cruise guests
- 280 cruises on the Rhône river 2022 KEY FIGURES: Maritime cruises
- Return to pre-crisis levels (1.8 million passengers in 2019), 11 maiden port calls and 38 port calls at the J4 Dock
- 5 new ships expected: Costa Toscana, Azamara Onward, Valiant Lady, Evrima, Celebrity Beyond River cruises
- 120,000 river cruise guests expected
- 820 port calls
- 25 ships
Read the full press release here: https://www.marseille- cruise.com/IMG/pdf/press_kit_marseille_provence_cruise_club_032022.pdf
