B
Evidence Grade B
Graded
accuracy verified by the review judge
Safe to Cite
Aging
$5
$5 -- per passenger docking fee for Newport, RI cruise lines (2024)
In 2024, the Newport city council petitioned to raise per-passenger docking and disembarking fees for cruise lines from $5 to $10.
Attribution:
View source
Lighthouse Research Team
Last verified:
·
How we verify data →
Source verified
Evidence graded
Value
$5
Unit
Currency Usd
Data Vintage
2024
Entity
Geography
US
Evidence Quality
B
Strong, reliable evidence
Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
Single source - not yet corroborated
Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
City of Newport
Primary
Tier B
https://www.newportchamber.com/2026/03/27/number-of-cruise-ships-visiting-newport-in-decline/ ↗
Source Article
Number of Cruise Ships Visiting Newport in Decline
News & Media
By Newport This Week Staff
Fewer cruise ships are visiting Newport.
Only 41 cruise stops are booked for the 2026 season, according to the city. That is down from over 50 cruises last year and a departure from the typical volume seen before 2025, when more than 60 cruise ships visited ea…
Original Research
City of Newport
· Original study ↗
Methodology
City council petition to state, reported by Newport This Week
Methodology documented
Segmentation
IndustryTravel & Hospitality
RegionUS
Cite this stat
Plain Text
Newport, RI cruise lines: $5 per passenger docking fee. Source: City of Newport (2024). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/newport-cruise-passenger-fee-increase
HTML Embed
<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/newport-cruise-passenger-fee-increase" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>$5</strong> -- per passenger docking fee for Newport, RI cruise lines<br><small>Source: City of Newport (2024) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/newport-cruise-passenger-fee-increase" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
Share
Use this data in your work
Copy the citation, embed the widget, or explore thousands more verified marketing statistics -- all free.