Baltimore: More than 240,000 Cruise Passengers in 2012

The Maryland Port Administration reports 240,676 people sailed on 100 cruises from Baltimore’s Cruise Maryland Terminal in 2012, second only to the 251,889 that sailed in 2011 on 105 cruises in 2011.  

The total economic value to the state of Maryland of cruising from the Port of Baltimore is about $90 million. Approximately 220 direct jobs in Maryland are attributed to cruise activity.  

Carnival Cruise Lines and Royal Caribbean International offer year-round schedules from Baltimore. Cruises sail to the Bahamas, Bermuda, Caribbean and New England/Canada. In May, Royal Caribbean will replace its Enchantment of the Seas in Baltimore with the newly renovated Grandeur of the Seas. The Grandeur of the Seas has completed a $48 million revitalization that will include options and upgrades available on its two largest class ships, including new dining options, entertainment venues, renovated staterooms and technological upgrades.

Baltimore is within a six hour drive of 40 million people. The Cruise Maryland terminal is 2.5 miles from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and 10 miles from BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport.  

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