Schedule of cruise ship calls at the Black Sea ports in September 2012

 

COSTA MEDITERRANEA at the port of Yalta. Photo by Andrei Klimenko, BSNews

Andrei KLIMENKO, BlackSeaNews

At the very least, 16 cruise ships (instead of 5 in June, 11 in July, 7 in August) would call at the Black Sea ports in September 2012.Excluding Istanbul, they are going to visit, at least 13 ports, (in July -12, in August – 11).2 mega-cruise ships ARCADIA and AZURA will enter the Black Sea for the first time.6 vessel entries (marked with this color) include overnight stay in a port, which is quite a rare case in the Black Sea. 4 of them are the mega-vessels of about 300 meters in length.

The total number of calls, without "river-sea" ships is 68 (in June - 23, in July - 66, in August - 29), out of which: Odessa - 16 (in June - 6, July - 12, August - 6) Yalta - 15 (in June -6, July -12, August - 7), Constanta - 9 (in June -2, July - 8, August - 3), Sevastopol - 12 (in June -2, July - 8, August - 3), Nessebar - 10 (in June -2, July – 5, August - 3), Sochi - 5 (in June -2, July - 5, August - 2), Sinop - 2 (in June and July - 2, August -1), Varna - 2 (in June and July - 2, August - 1), Trabzon - 2 (in July - 3, August -1), Batumi - 3 (in July – 2, in August -1), Poti - 1.

As always, we would like to make a proviso. Actually, the comprehensive "official" schedule of cruise ships calls at the Black Sea ports is not available. Thus, we had to compile it from different sources - websites of cruise companies, ports, tourist agencies, etc. Our special thanks to the staff of Select Black Sea travel agency (Yalta) for their invaluable input.

And, as usual, we do not insist that we have listed all the cruise calls. But, for sure, we managed to list most of them. If we have missed any, we’ll add them in case of new data entry.By the way, we greatly appreciate our readers sending us reliable, elaborate and additional information: it is always welcomed:).

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Date Weekday Ship Capacity Country Port Arrival Departure
Ship Parameters     postings on ship (Russian)
31 August Friday Pacific Princess 824 UA YALTA 8:00

17:00

PACIFIC PRINCESS:
Year Built: 1999. Length x Breadth: 180 х 33 m. Tonnage: 30277. Speed: 18.4 / 15.1 knots. Flag: Bermuda [BM] . IMO: 9187887,
MMSI: 310504000

 
01 Sept Saturday Pacific Princess 824 UA ODESSA

07:00

17:00

               
02 Sept Saturday Pacific Princess 824 RO CONSTANTA

06:00

19:00

02 Sept Saturday Seabourn Odyssey 462 BG NESEBAR

8:00

18:00

SEABOURN ODYSSEY:
Year Built: 2009
Length x Breadth: 197 х 30 m. Tonnage: 32346,
Speed: 15.4 / 11.5 kn.
Flag: Bahamas [BS]
Call Sign: C6XC6
IMO: 9417086,
MMSI: 309416000

 

Лайнер SEABOURN ODYSSEY прибыл из Черного моря в Стамбул - 08.06.2012
Гонка за SEABOURN ODYSSEY - эксклюзивный фоторепортаж BSN
- 07.06.2012
Лайнер Seabourn Quest - Чёрное море принимает новенького
- 15.07.2011
Лайнер Seabourn Odyssey - американская ультра-роскошь в Чёрном море
- 07.07.2011

03 Sept Monday

Pacific Princess

824 BG NESEBAR

8:00

18:00

03 Sept Monday Seabourn Odyssey 462 RO CONSTANTA

07:00

17:00

               
04 Sept Tuesday Seabourn Odyssey 462 UA ODESSA

08:00

15:00

       
05 Sept Wednesday Seabourn Odyssey 462 UA YALTA

08:00

18:00

               
06 Sept Thursday Seabourn Odyssey 462 TR SINOP

07:00

17:00

               
10 Sept Monday Arcadia (впервые) 2456 UA YALTA

08:00

18:00

ARCADIA:
Year Built: 2005. Length x Breadth: 285 х 32 m. Tonnage: 83781 t, Speed: 21.2 / 18.7 kn. Flag: Bermuda [BM]. IMO: 9226906,
MMSI: 310459000

   
11 Sept Tuesday Arcadia

2456

UA ODESSA

08:00

18:00

               
12 Sept Wednesday Silver Wind 300 UA YALTA

08:00

23:00

SILVER WIND:
Year Built: 1995. Length x Breadth: 182 х 18 m. : 17235 t. Speed: 16.3 / 14.1 kn. Flag: Bahamas [BS]. IMO: 8903935, MMSI: 308814000
 

Лайнер SILVER WIND посетил Трабзон и прибыл в Сочи - 2-й из 7 портов круиза по Черному морю - 14.07.2012
В портах Чёрного моря Silver Wind - 5-звёздочный отель "по-домашнему"
- 03.06.2011

12 Sept Wednesday Sea Dream I 116 BG NESEBAR

08:00

17:00

SEADREAM I:
Year Built: 1984. Length x Breadth: 105х 18 m. Tonnage: 4333 t. Speed: 13.7 / 10.7 kn. Flag: Bahamas [BS]. IMO: 8203438, MMSI: 308908000

 
   
12 Sept Wednesday Crystal Serenity 1100 UA ODESSA

08:00

-
CRYSTAL SERENITY
Year Built: 2003. Length x Breadth: 250 х 32 m. Tonnage: 68870 t. Speed: 18.7 / 15.2 kn. Flag: Bahamas [BS]. IMO: 9243667, MMSI: 311536000]
 

На борту CRYSTAL SERENITY пассажиры из 35 стран мира - 05.07.2012
Как провожают пароходы в Одессе: 2 мега-судна и 3 фотографа / Фотопроект BSNews
- 02.07.2012
Лайнеры над Ласточкиным гнездом. Эксклюзивный фотопроект BSN. CRYSTAL SERENITY
- 26.06.2012

3 Sept Thursday Crystal Serenity 1100 UA ODESSA -

18:00

13 Sept Thursday Silver Wind 300 UA SEVASTOPOL

08:00

18:00

13 Sept Thursday

Sea Dream I

116 RO SULINA

08:00

17:00

13 Sept Thursday Ocean Majesty 535 GEO BATUMI

08:00

-
OCEAN MAJESTY:
Year Built: 1966. Length x Breadth: 136 х 23 m. Tonnage: 10417 t. Speed: 16.3 / 14.1 kn. Flag: Portugal [PT]. IMO: 6602898, MMSI: 255717000
 

«Величие Океана» в Чёрном море - лайнер Ocean Majesty в Ялте и Одессе- 18.09.2011

14 Sept Friday Ocean Majesty 535 GEO BATUMI -

06:00

14 Sept Friday Crystal Serenity 1100 UA YALTA

08:00

17:00

14 Sept Friday Silver Wind 300 UA ODESSA

08:00

18:00

14 Sept Friday Sea Dream I 116 UA ODESSA

08:00

-
               
15 Sept Saturday Sea Dream I 116 UA ODESSA 08:00

6:00

15 Sept Saturday

Silver Wind

300 RO CONSTANTA

08:00

22:00

15 Sept Saturday

Costa Mediterranea

2680 RO CONSTANTA

08:00

19:00

COSTA MEDITERRANEA:
Year Built: 2003. Length x Breadth: 292 х 32 m. Tonnage: 85619 t. Speed: 21.2 / 20.5 kn. Flag: Italy [IT]. IMO: 9237345, MMSI: 247088200
 
15 Sept Saturday Ocean Majesty 535 UA YALTA

07:00

-
               
16 Sept Sunday Ocean Majesty 535 UA SEVASTOPOL

???

19:00

16 Sept Sunday

Silver Wind

300 BG NESEBAR

08:00

18:00

16 Sept Sunday

Costa Mediterranea

2680 UA ODESSA

08:00

18:00

16 Sept Sunday Clipper Odyssey 128 GEO POTI

?

?
CLIPPER ODYSSEY:
Year Built: 1989. Length x Breadth: х 16 m. Tonnage: 5218 t. Speed: 10.4 / 9 kn. Flag: Bahamas [BS]. IMO: 8800195, MMSI: 309913000
 

В Одессе - экспедиционное круизное судно класса «Люкс» Clipper Odyssey - 18.10.2011
В портах Чёрного моря экспедиционное судно класса «Люкс» - Clipper Odyssey
- 21.09.2011

16 Sept Sunday Ocean Majesty 535 UA YALTA -

10:00

16 Sept Sunday Sea Dream I 116 UA YALTA

08:00

-
               
17 Sept Monday Sea Dream I 116 UA YALTA

-

??
17 Sept Monday Costa Mediterranea 2680 UA YALTA

08:00

18:00

17 Sept Monday Clipper Odyssey 128 RUS SOCHI

?

?
17 Sept Monday Ocean Majesty 535 UA ODESSA

08:00

-
17 Sept Monday Minerva

474

GEO BATUMI

07:00

17:00

MINERVA:
Year Built: 1996. Length x Breadth: 135 х 20 m. Tonnage t. Speed: 8.6 / 7.8 kn. Flag: Bahamas [BS]. IMO: 9144196, MMSI: 309477000
 

В портах Черного моря - многоименный и обновленный круизный лайнер MINERVA - 14.04.2012

18 Sept Tuesday Ocean Majesty 535 UA ODESSA

-

-
18 Sept Tuesday Minerva 474 RUS SOCHI

07:00

14:00

18 Sept Tuesday Sea Dream I 116 RUS SOCHI

08:00

22:00

18 Sept Tuesday Clipper Odyssey 128 UA YALTA

?

?
               
19 Sept Wednesday Minerva 474 UA YALTA

12:00

23:00

19 Sept Wednesday Sea Dream I 116 RUS NOVOROSSIYSK

08:00

18:00

19 Sept Wednesday

Clipper Odyssey

128 UA SEVASTOPOL ? ?
19 Sept Wednesday Ocean Majesty 535 UA ODESSA -

6:00

19 Sept Wednesday

Kristina Katarina

380 UA ODESSA

10:00

18:00

KRISTINA KATARINA:
Year Built: 1982.
Length x Breadth: 137 х 21 m. Tonnage: 12907 t. Speed: 13.9 / 12.6 kn. Flag: Finland [FI].
IMO: 7625811,
MMSI: 230614000
 

Финский лайнер KRISTINA KATARINA (бывший "Константин Симонов") прибыл в Стамбул из черноморского порта Бартин / КАРТЫ / РАСПИСАНИЕ / ФОТО - 28.04.2012

20 Sept Thursday

Minerva

474 UA SEVASTOPOL

08:00

19:00

20 Sept Thursday Sea Dream I 116 UA SEVASTOPOL

08:00

18:00

20 Sept Thursday

Kristina Katarina

380 UA YALTA

09:00

18:00

20 Sept Thursday

Clipper Odyssey

128 UA ODESSA ? ?
               
21 Sept Friday Minerva 474 UA ODESSA

10:00

23:00
21 Sept Friday

MSC Opera

2100 UA ODESSA* 10:30

17:30

MSC OPERA:
Year Built: 2004.
Length x Breadth: 250 х 32 m. Tonnage: 59058 t. Speed: 20.5 / 19.8 kn. Flag: Panama [PA].
IMO: 9250464,
MMSI: 357627000
 

В Ялте - один из лучших лайнеров в классе «стандарт» - MSC Opera - 13.10.2011

21 Sept Friday

Clipper Odyssey

128 RO SULINA ? ?
21 Sept Friday Ocean Majesty 535 RO CONSTANTA

08:00

13:00

21 Sept Friday Queen Victoria 2250 UA YALTA

08:00

18:00

QUEEN VICTORIA:
Year Built: 2007.
Length x Breadth: 293 х 32 m. Tonnage: 90049 t. Speed: 23.4 / 20.9 kn. Flag: Bermuda [BM].
IMO: 9320556,
MMSI: 310624000
 

3-4 сентября в украинских портах - королева роскоши: круизный лайнер Queen Victoria - 03.09.2011

22 Sept Saturday Queen Victoria 2250 UA ODESSA

08:00

18:00

22 Sept Saturday MSC Opera 2100 UA YALTA

07:00

14:00

22 Sept Saturday Clipper Odyssey 128 RO CONSTANTA

?

?
               
23 Sept Sunday Queen Victoria 1900 RO CONSTANTA

?

?
23 Sept Sunday Minerva 474 BG NESEBAR

08:00

19:00

23 Sept Sunday

Clipper Odyssey

128 BG VARNA ? ?
               
24 Sept Monday

Prinsendam

814 RUS SOCHI

07:00

20:00

PRINSENDAM:
Year Built: 1988.
Length x Breadth: 204 х 30 m. Tonnage: 37983 t. Speed: 20.9 / 16.5 kn. Flag: Netherlands [NL] IMO: 8700280,
MMSI: 244126000
 

"Сегодня в портах": Голландский круизный лайнер PRINSENDAM вышел из Одессы на Пирей / ФОТО / КАРТА / Репортаж - 09.04.2012

25 Sept Tuesday Kristina Katarina 380 UA YALTA

09:00

17:00

25 Sept Tuesday Prinsendam 814 TR TRABZON

08:00

17:00

               
26 Sept Wednesday Kristina Katarina 380 UA ODESSA

10:00

18:00

26 Sept Wednesday Prinsendam 814 TR SINOP

08:00

17:00

26 Sept Wednesday Columbus 2 700 TR TRABZON

08:00

18:00

COLUMBUS 2:
Year Built: 1998
Length x Breadth: 180 х 24 m. Tonnage: 30277 t. Speed: 18.2 / 12.7 kn. Flag: Marshall Is [MH]. IMO: 9156462,
MMSI: 538001663
   
27 Sept Thursday Prinsendam 814 UA SEVASTOPOL

06:00

16:00

27 Sept Thursday Columbus 2 700 RUS SOCHI

07:00

14:00

               
28 Sept Friday Azura (впервые) 3100 UA YALTA

08:00

18:00

AZURA:
Year Built: 2010.
Length x Breadth: 289 х 50 m. Tonnage: 115055 t. Speed: 20.9 / 20 kn. Flag: Bermuda [BM].
IMO: 9424883,
MMSI: 310610000
   
28 Sept Friday Columbus 2 700 UA YALTA

08:00

16:30

28 Sept Friday Prinsendam 814 BG VARNA

08:00

17:00

       
29 Sept Saturday Azura 3100 UA ODESSA

08:00

18:00

29 Sept Saturday Columbus 2 700 UA ODESSA

08:00

23:00

               
30 Sept Sunday Azura 3100 RO CONSTANTA

?

?
30 Sept Sunday Columbus 2 700 RO CONSTANTA

14:00

19:00

               

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www.shipspotting.com
were used by BSNews preparing matters for the
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