TIRANA, Aug 25 /ATA/ – The sailing cruise ship Sea Cloud is the latest visitor to Durres port, Albania’s largest seaport, with a group of over 50 American visitors.
Durres Port Authority said that that the 110-meter long luxurious cruise ship Sea Cloud, with four masts rigged with double top-sails, berthed at the Quay No. 4, and landed its 50 U.S. passengers on Thursday morning to go on visiting the planned tourist attractions in the Municipality of Durres.
Arrival of the 91-year old sailing cruise ship at the Durres port is seen as an important event, because it is a historic and a luxurious vessel.
Arrival of cruise ships in Durres is part of the Mediterranean agenda, with the city of Durres being a special destination to be explored. Many leisure and tour agencies are involved in cruise ship tourism and their number is expected to grow.
Sea Cloud is a sailing cruise ship launched as a private yacht in 1931. Later it served as a weather ship for the United States Coast Guard and United States Navy during World War II, when it became the U.S. military’s first racially integrated warship since the American Civil War.
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