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Port Kembla potential new favourite for cruise ships

Friday, April 28, 2017

Port Kembla could take over Sydney as the next big destination for cruise ships.

A number of the country's biggest ompanies claim they're fed up with a lack of prine docking space at Sydney Harbour, and have pulled some of their big ships from docking there.

The Royal Carribean's most popular cruise - Voyager of the Seas - will no longer continue visiting Australia at all because of the issue.

Instead, the major cruiseliner will remain in Singapore and China for a year-round season.

Mark Sleigh from Destination Wollongong says Port Kembla offers a perfect alternative.

"The exciting thing for Port Kembla is that it has all the infrastructure to turn all of these cruise ships around tomorrow," he said.