About Cruise Europe



Cruise Europe is a business to business network of cruise ports and destinations in Northern & Atlantic Europe. We started in 1991 with 27 members as the first cruise industry network in Europe, and have now grown to an average of 140 members in over 20 countries. On behalf of our members we provide the broader cruise industry with a professional and reliable partnership adding value for the cruise lines and their guests.

Our vision:
To be the worlds leading sustainable cruise region.

Our mission statement:
To develop, promote, and foster sustainable relationships between members and cruise lines.

Council Members

Captain Michael McCarthy

Funtion in CE Council: Chair

Port: Retired from the Port of Cork

Email: mmccarthy@mmccportmarine.com

Phone : +353 862556278

Andrea Kamjunke

Function in CE Council: Chair of Atlantic Europe region

Port: Columbus Cruise Center Bremerhaven / Wismar
Function in Port: Commercial Director

Phone: +49. 471. 902625-13 
Email: a.kamjunke@cruiseport.de

Helena Gomes Fernandes

Function in CE Council: Vice Chair of Atlantic Europe region

Port: Port of Leixões (Porto)
Function in Port: Commercial and Marketing Manager

Email: helena.fernandes@apdl.pt 
Phone: +351 96 200 10 51

Stefan Scheja

Function in CE Council: Deputy Chair of Baltic Region
Port: Ports of Stockholm
Function in Port: Manager Cruise and Ferry
Phone: +46 70 770 28 13
Email: stefan.scheja@stockholmshamnar.se

 

Sirle Arro

Function in CE Council: Chair of Baltic Region

Port: Port of Tallinn
Function in Port: Head of Marketing and Communication

E-Mail: s.arro@ts.ee
Phone: +372 5130979

 

Grethe Parker

Function in CE Council: Chair of NIF Region

Port: Port of Narvik

Function in Port: Sales & Marketing Manager and Cruise Coordinator

Email: post@cruisenarvik.no
Phone: +47 99005842

Annfinn Hjelm

Function in CE Council: Elected for the Norway-Iceland-Faroe region

Port: Port of Tórshavn
Function in Port: Cruise representative

Email: annfinnh@torshavn.fo
Phone: +298 215475

John Mawer

Funtion in CE Council: Chair, UK & IRE Region

Port: Port of Liverpool

Function in Port: Head of Cruise and Operations

Email/Phone: John.mawer@liverpool.gov.uk

Phone: +44 7841 883920

Brian Sheridan

Function in CE Council: Vice Chair, UK & IRE Region

Port: Port of Galway
Function in Port: Harbour Master & Head of Cruise and Port Operations

E-Mail: bsheridan@theportofgalway.com
Phone: +353 87 664 6633

Nick Hoogeweij

Function in CE Council: Directly Elected Council Member

Port: Cruise Port Rotterdam

Function in Port: Executive Manager

Phone: +31 (0)10 486 07 24

E-mail: n.hoogeweij@cruise.rotterdam.nl 

Luis de Carvalho

Function in CE Council: Directly elected member

Port: Copenhagen Malmo Port
Function at port: Commercial Cruise Director
Phone: +45 22210131
Email: luis.decarvalho@cmport.com

Sustainability Committee

Capt. Michael McCarthy

Port: Retired from the Port of Cork

Phone: +353 862556278
Email: mmccarthy@mmccportmarine.com

 

Simone T. Maraschi

Port: Port of Hamburg, Cruise Gate Hamburg GmbH
Function in Port: Managing Director

Phone: +49 40 42847-4970
Email: simone.maraschi@cgh.hamburg.de

 

Martin Merriwall

Port: Port of Gothenburg
Function in Port: Operations Manager, PFSO, Energy Port Operations and Cruise

Phone: +46 31 368 75 21
Email: martin.meriwall@portgot.se

 

Conor Mowlds

Port: Port of Cork
Function in Port: Chief Commercial Officer

Phone: +353867768375
Email: cmowlds@portofcork.ie

Jon Olav Stedje

Port: Port of Flåm
Function in Port: Manager Port Operations/head of cruise

Phone: +47 97 62 73 82
Email: jonolav@aurlandhavn.no

 

Marketing Committee

Andrea Kamjunke

Port: Columbus Cruise Center Bremerhaven
Function in Port: Commercial Director
Mobil: + 49 471 90262513
E-Mail: a.kamjunke@cruiseport.de

Sirle Arro

Port: Port of Tallinn + Saaremaa Harbour
Function in Port: Head of Marketing and Communication
Mobil: + 372 51 30 979  
E-Mail: s.arro@ts.ee

Yana Grundke

Port: Port of Roenne
Function in Port: Chief Business Officer Cruise
Mobil: + 45 51 36 37 41  
E-Mail: yag@portofroenne.com

Annfinn Hjelm

Port: Port of Tórshavn
Function in Port: Cruise representative

Email: annfinnh@torshavn.fo
Phone: +298 215475

Nick Hoogeweij

Port: Cruise Port Rotterdam

Function in Port: Executive Manager

Phone: +31 (0)10 486 07 24

E-mail: n.hoogeweij@cruise.rotterdam.nl 

Sonia Limbrick

Port: Port of Dover
Function in Port: to follow
Mobil: to follow
E-Mail: to follow

Simone Maraschi

Port: Port of Hamburg
Function in Port: Managing Director
Phone: +49. 40.42847-4970
Email: simone.maraschi@cgh.hamburg.de

Jens Skrede

Port: Cruise Europe
Function in Port: Managing Director
Mobil: +47 91781441
E-Mail: jens@cruiseeurope.com

CRUISE EUROPE CELEBRATES 30 YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH WITH PLENTY MORE TO COME

The idea for an organisation specifically designed to promote cruising in Northern Europe was first floated by Anne Dunderdale in the Fontainebleau Hotel Miami Beach during the Seatrade Cruise Shipping Convention and Exhibition in March 1990. She was accompanying her husband Iain who was there to promote Invergordon, a port in Cromarty Firth.

 

He happily remembers a visit from Brendan Corrigan of Carnival Cruise Line who visited the stand then and every year thereafter until he retired. “Although it would be 20 years before the first Carnival ship called at Invergordon,” he told me recently. Other regular visitors were Herman van Deursen from Holland America Line, Mike Ronan and Rick Strunck from Royal Caribbean and Michael Pawlus, then working for Royal Viking Line which was the only cruiseline to venture to visit Northern Europe at that time.

CRUISE EUROPE THE FIRST QUARTER CENTURY

The idea for an organisation specifically designed to promote cruising in Northern Europe was first floated Anne Dunderdale in the Fontainebleau Hotel at Miami Beach during the Seatrade Cruise Shipping Convention and Exhibition in March 1990.  She was accompanying her husband Iain who was there with Gordon Ireland from Scottish Tourism to promote Invergordon, a port in Cromarty Firth, as a cruise destination and their kilts were to become a well-known feature of subsequent Seatrade Miami events. Their stand was next to that of the Chantiers de L’Atlantique which was then engaged in building new cruise ships for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line and when the karaoke machine on an opposite stand became too annoying, they asked the French yard to turn up the sound on it promotional video showing the launch of one of the ships in order to drown out the offending racket! Also in Miami at that time were representatives from the ports of Bordeaux and Stavanger.

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