Cruise & Maritime Voyages Ocean Countess will make her inaugural turnaround in the Port of Tyne, UK, in 2010 which will be the first of many, according to Fergus Poole, terminal manager. This is welcome news and will make up for the withdrawal of Thomson Spirit this year after five successive seasons. There will be [...]
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Cruise & Maritime Voyages Ocean Countess will make her inaugural turnaround in the Port of Tyne, UK, in 2010 which will be the first of many, according to Fergus Poole, terminal manager. This is welcome news and will make up for the withdrawal of Thomson Spirit this year after five successive seasons.
There will be 10 turnround and 10 transit calls this year including first ever calls from P&O Cruises with Artemis and Princess Cruises with Ocean Princess. Saga’s Spirit of Adventure will also be calling for the first time. A total of 16,430 passengers are expected.
For 2009 the numbers were slightly higher at 24 calls, of which 16 were turnaround, and a total of 20,183 passengers. Mr Poole says although the figures for 2010 are “disappointingly down this year”, given the economic situation they are “still reasonably bouyant figures and worthy of optimism for future years”. Holland America Line returns to the port as a transit caller for the third year running this year.
The Tyne is the gateway to Northumbria and the only cruise port between Harwich and Leith. The recently refurbished Cruise and International Passenger Terminal can handle 2,000 passengers in a turnaround call. The Northumbrian Quay has a length of 335m and a depth alongside of 8m with deeper vessels by arrangement. Smaller quays are also available.
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