Port of Waterford welcomes its first cruise liner in over 2 years

We look forward to welcoming some 27 cruise vessels between now and the end of September with a total of 35,000 passengers and 16,000 crew members which will all deliver a much-needed boost to the regional tourism economy to the tune of €3,500,000 this summer.” 

The Maud will make nine more visits to the Port of Waterford this summer and she will berth at Belview Port with some others scheduled to berth at Frank Cassin Wharf and at Dunmore East where the passengers will travel ashore via tender.

The passengers from The Maud will travel ashore and visit Waterford Crystal, The Waterford Treasures Museums at the Viking Triangle, Lismore, The Copper Coast and Kilkenny City.

Waterford will also welcome one of the largest vessels in the business this year as the Celebrity Apex the $900 million vessel will visit in June, July and in August with over 3,000 passengers on each occasion. The 900 million dollar vessel was completed in May 2019 and will make her maiden call to Waterford this summer.

Chief Executive at Port of Waterford Frank Ronan says, “Today is a momentous one, it is the day that we begin to rebuild the robust cruise line business of the Port of Waterford company of pre-pandemic times. The team here have put much work into delivering a schedule of vessels for the region this summer and now that the cruise business is back  on the seas again it offers us even further opportunity to build on the business for Waterford and the entire southeast region into the future.”