Kronus PBBs for new White Bay terminal

[The_Big_M]

My question to "powers that be" re this new cruise terminal. Is how are we supposed to get there? Is there going to be public transport i.e. light rail or anything to make it easier for the travelling public.

Probably not, too difficult to think of. Apart from not be able to use because ships can't get under the bridge. It is no-where near a railway station.

 

No, they've said they'll introduce transport links, likely buses as there have already been routes that go out near there.

 

I don't think the economics of building a more substantial link would stack up given its low usage at other non-cruise times, which is the majority of the time.

[The_Big_M]

No, the large ships will just have to go to Melbourne. It seems strange to me that more cruises don't leave from Melbourne.

 

See the earlier comment about the economics. It's been tried but there just is substantially less demand for cruises from there - both a less convenient market, and cruises are longer and dearer or less appealing for most destinations except NZ.

[MMDown Under]

Cruise Calendar

Cruise Weekly’s cruise calendar details

upcoming port calls of passenger cruise

ships at various destinations in Australia.

 

BRISBANE

Pacific Dawn Sat 17 Mar

Dawn Princess Sun 18 Mar

Pacific Sun Mon 19 Mar

Rhapsody of the Seas Mon 19 Mar

 

SYDNEY

Volendam Tue 13 Mar

Dawn Princess Fri 16 Mar

Ocean Princess Sat 17 Mar

Pacific Pearl Sun 18 Mar

Pacific Jewel Sun 18 Mar

 

FREMANTLE

Arcadia Fri 16 Mar

HOBART

Radiance of the Seas Thu 15 Mar

ADELAIDE

Arcadia Tue 13 Mar

 

MELBOURNE

Radiance of the Seas Tue 13 Mar

Dawn Princess Wed 14 Mar

Volendam Thu 15 Mar

 

BURNIE

Volendam Fri 16 Mar

 

http://archive.traveldaily.com.au/tdarchive/CW/2012/Mar12/cw130312.pdf

 

As you can see from the above weekly list - 5 ships in Sydney, 4 ships in Brisbane and 3 ships in Melbourne.

 

Would you buy shares in cruise infrastructure development in Australia?

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Would you buy shares in cruise infrastructure development in Australia?

 

 

As a comparison , heres the cruise schedule for St Maarten in the Caribbean.

Seven Cruise Ships in town today and they just keep rolling in , day after day...

 

http://www.portofstmaarten.com/schedule.htm

 

http://201.220.14.27/sxmonline/VesselScheduleCruise.aspx

 

 

03/14/2012 Wednesday 06:30 23:00 MEIN SHIFF (2) CPS-NE

03/14/2012 Wednesday 07:00 17:00 OASIS OF THE SEAS CPN-NE

03/14/2012 Wednesday 07:15 18:00 CARNIVAL DREAM CPN-NW

03/14/2012 Wednesday 08:00 18:00 AIDAVITA CPS-NW

03/14/2012 Wednesday 08:15 18:00 EXPLORER OF THE SEAS CPS-SE

03/14/2012 Wednesday 08:31 18:00 CELEBRITY SOLSTICE GREATBAY

03/14/2012 Wednesday 09:15 18:00 RUBY PRINCESS CPS-SW

[MMDown Under]

As a comparison , heres the cruise schedule for St Maarten in the Caribbean.

Seven Cruise Ships in town today and they just keep rolling in , day after day...

 

http://www.portofstmaarten.com/schedule.htm

 

http://201.220.14.27/sxmonline/VesselScheduleCruise.aspx

 

 

03/14/2012 Wednesday 06:30 23:00 MEIN SHIFF (2) CPS-NE

03/14/2012 Wednesday 07:00 17:00 OASIS OF THE SEAS CPN-NE

03/14/2012 Wednesday 07:15 18:00 CARNIVAL DREAM CPN-NW

03/14/2012 Wednesday 08:00 18:00 AIDAVITA CPS-NW

03/14/2012 Wednesday 08:15 18:00 EXPLORER OF THE SEAS CPS-SE

03/14/2012 Wednesday 08:31 18:00 CELEBRITY SOLSTICE GREATBAY

03/14/2012 Wednesday 09:15 18:00 RUBY PRINCESS CPS-SW

 

Exactly, David.