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Plans for Oasis-class ships to visit Eden on Australia’s Sapphire Coast

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A proposal for mega ships to visit Eden on the NSW Sapphire Coast is being considered
A New South Wales Port Authority proposal to allow Oasis-class ships carrying more than 6,000 passengers to dock at Eden on the south Sapphire Coast of New South Wales is currently under consideration by stakeholders.

The proposal includes the construction of additional mooring infrastructure, as well as an option to install a fixed passenger walkway from the existing edge of the wharf.

A A$44m wharf extension was completed in August 2019 to take ships up to 325 metres in length to eliminate the need for tenders to ferry passengers between ship and shore.

A A$6m Welcome Centre for cruise ships was unveiled in April last year.

Government wants restrictions removed

Transport Minister David Elliott said the New South Wales government wants to remove restrictions that currently allow a maximum of 60 cruise ship visits a year. He also wants the curfew that prevents ships berthing at the port between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. to be lifted.

‘With Eden strategically located between Sydney, Melbourne and New Zealand cruise destinations, we know there is an appetite for increased cruise visits and modifications would allow larger vessels to add this beautiful part of NSW to their itineraries,’ Elliott said.