Aberdeen Harbour Cruise Ships

Situated at the mouth of the Dee River on the east coast of Scotland Aberdeen Harbour and the port of Aberdeen lie just outside the centre of the city.

Aberdeen harbour cruise ships. Peterhead Harbour is able to handle larger cruise ships with capacity for up to 750 passengers. A visit to Aberdeen City Shire brings together the buzz of the city the charm of historic towns villages which nestle between. Aberdeen Harbour is expecting to welcome 24 cruise calls this year from 7 different ships including Silver Explorer and Sea Cloud II.

With the harbour within one square mile of the centre of Aberdeen cruise passengers can. Aberdeen Scotland a royal destination. Other ships to visit the harbour over the summer months will include returning vessels the Fram and the Plancius as well as first time visitor the Ortelius.

Talks are currently underway to insure the port city is ready to receive the predicted influx of visitors with work ongoing to create high quality attractions for a discerning and moneyed. Many of the cruises scheduled on such vessels this year will start and end in Aberdeen with Aberdeen becoming a common cruise embarkation point. Other improvements included in the expansion are aimed at attracting cruise ships to the port.

Aberdeen Harbour operates a compulsory pilotage service for vessels over 60 metres in length. The total number of ship calls increased from 6775 2017 to 9266 2018. A 350m expansion of Aberdeen Harbour will be completed by October next year following months of.

The citys brand new deepwater harbour is expected to attract luxury ships with up to 5000 guests and crew onboard. The cruise terminal has excellent links to local bus and rail stations and is just seven miles from Aberdeen airport. The Azamara Quest ship which will be visiting Aberdeen harbour in two years time.

Rendering for the new harbour expansion for Aberdeen at Nigg Bay. We have been working closely with Cruise Scotland to highlight Aberdeen City and Shire as a key destination and with the growth in cruise calls in recent years it is clear. 1230 Dolphin Cruise 1Hr.