Carnival Cruise Lines extends Baltimore deal into 2016

 

Carnival Cruise Lines is set to sail from Baltimore into 2016.

Carnival, the world's largest cruise line, has signed a five-year contract extension with the Maryland Port Administration. Its current two-year deal was set to expire Aug. 31.

Carnival was the first cruise line to schedule year-round cruises from the South Locust Point cruise terminal in Baltimore in 2009. It carries about 115,000 passengers a year through Baltimore.

Cruise lines have scheduled 112 cruises from Baltimore in 2011, up from 91 in 2010 that carried a record 210,549 people.