Cruise Industry News Annual Report 2015-2016
The Cruise Industry News Annual Report 2015-2016 is out and Port Canaveral remains the 2nd busiest port in the world; in fact Florida hosts the three largest in the world! Miami still leads the pack at 4.8 million passengers last year. Over 3.9 million sailed from Port Canaveral last year and Port Canaveral officials expect Brevard’s seaport to become the world’s busiest cruise port before the end of the decade. About 81 percent of the port’s revenue comes from cruise operations. We can safely say that the new port upgrades will be more than worth it!
According to the projections in the Cruise Industry News report Port Canaveral officials may very well be correct! The port can expect to enjoy continued growth and will remain ahead of the booming global markets. Cruise expansion around the globe has sparked an increase in economic activity building ships for world wide ports and increasing the number of berths year over year. The 40 million dollar improvements to Port Canaveral is just part of that burst in activity and we can expect to see even bigger ships berthed here by the end of 2016.
The report covers everything from new ships on order to supply-and-demand scenarios from 1987 through 2021+. Plus there is a future outlook, complete growth projections for each cruise line, regional market reports, and detailed ship deployment by region and market, covering all the cruise lines.