![]() On July 4th, 1840, Cunard Steamship Company started its regular passenger shipping service (with RMS Britannia/paddlewheel steamship) crossing the Atlantic Ocean from Liverpool to Halifax. On July 4, 2015, QM2 sailed out of Liverpool on a 10-day crossing to Canada (Halifax) and USA (Boston and NYC) commemorating Cunard Line's first-ever Transatlantic cruise crossing. On May 25, 2015, the Port was visited by all the three Cunard liners ( RMS Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Victoria) for the "Queens Royal Rendezvous" spectacle on Mersey River. Those events were marked with fireworks shows, shoreside concerts, special occasion cakes. Inaugural calls were made by Oceania's ships Nautica and Marina. Also in 2015, the Port was visited for the first time by P&O UK's ship Britannia. In 2015, the Port hosted Princess Cruises' (Carnival Corporation brand) 50th-anniversary celebrations and Celebrity Cruises' (Royal Caribbean brand) 25th-anniversary celebrations. Each cruise tourist spent an estimated GBP 70 in the city, while crew members spent ~GBP 30. In 2015, Liverpool's cruise shipping industry brought ~GBP 7 million to the city economy, with over 81000 passengers and 37000 crew. Later was estimated that the building's conversion would cost too much (between GBP 5-60 million) making it not suitable for the purpose. The building was bought for GBP 1,5 million, with the idea to become a ticketing hall for the new terminal. In 2014, the City Council announced that Cunard's building would be converted into a cruise terminal. Liverpool was ranked the UK’s "best cruise port of call" for 20. The number of cruise ship tourists also doubled - from 38656 (2012) to 86365 (2016). Since 2012, when the city became a cruise homeport, the number of visiting boats doubled - from 31 (2012) to 61 (2015). In 2018, Princes Dock (cruise terminal) generated GBP 7+ million (EUR 8+M) in revenues. The cruise port operator provides expert pilots and linesmen (to assist navigation), port workers (stevedoring, porters, passenger handling staff), modern facilities. The Port also provides services to cargo ships (TEU-containers, general-liquid-dry bulks, metals, forest and project cargoes), Ro-Ro ships (vehicles carriers) and Ro-Pax ships (ferries). Operated by Peel Ports Group, Liverpool Port offers planning, support and assistance by a large team of highly qualified professionals. Since the Pier Head Terminal's opening (2007), it has served as a homeport (turnaround port serving roundtrips) but also as a transit port on itineraries visiting UK-Ireland-Baltic destinations (Norway, Sweden, Germany, Netherlands, Finland, Russia). The city itself has a rich maritime heritage, being also the birthplace of the UK's first passenger shipping line - Cunard. The first vessel to berth at the newly constructed Pier Head Terminal (2007-inaugurated) was RSSC-Regent's Seven Seas Voyager (on Sept 9, 2007). In 2016 it handled a record number of ships - 64 (10 more in comparison to 2015) and 85000+ tourists. Port's cruising business is constantly growing. The nearest to the cruise port train station (Lime Station) is a few minutes drive from downtown, or at ~20 min walking distance. Port Liverpool (locode GBLIV) is located approx 9 mi (15 km) from Liverpool John Lennon Airport and approx 40 mi (60 km) from Manchester International Airport. These routes are operated, respectively, by the companies P&O FERRIES, STENA LINE and Steam Packet Company (purchased in May 2018 by Manx government for GBP 124 million). ![]() Other major turnaround (cruise ship departure) ports in the UK are the England's Southampton, Bristol, Dover, Harwich, Hull, Tilbury-London, Newcastle and Portsmouth, and Scotland's Leith-Edinburgh and Greenock-Glasgow.įerries link Liverpool with Dublin Ireland (17 crossings weekly, travel time 7 hours), Belfast Northern Ireland (14 crossings weekly, travel time 8 hours) and Douglas, Isle of Man (12 crossings weekly, travel time 2 hours 45 min). The cruise port is located along River Mersey Estuary's eastern side. Liverpool is a major port anc city in England's Merseyside (metro region) with population around 0,5 million (urban ~870,000, metro ~2,3 million).
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