The Port of Montreal has formally launched its 2024 cruise season with the arrival of Holland America’s Volendam.
The season guarantees to stay as much as final 12 months’s success, with 50,000 passengers anticipated from Might 4 to October 28 by means of 41 operations that embody 9 calls and 32 turnarounds.
Julie Gascon, President and CEO of the Port of Montreal, highlighted the town’s enchantment as a world-class vacationer vacation spot, spotlighting the dedication to innovation and sustainability on the port by means of its shore energy system.
In the meantime, Yves Lalumière, President and CEO of Tourisme Montréal, mentioned he believes that Montreal is a must-see vacation spot on the St. Lawrence River, and is proud to collaborate with the sector to create important financial advantages for the restaurant homeowners and retailers of Previous Montréal.
9 cruise ships will go to Montreal for the very first time. The primary and largest ship of the season, the Volendam, is from Holland America. There are two Ponant ships, Le Champlain and Lyrial, accommodating 180 and 264 passengers, respectively, and from Villa Vie Residences, Villa Vie Odyssey with 924 passengers. Different first time callers embody the World Explora, Seven Seas Grandeur, Nautica and Azamara Journey.
Three milestones can even be celebrated, additional illustrating the loyalty of main cruise strains to Montreal as their port of name of selection. Regent will host its 25,000th passenger aboard the Seven Seas Grandeur on September 19, whereas Viking Cruises will see its 30,000th passenger aboard the Viking Neptune on September 27. Oceania will host its 40,000th passenger aboard the Nautica on October 6.
As well as, ollowing an settlement between the Authorities of the Netherlands, the Metropolis of Rotterdam and Holland-America, the Volendam served as a refuge for 1,500 Ukrainian residents for a interval of six months beginning in April 2022. To commemorate this act of humanity, a everlasting exhibition has been put in aboard ship. It options pictures, kids’s drawings and different testimonials from Ukrainian refugees.
The exhibition was formally inaugurated within the presence of Julie Gascon, President and CEO of the Port of Montreal, the Volendam crew, the Honorary Consul of Ukraine in Montreal, Eugène Czolij, and the Honorary Consul of the Netherlands in Montreal, Michael Polak.
