PASSENGERS & CRUISES
ABP’s ports are welcoming increasing numbers of cruise and ferry passengers. Its cruise and ferry-passenger ports are equipped with the most modern facilities. The ports boast excellent access to major UK rail and road networks.
The UK’s premier cruise port, the Port of Southampton, is witnessing a new heyday of cruise shipping. Its newly refurbished and extended City Cruise Terminal can accommodate the new generation of very large cruise ships that navigate the world today. ABP has recently announced that a new fourth cruise terminal will be built at Southampton to cater for the rapid growth in cruise travel worldwide.
Other ABP ports that are on the cruise-travel market’s itineraries include the Ports of Hull, Plymouth, Cardiff, Swansea, Barrow, Ayr and Troon. The Port of Hull is the only major passenger port in the North of England and, as the home of P&O Ferries’ overnight sailings to Rotterdam, handles around one million passengers every year. The Ports of Troon, Plymouth and Fleetwood are also major ferry ports.
Customers can expect the following from ABP’s ports:
- Easy access to popular tourist and travel destinations, including London, the New Forest, the Lake District, Dartmoor, Devon and Cornwall, the English Riviera and the Scottish Highlands
- The most modern passenger terminals with automated access, HM Revenue & Customs and Border & Immigration Agency operations, bureaux de change, refreshment areas, amenities for the disabled
- Safe, fast and efficient embarkation and disembarkation
- Close and friendly co-ordination with local tourist boards and other related organisations for a warm welcome and send-off to passengers
- Security provisions up to and beyond Government legislation (Aviation & Maritime Security Act)
- Secure, covered storage and baggage-handling facilities
Passenger ferries and cruise liners visit the following ABP ports:
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