The major regional cruise port associations include:
- MedCruise represents ports and associates in the Mediterranean and its adjoining seas. It is the largest cruise port association in terms of annual cruise passenger movements in its member ports. Membership exceeds 160 ports and spans more than 20 countries in three continents (Europe, Asia, and Africa), and is divided into four local markets: West Med, Adriatic, East Med, and the Black Sea.
- Cruise Europe represents cruise ports in Northern and Atlantic Europe. It was the first cruise port network with its membership divided into four chapters: Atlantic Europe, the Baltic, UK and Ireland, and Norway, Iceland, and the Faroes. Three more ‘local’ cruise networks are particularly active in the region as well. These are Cruise Baltic, Cruise Britain and Cruise Norway, all of them being members of Cruise Europe.
- Australia Cruise Association represents regional ports, national and state tourism agencies, and shipping agents for Australia and the Pacific region. New Zealand Cruise Association is another active cruise network operating in Oceania, promoting cruise activities in the region.
- Asia Cruise Terminal Association includes some of the major terminal operators in the booming Asian cruise market, with membership from six countries (China, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan).