Marella Cruises vessel calls on Sri Lanka’s Colombo Port with close to 2,500 passengers and crew
Cruises vessel M V Marella Discovery had reportedly called at Sri Lanka’s Colombo Port with complement of 1,732 passengers and 764 crew. The announcement was made by Marella Cruises Sri Lankan agents Aitken Spence Shipping Ltd.
Marella Discovery had sailed from Europe calling at Italy, Crete, Egypt, Jordan, Oman, U.A.E. and India before coming to Sri Lanka and will move on to Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia, the company has stated.
More than 1,000 passengers had taken tours in Colombo, Galle and a river safari organized by Aitken Spence Travels.
Reports state that the Malta flagged is 264 in length and 32 meters wide and could accommodate up to 2,074 passengers.
OSL take:
The calling of Marella Cruises vessel at the Colombo Port in Sri Lanka is yet another visit to the island nation by many cruise ships that have been calling at the local port in the past few years. With Sri Lanka’s tourism sector recording an impressive growth in the past three years, the country’s ports and shipping sector has also developed to be on par with other competing international ports. Therefore, the number of cruise ships calling at the Colombo Port along with the tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka by cruise ships has been continuously increasing in line with the growing tourism industry. These developments would result in other cruise ships also calling at ports in Sri Lanka while pushing foreign businesses/investors to explore business/investment opportunities in Sri Lanka.
| Article Code : | VBS/AT/02012019/Z_1 |