Cruise port calls report: August 2026
AIS-detectedGenerated Nov 4, 2026 · revision 1
Summary
In August 2026, Voydar observed 1,244 calls by 215 cruise ships at 193 ports in 36 countries.
In July 2026 it observed 1,557 (-20.1%); part of the difference is AIS coverage.
The busiest cruise port was Alesund (75 calls). Hurtigruten made the most calls of any line (562).
Counts follow AIS receiver coverage. Across the whole network, observed cruise calls went from 1,557 in July 2026 to 1,244 in August 2026. A port or waterway that moved by about the same proportion did not necessarily change at all; compare shares, not counts.
In this report: Alesund, Tromsdalen, Vagan, Kolvereid, Bergen
Charts
Data
Busiest cruise ports
| Port | Country | Calls | Ships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alesund | Norway | 75 | 28 |
| Tromsdalen | Norway | 49 | 13 |
| Vagan | Norway | 38 | 9 |
| Kolvereid | Norway | 37 | 8 |
| Bergen | Norway | 34 | 14 |
| Hammerfest | Norway | 34 | 9 |
| Kvalvika | Norway | 34 | 7 |
| Honningsvag | Norway | 31 | 16 |
| Harstad | Norway | 31 | 9 |
| Kristiansund | Norway | 28 | 13 |
| Molde | Norway | 25 | 14 |
| Bronnoysund | Norway | 25 | 10 |
| Piraeus | Greece | 23 | 16 |
| Stokmarknes | Norway | 22 | 9 |
| Stavanger | Norway | 20 | 13 |
| Jakobsnes | Norway | 20 | 7 |
| Laksevag | Norway | 19 | 14 |
| Vardo | Norway | 18 | 7 |
| Barcelona | Spain | 17 | 11 |
| Storesund | Norway | 16 | 14 |
| Olden | Norway | 16 | 13 |
| Longyearbyen | Svalbard & Jan Mayen | 15 | 12 |
| Sortland | Norway | 14 | 8 |
| Batsfjord | Norway | 14 | 6 |
| Oslo | Norway | 13 | 12 |
| Palma de Mallorca | Spain | 13 | 8 |
| Tromso | Norway | 13 | 7 |
| Vancouver | Canada | 12 | 11 |
| Southampton | United Kingdom | 12 | 11 |
| Kristiansand | Norway | 12 | 10 |
| Mykonos | Greece | 12 | 9 |
| Seattle | United States | 12 | 9 |
| Flam | Norway | 12 | 8 |
| Sandnessjoen | Norway | 12 | 7 |
| Eidfjord | Norway | 11 | 9 |
| Nordfjordeid | Norway | 11 | 9 |
| Finnsnes | Norway | 11 | 5 |
| Maloy | Norway | 10 | 8 |
| Napoli | Italy | 9 | 7 |
| Risoyhamn | Norway | 9 | 5 |
Showing 40 of 193 rows.
Calls by cruise line
| Cruise line | Ships | Calls | Ports |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hurtigruten | 10 | 562 | 47 |
| AIDA Cruises | 9 | 78 | 37 |
| MSC Cruises | 17 | 56 | 31 |
| Norwegian Cruise Line | 17 | 44 | 30 |
| Carnival Cruise Line | 21 | 40 | 23 |
| No line on record | 16 | 37 | 31 |
| Costa Cruises | 7 | 35 | 18 |
| Holland America Line Limited | 13 | 35 | 23 |
| TUI Cruises GmbH | 8 | 35 | 26 |
| Celebrity Cruises, Inc. | 11 | 33 | 24 |
| Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. | 15 | 33 | 22 |
| P&O Cruises | 6 | 32 | 22 |
| Regent Seven Seas Cruises | 6 | 32 | 27 |
| Princess Cruises | 11 | 22 | 18 |
| Nicko Cruises | 1 | 17 | 12 |
| Silversea Cruises | 4 | 17 | 9 |
| Explora Journeys | 3 | 16 | 11 |
| Oceania Cruises | 4 | 16 | 14 |
| Marella Cruises | 4 | 13 | 9 |
| Ambassador Cruise Line | 3 | 12 | 12 |
| Hapag-Lloyd Cruises | 4 | 11 | 7 |
| Phoenix Travels | 3 | 11 | 11 |
| Cunard Line | 2 | 10 | 6 |
| Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines | 2 | 10 | 6 |
| Disney Cruise Line | 4 | 9 | 9 |
| Azamara | 3 | 8 | 7 |
| Ponant | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Saga Cruises | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Viking Ocean Cruises | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Celestyal | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Crystal Cruises | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Virgin Voyages | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Cruise ships with the most calls
Showing 30 of 215 rows.
Cruise calls by country
| Country | Calls | Ships | Ports | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 832 | 57 | 67 | 66.9% |
| United States | 73 | 51 | 19 | 5.9% |
| Spain | 51 | 28 | 12 | 4.1% |
| Greece | 47 | 27 | 6 | 3.8% |
| Italy | 40 | 29 | 11 | 3.2% |
| United Kingdom | 39 | 27 | 15 | 3.1% |
| Canada | 25 | 21 | 7 | 2% |
| Svalbard & Jan Mayen | 24 | 12 | 2 | 1.9% |
| France | 23 | 20 | 10 | 1.8% |
| Germany | 16 | 13 | 5 | 1.3% |
| Portugal | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1% |
| Denmark | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0.8% |
| Australia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0.5% |
| Netherlands | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0.5% |
| Belgium | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0.4% |
| Sweden | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0.4% |
| Monaco | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0.3% |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% |
| Bahamas | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.2% |
| Finland | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.2% |
| Israel | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% |
| Mexico | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.2% |
| Poland | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.2% |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% |
| Greenland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% |
| Ireland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% |
| India | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% |
| Iceland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% |
Showing 30 of 36 rows.
Method and sources
- Method
- Counted by Voydar from AIS port calls (dwell of at least 30 minutes), method v1+detector.v3.
- Version
- voydar.monthly_report v1+detector.v3
- Period
- Aug 1, 2026 to Aug 31, 2026 (UTC)
- Generated
- Nov 4, 2026 · r1
- Sources
- AISstream.io global terrestrial AIS · AIS data: AISstream.io
- BarentsWatch AIS API · Data delivered by BarentsWatch (NLOD 2.0; data owner: Kystverket)
- Voydar Beacon contributor stations
- Digitraffic marine AIS · Source: Fintraffic / digitraffic.fi, license CC 4.0 BY
- Voydar-operated receivers
- Voydar editorial review
- Wikidata
Limits
- Cruise ships are those Voydar lists on /cruise-ships: ships operated by a listed ocean or expedition cruise line (Wikidata or a cited editorial record), plus ships Wikidata types as cruise ships.
- Coastal express services such as Hurtigruten call at many small ports daily and weigh heavily in the counts.
- A call is a stop of at least 30 minutes inside a port's geofence, observed on AIS; tender calls at anchor outside a port are not counted.
Cite this report
Please cite the permalink. The numbers on it change only if the report is regenerated, which raises the revision.
Voydar (2026). Cruise port calls report, August 2026 (revision 1, generated 2026-11-04). https://www.voydar.com/reports/cruise/2026-08
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