NEW Zealand will boast its first ever custom-built facility for passenger cruise ships next year, with the Lyttleton Port Company confirming the Nov 2020 opening of its newly constructed berth. Large cruise vessels have been unable to berth at Lyttelton since the Feb 2011 Christchurch earthquake, but with the new...
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NEW Zealand will boast its first ever custom-built facility for passenger cruise ships next year, with the Lyttleton Port Company confirming the Nov 2020 opening of its newly constructed berth.
Large cruise vessels have been unable to berth at Lyttelton since the Feb 2011 Christchurch earthquake, but with the new infrastructure in place the Port will be able to handle ships carrying over 5,000 passengers and 2,000 staff.
More than 70 bookings for the 2020/21 cruise season are already in place according to Lyttleton Port Company CEO Peter Davie, with the destination allowing passengers to visit Christchurch and the Canterbury region as well as travel by train to the NZ West Coast.
A video of the facility is online at cruiseweekly.com.au/videos.
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