Eastport preparing to host a record 15 cruise ships this fall

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • September 9, 2023

A 324-foot cruise ship docking in Eastport Monday is expected to kick off a busy autumn that will produce a record number of annual cruise ship visits for Maine’s easternmost city. The ship visits are expected to help boost local businesses as visitors — both passengers on the ships and people who will come to the city to see them — come and go from Eastport’s waterfront. The city expects to host passengers and crew from a total of 16 cruise ship visits this year — one by the Zaandam this past spring and the rest this fall — which will be Eastport’s highest annual tally ever.