THE New South Wales Ministry of Transport is working closely with the Port Authority, as it inspects different options for a third cruise terminal in Sydney, Cruise Weekly has learned. With Botany Bay (pictured) now ruled out “once and for all” (CW yesterday), a spokesperson for the Minister for Transport...
THE New South Wales Ministry of Transport is working closely with the Port Authority, as it inspects different options for a third cruise terminal in Sydney, Cruise Weekly has learned.
With Botany Bay (pictured) now ruled out “once and for all” (CW yesterday), a spokesperson for the Minister for Transport did not exclude a third cruise terminal being built in Sydney – just not in Yarra Bay, nor nearby Molineux Point, which was also mooted in the original business case.
“We are working closely with the Port Authority, which is examining alternative options for a third terminal now that a terminal in Botany Bay has been ruled out once and for all,” the spokesperson told CW.
“Cruise ship patronage, while recovering, is still below pre-pandemic levels.”
Cruise Weekly was also told the possibility of Sydney being overtaken by Melbourne or Brisbane as Australia’s pre-eminent cruise gateway would never happen.
“Sydney is far and away Australia’s leading cruise destination and always will be.
“Neither the Brisbane River nor Port Phillip Bay really cuts it by comparison.”
The Government of NSW yesterday ruled out the construction of a third cruise ship terminal at Yarra Bay – a proposal which had been met with fierce opposition from the local community.
Many sections of the cruise industry had been pressing for a new terminal to be built at the Phillip Bay site in South Sydney, but Transport Minister Jo Haylen declared the proposal is “not going to happen”.
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