Phoenix Reisen’s cruise ship MS Amera (fka Prinsendam) became the first vessel to visit Port Odessa Ukraine in over 2 years. The vessel's arrival on October 30 came 29 months after cruise port's last call in June 2017.
While Port Odessa has welcomed a number of sea-river ships in the last 2 years, Amera is the first foreign cruise ship to visit Ukraine after a period of political instability in the country. MS Amera arrived from Constanta Romania with a total of 750 passengers. They were all disembarked and via 11 buses transported from the dock on a shore excursion around the city.
Amera visited Odessa as part of an 16-day Mediterranean and Black Sea cruise.
| Date / Time | Port |
|---|---|
| 22 Oct 18:00 | Departing from Villefranche-sur-Mer, Nice, France |
| 24 Oct 08:00 - 19:00 | Siracusa, Sicily, Italy |
| 26 Oct 08:00 - 18:00 | Piraeus, Athens, Greece |
| 28 Oct 08:00 - 18:00 | Nessebar, Bulgaria |
| 29 Oct 08:00 - 18:00 | Constanta, Romania |
| 30 Oct 08:00 - 18:00 | Odessa, Ukraine |
| 31 Oct 17:00 - 01 Nov 18:00 | Istanbul, Turkey |
| 02 Nov 13:00 - 20:00 | Cesme, Turkey |
| 03 Nov 08:00 - 15:00 | Santorini Island, Greece |
| 05 Nov 08:00 - 17:00 | Durres, Tirana, Albania |
| 06 Nov 09:00 - 17:00 | Split, Croatia |
| 07 Nov 09:00 | Arriving in Trieste, Italy |
Ship's arrival in Odessa marked the beginning of the return of cruise liners to the port, with 11 foreign ships booked for berthing in 2020 and a further 16 berth bookings for 2021.