The first cruise ship of the season will arrive in Stockholm, Sweden, on 10th April, 2022. Despite the troubling international situation, the season has a lot of bookings, with many cruise ships booking extended stays. Stockholm is an extremely popular cruise destination and an obvious choice for shipping companies and travel organisers.
World Odyssey is the first cruise ship of this season. She arrives at Frihamnen Port on the morning of 10th April, 2022 and will stay for four days. It is the first of 230 pre-booked cruise ship calls to Stockholm and Nynäshamn, in Sweden, during 2022.
Cruise ships to stay longer in Stockholm
Many of the cruise ships will stay longer than usual in Stockholm in 2022
Many of the cruise ships will stay longer than usual in Stockholm in 2022, as the shipping companies have removed Saint Petersburg from their Baltic Sea cruise schedules. This means that passengers will spend more time in the Swedish capital, thereby providing increased revenue for the tourist industry in the region.
“It gives me great pleasure to see the cruise season beginning. Stockholm is a very popular destination and Ports of Stockholm will welcome as many as 230 cruise ships, despite the troubling international situation. The long awaited tourists will stay longer than usual, which will be a major positive boost for Stockholm and our tourist industry that was hit hard by the pandemic,” said Fredrik Lindstål, the Chair of the Board at Ports of Stockholm.
Ports of Stockholm partners with shipping companies
The cruise shipping companies have seen huge interest in cruise travel now that society is opening up again, after the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, the shipping companies are taking great responsibility to make sure travel is safe.
Ports of Stockholm is working together with the shipping companies and agents, in order to take all necessary safety precautions, and also has close dialogue with the authorities and other stakeholders about the COVID-19 pandemic and the troubling international situation.
International security policy developments
We have also worked closely together with the shipping companies for many years on environmental issues"
“We have close dialogue with the shipping companies about the pandemic situation and the international security policy developments. We have also worked closely together with the shipping companies for many years on environmental issues. Next year, it will be possible for cruise ships to connect to onshore power in Stockholm,” explains Stefan Scheja, the Marketing Manager - Ferries and Cruises at Ports of Stockholm.
It has been possible for many years to offload sewage at all of the quay-berths. Work is currently ongoing to complete onshore power connection for cruise ships in the centre of Stockholm, in 2023.
Ports of Stockholm offer environmental rebates
There are only a few facilities like this in Europe. Ports of Stockholm also offers environmental rebates, in order to encourage the shipping companies to take greater responsibility for environmental measures than is legally required.
All of the anticipated cruise ship calls can be found on the vessel calls list, and as well as in the Cruise Stockholm app. Note that calls may be moved, cancelled or added.
Particularly notable facts
- First call of the summer season: World Odyssey on 10th April, 2022
- Shipping company calling most: AIDA
- Ship calling most: AIDAdiva
- Most turnaround calls: Viking Ocean Cruises
- New cruise company at Ports of Stockholm: Ambassador Cruise Line
- Largest ship, gross tonnage (GT): Norwegian Getaway, 145,655 GT (326 metres-long)
- Longest ship: MSC Preziosa, 333 metres (139,072 GT)
- Smallest ship, gross tonnage: Clio, 3,504 GT (100 metres-long)
- Shortest ship: Hebridean Sky (90 metres-long)
