canada new england cruise symposium port congestion andrew dixon
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Canada New England Cruise Symposium, port congestion, andrew dixonTRANSCRIPT
Canada New England Cruise Symposium June 9, 2010
Panel Session:
Port Congestion: Limited Berths, Availability or Both??
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Saint John – Cruise History
Evolution of the Marco Polo Cruise Terminal
2003: Before Improvements
Evolution of the Marco Polo Cruise Terminal
2009: $19 million Improvements Completed
Evolution of Long Wharf Cruise Terminal
2006: Before Improvements
Evolution of Long Wharf Cruise Terminal
2008: $1 million Improvements Completed “to-date”
What the future may look like..
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What the Future May Look Like..
Cruise Ships have steadily increased in length over the
past 20 years…
and the trend continues.
Opportunity…. But with a challenge.
What the Future May Look Like..
With our present cruise berth capacity, on any given day:
Due to ever increasing vessel sizes, we are rapidly becoming a “two-ship cruise port”.
We can only accommodate one vessel in excess of 300m overall length.
Carnival Dream
Introduced in 2009306 Meters Long130,000 GRT3652 Passengers
Norwegian Epic
Will be Introduced in 2010
329 Meters Long
153,000 GRT
4200 Passengers
Introduced in 2009
360 Meters Long
220,000 GRT
5400 Passengers
RCCL - Oasis Class
Pugsley A/B – 388 m
Pugsley C – 235 m
Lower Cove – 224 mEffectively Obsolete
Current Pugsley & Lower Cove Berth Capacity
Proposed Pugsley Berth Extension
New Berth Length – 645 m New Wharf Area320 – 340 metres
Proposed Long Wharf Extension
New Berth Length – 645 m New Wharf Area
Approx. 320 metres
The Early 90’s
Vessels were often docked at cargo facilities.
Don’t want a comment like this:
“We did a shore excursion and walked around Saint John - all very pleasant but
unfortunately we docked at a cargo facility and were quite far from the city
center. This wasn’t particularly inviting or convenient compared to the other ships that were at modern cruise piers. Not
sure why we weren’t.”
Thank-You!
Panelists
Les Parsons – Executive Director Historic Charlottetown Seaport
John Heylen – Senior Manager Fleet Operations Carnival UK
Crystal Morgan – Director Market Planning, Princess Cruises