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June 2006 45 Table 2. North American Cruise Passenger Nights by Cruise Line Cruise Line 2004 2005 Carnival Cruise Line 17,276,524 17,738,690 Royal Caribbean 15,735,164 15,962,894 Princess Cruises 7,730,667 8,316,412 Norwegian Cruise Line 6,086,050 7,187,735 Holland America Line 5,105,213 4,906,262 Celebrity Cruise Lines 5,062,467 4,665,555 Disney Cruise Line 1,849,956 1,875,052 Costa Cruise Line 627,702 868,757 Cunard Line 809,055 802,394 Crystal Cruises 385,177 392,029 MSC Italian Cruises 296,366 381,985 Radisson Seven Seas Cruises 371,658 372,825 Oceania Cruises 80,088 87,482 Silversea Cruises 86,413 71,285 Seabourn Cruise Line 51,715 51,299 Windstar Cruises 49,431 25,652 Seadream Yacht Club 23,889 24,595 Total 61,627,535 63,730,903 Miami, Port Canaveral and Fort Lauderdale accounted for 43 percent of passenger departures in 2005 (Table 3), down from 49 percent 2 years earlier. For the same period, U.S. West Coast ports registered a 64 percent increase in departures, increasing their combined share from 12 percent to 17 percent. Most notable among West Coast ports was Seattle with a 104 percent increase. Table 3. North American Cruise Passengers by Departure Port Departure Port 2004 2005 Miami 1,682,777 1,771,250 Port Canaveral 1,230,130 1,233,616 Fort Lauderdale 1,237,227 1,199,413 Los Angeles 434,352 614,780 San Juan 676,600 581,116 Galveston 433,355 530,704 Vancouver (Canada) 436,156 434,455 Tampa 399,159 407,665 New York 548,016 369,870 Long Beach 401,341 362,834 Seattle 290,880 336,538 New Orleans 395,821 308,394 Honolulu 170,183 235,647 San Diego 172,639 234,284 Cape Liberty 0 146,714 Jacksonville 113,728 137,083 Houston 90,515 98,545 Whittier 88,293 95,504 San Francisco 84,894 88,822 Mobile 28,821 87,628 Boston 73,105 80,403 Seward 75,034 67,957 Baltimore 104,633 66,782 Philadelphia 29,624 50,444 Norfolk 47,888 45,414 Charleston 38,892 41,337 All Other Ports 134,254 119,989 Total 9,418,317 9,747,188 Third and fourth quarter departures clearly showed the impact of last year's hurricanes (Table 4). While departures from New Orleans fell sharply, the impact on overall departures was soft- ened by growth in departures from other North American ports. 3 H I P O W N E R S # H A R T E R E R S 3 H I P P E R S " A N K S 0 ) # L U B S ( U L L 5 N D E R W R I T E R S 4 R A D I N G # O M P A N I E S ' O V E R N M E N T S 4 ( % 0 / 7 % 2 / & 0 ! 2 4 . % 2 3 ( ) 0 , E G A L 3 E R V I C E S F O R ' L O B A L " U S I N E S S ( E A L Y " A I L L I E , , 0 " R O A D W A Y . E W 9 O R K . 9 4 & ( E A L Y " A I L L I E , , 0 4 H E , O C K " U I L D I N G - A R S H A L L 3 T R E E T 3 U I T E 3 O U T H . O R W A L K # 4 4 & ( E A L Y " A I L L I E 3 U I T E $ I N A ( O U S E 2 U T T O N J E E # E N T R E $ U D D E L L 3 T R E E T # E N T R A L ( O N G + O N G 4 & W W W H E A L Y C O M . % 7 9 / 2 + . % 7 * % 2 3 % 9 ( / . ' + / . ' # / . . % # 4 ) # 5 4 Circle 243 on Reader Service Card Ports that escaped hurricane damage last year showed the most dramatic growth in 2005: Los Angeles departures rose 41.5 percent; Honolulu grew 37.9 percent; and Jacksonville increased 20.5 percent 2006WorldYearbook2006WorldYearbook2006WorldYearbook2006WorldYea MR JUNE2006 #6 (41-48).qxd 6/2/2006 11:53 AM Page 45
