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5,700 cruise passengers expected in Portimão

More than 5,700 cruise passengers are expected to arrive in Portimão port before the end of the month.

Following the docking of the Prinsendam ship of the Holland American company on March 23 which brought with it 835 passengers, the Seabourn Odyssey ship carrying 450 passengers on April 3 and the Fred Olsen Cruise Liner Boudicca yesterday (April 5) with 880 guests on board, there are three more ships expected to arrive at the port by April 25. On April 14, another Holland American ship the Nieuw Amsterdam is expected to dock with 2,106 passengers on board, followed by the Albatros Phoenix Reizen ship on the same day accommodating 824 visitors.

Finally, on April 25, Silversea’s Silver Spirit will dock in Portimão with a predicted 540 passengers along with the Sea Cloud II ship carrying around 150 on board.