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Consultants Predict Dynamic Cruise Sector Growth

The global cruise sector is forecast to exhibit dynamic growth over the next decade, according to Ocean Shipping Consultants’ (OSC) latest report: 'World Cruise Ports and Shipping'. OSC expects annual passenger demand to rise from around 20.9 million in 2012 to approximately 24m passengers by 2015, 29.7m by 2020 and 36.4m by 2025. This represents an overall forward expansion of 74%. North America will still dominate the world cruise industry in terms of sourced passengers and cruise operators…