PORT Burnie in Tasmania is set to receive a $1.5 million upgrade to make way for larger cruise ships coming into the region. State infrastructure minister Rene Hidding says that the trend towards increasingly larger vessels has meant that Burnie has missed out on some of the growth in cruise...
PORT Burnie in Tasmania is set
to receive a $1.5 million upgrade
to make way for larger cruise
ships coming into the region.
State infrastructure minister
Rene Hidding says that the trend
towards increasingly larger
vessels has meant that Burnie
has missed out on some of the
growth in cruise ship visits.
“Cruise ship visits are of growing
importance to Tasmanian
tourism,” commented Hidding.
“And the Liberal Government is
determined that our regions also
capitalise on this market.”
The upgrade will allow for
cruise ships of up to 315 metres
in length to berth at Burnie,
an increase on the current
restriction of 280 metres.
Since the announcement,
Hidding has revealed that four
separate cruise operators, with
measurements greater than
the current threshold, have
approached TasPorts to add
Burnie to their itineraries.
