The First Cruise Ship of The Season Reached Mangalore Port: Tourists Visited Several Places in The City

New Mangalore Port welcomed the first cruise ship of the current cruise season on November 29, Monday. The cruise ship “Ms Europa 2” berthed at 6.30am at Berth No. 04 carrying 271 passengers and 373 crew members sailing under the flag of Malta (Europe). Its carrying capacity is 42,830 Gross Tonnage and the overall length is 224.38 meters and width is 29.99 meters.

The cruise vessel’s last port of call was Mormugao and after its stay in Mangalore, the next port it will be calling is Cochin Port. The port officials made all possible arrangements for the comfort and better experience of the cruise passengers as the cruise season has re-opened after a gap of two years after pandemic. Arrangements were done for medical screening of passengers at NMPA’s international cruise terminal and 11 immigrations and four customs counters were set up. Six coaches, 15 prepaid taxis, were kept ready for the passengers. A meditation centre was also set up by Department of AYUSH and cultural programmes portraying the Indian mythology for passenger’s experience.

The passengers visited various tourist points in and around Mangalore such as St. Aloysius, Kadri Temple, Kudroli Temple, local market, cashew factory, Udupi Temple, Gomateshwara, 1,000 Pillar Temple and Forum Fiza Mall. The cruise vessel sailed at 3pm towards its next stop.