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Silversea is the latest cruise line to hit out at Sydney for its lack of berths, and has even dropped the Harbour City from one of its cruise itineraries in 2014 in favour of Melbourne.
“We just couldn’t get the dock space for our ship Silver Whisper,” Michael Pawlus, Director Strategic Itinerary Planning & Scheduling for Silversea told Travel Daily at the Seatrade Hong Kong Cruise Forum taking place this week in Kowloon. “You look at the potential growth for Sydney and there’s real constraint – Sydney has high hopes to raise cruise pax numbers, but there’s no dock space for many ships, they can only take 2 or 3 ships.” And it’s not a terminal question – they don’t have enough length on their docks to accommodate the ships, he says. Pawlus says he has looked as far ahead as 2020 and sees that P&0 has taken up most of the slots. “With their shorter duration cruises, they’re back every 3 to 4 days and they’ve taken another pier.” “Even now, I’m requesting space for 2016 in Sydney, because we already know it’s going to be a challenge.” Pic shows Michael Pawlus with John Tercek VP Commerical Development, Royal Caribbean Cuises at the HK Forum |
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