PACIFIC Dawn’s two-week multi-million dollar
refurbishment, currently underway at the
Forgacs Cairncross Dockyard, will result in flow
on benefits to the local economy, according to
P&O Cruises.
Around 600 specialist workers will handle the
scheduled refurbishment of Dawn, alongside
600 ship crew and the dockyard’s workforce of
more than 200, with work including the
installation of a giant poolside entertainment
screen, ice-cream parlour and new
interconnecting family cabins.
“Queensland’s cruise industry has boomed
over the past five years to a point where the
Sunshine State now has Pacific Dawn based
here full time and a Princess ship homeported
here each summer, so there are massive flowon
benefits to local businesses year round,”
said Carnival Australia CEO, Ann Sherry.
“Refurbishing our ships in Brisbane just adds
more money to the local economy.”
“What’s more, cruising’s economic contribution
in Queensland is forecast to rise to $340.8
million in 2019-20, so the cruise industry has
an important future in the state,” she
