Belfast Cruise Ship Terminal Up and Running
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- Опубліковано 4 вер 2024
- ( Oooops! Forgive the faux-pas, I should have said the British Isles not the UK in my commentary )
At long last Belfast Harbour has now a dedicated cruise ship terminal up and running on the Airport road. £500,000 has been spent to updrade quayside facilites and build a brand new cruise ship welcome centre. Most crusie ships will dock here from now on. However Stormont Wharf amd Polloack Dock quays will still be used when there is more than one cruise ship arriving.
Belfast now ranks 3rd behind Dublin and the Okney Islands for cruise ship arrivals. This is a massive jump in popularity levels. 25 years ago it was rare for any cruise ship to come to Belfast.
Last year there were 116 visits. This year there are 148! Cruise ship visits brings in almost 300,000 ship tourists. The necessity for a dedicated cruise ship terminal has been abundantly clear for some time now.
This nesw facility also will allow local consumers join cruise ships directly from Belfast instead of going to dublin or having to fly to Southampton. Cruise& Maritime have alread scheduled a number of trips departing from Belfast for next sommer. These include the Norwegian Fiords and sailings around the British Isles.
Hey Tom Belfast has changed in the last just over 5 year's since I left n Ireland, very nice thanks for sharing this video Paul p England
Yes indeed Paul. You would be surprised.
Great News
Absolutely Adam! Best wishes.
Seen it on tv Tom,still think that they could have done bigger and better,with a few local shops around it,than a pop up tent/portacabin!
I must say I was a bit disappointed at the small size too. I wondered why the media weren't allowed to see inside too. But it has to be better than what was there before. Unfortunately if we have 2or 3 medium sized cruise ships coming on the same day 2 of them will have to moor at Pollock and coal blackened smelly Stormont Wharf.
What’s the parking like.?
Hi Brian. This is on Airport Road West running out of Belfast, through our eastern dockland. There is no parking at all anywhere near the terminal until you get out as far as Lough View car park. Admittedly this is a vast car park. I always come down to look at the cruise ships on my motorbike because of ease of parking. Best wishes from the Belfast Castlereagh hills.
Thanks….catching a cruise ship mid Nov. Decided to get lifted and laid.
Wise move Brian.