Liverpool Cruise Liner Terminal

[Steven]

Brilliant A.D.W. I was down there yesterday.

[Kev]

A nice night pic, love the lights too

[marky]

QE2 is due this Friday, but I noticed on Shipspotting.com that she is also due to return next October 2008 aswell.
http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/...d=3777&forum=2

[PhilipG]

Can't wait!
What time is she coming?
I want to go to New Brighton, and snap her as she comes in.

[A.D.W]

Can't wait!
What time is she coming?
I want to go to New Brighton, and snap her as she comes in.

According to the Daily Post yesterday the QE2 is due at the CLT at 0700. HRH the Duke of Kent opens the CLT at 1130 followed by various speeches from Liverpool's great and good. There is a private reception at noon on the QE2 and a Gala concert at the Liverpool Cathedral at 1600 (invited guests only). Fireworks at 2245 and then the QE2 leaves the Mersey once more.

[PhilipG]

Thanks, ADW.
Niight shots of the QE2 and fireworks!
Lovely.

[Paul D]

World cruises to start at Pier Head terminal.

LIVERPOOL’S new cruise liner terminal was given a massive boost last night as it prepared to welcome the world’s greatest liner, the QE2.

The terminal has been built only as a port of call landing stage, but the region’s leading economic agency wants it upgraded into a full terminal within two years. It will mean world cruises can once again start from the historic Liverpool waterfront.

Northwest Regional Develop-ment Agency chief executive Steve Broomhead believes allowing liners to start and end cruises on the Mersey waterfront will enable the city’s tourism industry to take a giant leap forward.

Informal talks have already started about vital arrangements that will need to be in place before full cruise facilities are bestowed on the city.

Baggage handling, passport control and security checks will all be needed to switch from a simple port of call facility.

Cruises currently start on Merseyside, but they depart from Langton Dock where baggage and customs facilities are already available.

But that terminal, owned and run by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company, is within a working docks system sur-rounded by heavy freight ter- minals, rather than the prest- igious Liverpool city centre arrival and departure which the cruise firms would prefer.

One possibility is to use the baggage handling and pass-port check controls at Liver-pool John Lennon Airport.

Cruise passengers would then be driven to the new £19m terminal alongside Princes Parade.

The yet to be built Mersey Ferry Terminal at the Pier Head could also accommodate smaller cruise handling, and there is scope for one of the large hotels to be used as a baggage handling centre.

Last night, Riverside MP Louise Ellman promised to ensure the Government backs the upgrade plan.

“The cruise liner terminal is already going to make a vast difference to Liverpool and Merseyside, but adding the city’s waterfront as a departure point will really up the ante. I will do all I can to make this happen.”

Mr Broomhead said: “The new terminal will be a lasting legacy for Liverpool’s Capital of Culture. There are already 23 ships booked in for visits. They will bring in thousands of visitors to our region.

“I want to see the terminal used as a full-blown cruise terminal and I believe that will happen in around two years’ time. I cannot see any obstacles to upgrading the facility. The cruise holiday sector is growing at a fast pace and Liverpool will be an attractive departure point.

“We have put in £10m – more than half of the cost – because we can see the enor-mous benefits of the cruise industry for Liverpool.”

Martin King, director of tourism at The Mersey Partnership (TMP) said: “The economic benefits of a full-blown cruise liner terminal could be immense.”

The QE2 will be arriving around 7am this morning and will remain tied to the new terminal until she sets sail at 3am tomorrow.

The Duke of Kent will be officially opening the new terminal at 11.30am today, and there will be a spectacular firework display at 10-45pm.

[Kev]

LIVERPOOL’S £19m cruise liner terminal is to be dismantled, just two weeks after its official opening. Read

[marky]

I wondered why the pedestrian walkway is resting at the car-park a bit to the North of the landing stage.

[Paul D]

We knew this was going to happen,this is another non story by the Echo I'm afraid,this was already planned.

[marky]

I wonder if a section is being returned soon. Some ropes were laid out on section 4 and there was some activity around the securing joints (by workmen in the little boat).

[Kev]

LIVERPOOL’S new £19m cruise liner terminal has finally been completed. Read

Let's get snapping again!

[marky]

The Lord Nelson (Tall Ship) was here this morning. I don't know how long for.

[A.D.W]

The Lord Nelson - 16th November 2007.

[PhilipG]

Did you get the ferry, ADW?
A bit cold for a centenarian.
Another 9 years and you'll be as old as me.

Great photo.