‘I would love to see the government get behind cruising,' said Harry Sommer, evp international business development, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, one of the latest entrants to the local market.
Sture Mymell, president of Carnival Australia, said port infrastructure is almost at capacity so growth is starting to slow. He said whilst it is important to have good homeports, it is also key to have good infrastructure in transit ports.
Grant Gilfillan, ceo of Port Authority of New South Wales and chair, Australia Cruise Association, was more optimistic than ever before about finding a solution to Sydney’s capacity issue.
‘We have been talking about it for 10 years, but am pushing for a decision by the end of this year,' he remarked, saying the naval base of Garden Island has the most potential for development as long as the Royal Australian Navy can agree to coexist with a cruise terminal.
In New Zealand, cruise ports are investing in new infrastructure from Dunedin to Auckland and, bar the latter, all mainland ports can take ships up to the Quantum-class size,' according to Debbie Summers, executive director, ID New Zealand and chair, New Zealand Cruise Association. She is hopeful Auckland would invest in a $10m dolphin by 2020.
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