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No Picturestyle3728.jpg - Work is due to start shortly on the new cruise liner development at the Pier Head and Princes Dock. The million pound project will enable Liverpool to accommodate the world’s biggest liners and will encourage the greatest vessels to return to the Mersey and moor up alongside one of the world's most famous waterfronts.The development will include a 350 metre extension to the Princes Dock landing stage, with a round the clock operational jack up barge positioned against the Princes Dock Wall.The Pier Head footbridge will also be relocated by approximately 30 metres to make way for a 75 metre vehicle bridge in the historic floating roadway.The construction of a cruise liner terminal would mean an increased influx of cruise liners to the Mersey and the added benefits for the local economy. Currently many of the world's largest liners are only able to berth in the centre of the river and use Mersey Ferries as tender ships, as the QE2 did in 2004.ABP Southampton is a bit cheesed off about this because Liverpool City Council is set to receive £20m of public money, including £9m from the European Union to redevelop its cruise liner terminal. ABP says the public money amounts to unfair help and would “distort” competition in the lucrative cruise sector, which is booming despite the recession.

 New cruise terminal | Work is due to start shortly on the new cruise liner development at the Pier Head and Princes Dock. The million pound project will enable Liverpool to accommodate the world’s biggest liners and will encourage the greatest vessels to return to the Mersey and moor up alongside one of the world's most famous waterfronts. The development will include a 350 metre extension to the Princes Dock landing stage, with a round the clock operational jack up barge positioned against the Princes Dock Wall. The Pier Head footbridge will also be relocated by approximately 30 metres to make way for a 75 metre vehicle bridge in the historic floating roadway. The construction of a cruise liner terminal would mean an increased influx of cruise liners to the Mersey and the added benefits for the local economy. Currently many of the world's largest liners are only able to berth in the centre of the river and use Mersey Ferries as tender ships, as the QE2 did in 2004. ABP Southampton is a bit cheesed off about this because Liverpool City Council is set to receive £20m of public money, including £9m from the European Union to redevelop its cruise liner terminal. ABP says the public money amounts to unfair help and would “distort” competition in the lucrative cruise sector, which is booming despite the recession. | 22/09/09 11:40 Download
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