NEXT year will be another busy one for cruiseship calls with 37 ships now stemmed to visit the port equating to a turnover of nearly 35,000 passengers.
Cornwall's adopted cruiseship Van Gogh will make 18 cruise calls in 2005, starting in January when she sets sail on the first of three, one-month Caribbean cruises.
A&P Falmouth port operations director Mike Reynolds, who spent three days in Germany earlier this month meeting with the country's cruiseship operators, said: "Talks with German companies were constructive. Next year alone seven German-operated cruiseships are making a total of eight cruise calls at Falmouth. This is a market we are keen to explore and build on for the future. "
The Deutschland, Astor, Europa, Alexander von Humboldt, Delphin, Mona Lisa, and Astoria will bring mainly German passengers to Falmouth. Other ships visiting Falmouth in 2005 will include Holland America's Prinsendam, Princess Cruises' 109,000 ton Star Princess and the ultra-luxurious vessels Silver Whisper and Seabourn Pride.
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