9 Cruise ships due in Tyne in 2009

[Mike]

The 2009 cruise ship 'due in' list for the Tyne looks good and should keep our local camera guys busy.
http://www.portoftyne.co.uk/sitepage.aspx?id=195
Couple of odd balls!
'Mona Lisa' ex Kungsholm buit in 1966 28.800 tons
'Amedea'  built in 1991 also 28.000 tons
and a nice collection of previous visitors from last year

Date  Vessel  Arr Time  Dep  Time  Berth  Itinerary
 
16/05/2009
 Thomson Spirit  06.00  17.00  Northumbrian Quay
 Ibiza-Malaga-Gibraltar-Casablanca-Portimao-Lisbon-Vigo-Bilbao-La Rochelle-Zeebrugge-Tyne (16th May)-Hellesylt-Geiranger-Olden-Flam-Bergen-Tyne (23rd May)
 
17/05/2009
 Mona Lisa  09.00  18.00  Northumbrian Quay

23/05/2009
 Thomson Spirit  06.00  17.00  Northumbrian Quay
 Tyne (23rd May) - Oslo-Helsingborg-Stockholm-Helsinki-St Petersburg-Tallin-Warnemunde-Aalborg-Tyne (6th June)
 
31/05/2009
 Eurodam  08.00  18.00  Northumbrian Quay
 Copenhagen-Warnemunde-Tallinn-St Petersburg-Helsinki-Stockholm-Kiel-Copenhagen-Oslo-Skagen-Vik-Flam-Bergen-Invergordon-Sth Queensferry-Tyne (31st May)-Copenhagen
 
01/06/2009
 Rotterdam  12.00  22.00  Northumbrian Quay
 Rotterdam-Tyne (1st June)-Sth Queensferry-Oslo-Gotenburg-Gdansk-Stockholm-Ronne-Kiel-Copenhagen
 
06/06/2009
 Thomson Spirit  06.00  17.00  Northumbrian Quay
 Tyne (6th June)-Hellesylt-Geiranger-Olden-Flam-Bergen-Tyne (13th June)
 
13/06/2009
 Thomson Spirit  06.00  17.00  Northumbrian Quay
 Tyne (13th June)-Heelesylt-Geiranger-Leknes Lofoten-Honnigsvag-Alta-Tromso-Andalsnes-Olden-Flam-Bergen-Tyne (27th June)
 
18/06/2009
 Saga Ruby  06.00  17.00  Northumbrian Quay
 Tyne (18th June)-Stavanger-Alesund-Trondheim-Sortland-Alta-Honningsvag-Tromso-Geiranger-Hellesylt-Bergen-Tyne (3rd July)
 
27/06/2009
 Thomson Spirit  06.00  17.00  Northumbrian Quay
 Tyne (27th June)-Torshavn-Reykjavik-Isafjord-Akureyri-Flam-Bergen-Tyne(10th July)
 
03/07/2009
 Saga Ruby  06.00  17.00  Northumbrian Quay
 Tyne (3rd July)-Copehagen-Sassnitz-Klaipeda-Riga-Stockholm-Tallinn-Helsinki-St Petersburg-Ronne-Aarhus-Tyne (20th July)
 
06/07/2009
 Prinsendam  07.00  16.00  Northumbrian Quay
 Greenwich-Tyne (6th July)-Leith-Scrabster-Portree-Belfast-Dublin-Waterford-Newport-Falmouth-Portland-Guernsey-Dover
 
10/07/2009
 Thomson Spirit  06.00  17.00  Northumbrian Quay
 Tyne (10th July)-Kalundborg-Stockholm-Helsinki-St Petersburg-Gdynia-Warnemunde-Aalborg-Tyne (23rd July)
 
20/07/2009
 Saga Ruby  06.00  17.00  Northumbrian Quay
 Tyne (20th July) - Dover
 
23/07/2009
 Thomson Spirit  06.00  17.00  Northumbrian Quay
 Tyne (23rd July)-Harwich
 
05/08/2009
 Boudicca  06.00  17.00  Northumbrian Quay
 Leith-Lerwick-Bergen-Tyne (5th August )-Geiranger-Honningsvag-Longyearbyen-Alesund-Tyne (18th August)
 
18/08/2009
 Boudicca  06.00  17.00  Northumbrian Quay
 Tyne (18th August)- Lisbon-Eivissa-Cartagena-Tangier-El Ferrol-Tyne (31st August)
 
25/08/2009
 Amadea  13.00  21.00  Northumbrian Quay
 Bremerhaven-Lerwick-Akureyri-Grundarfjordur-Prins-Christiansunds-Qaqortog-Sisimut-Ilulissat-Disco Bay-Qegertassuaq-Qasiqianquit-Aasiaat-Manitsoq-Nuuk-Kap Farel-Reykjavik-Thorshavn-Invergordon-Tyne (25th Aug)-Bremerhaven
 
30/08/2009
 Alexander Von Humboldt  07.00  18.00  Northumbrian Quay
 
 31/08/2009
 Boudicca  06.00  17.00  Northumbrian Quay
 Tyne (31st August)-Copenhagen-Tallinn-St Petersburg-Riga-Kalmar-Helsingborg-Tyne (12th Sept)
 
12/09/2009
 Boudicca  06.00  17.00  Northumbrian Quay
 Tyne (12th Sept)-Andalsnes-Alesund-Olden-Flam-Gudvangen-Bergen-Tyne (19th Sept)
 
19/09/2009
 Boudicca  06.00  17.00  Northumbrian Quay
 Tyne (19th Sept)-Copenhagen-Tallinn-St Petersburg-Riga-Kalmar-Helsingborg-Tyne (1st Oct)
 
01/10/2009
 Boudicca  06.00  17.00  Northumbrian Quay
 Tyne (1st Oct)-Amsterdam-Zeebrugge-Portsmouth
Mike  8-)

[Guest]

Hi Mike

As you say a lot of returning 'friends' with a few new one's thrown into the mix. At least the Port of Tyne has secured a Cruise Ship Season for the second year in a row after there was a rumour that they had lost that particular string to their bow  :-)

Regards