Port of Liverpool - Cruising
The Port of Liverpool is fast becoming a familiar landfall for cruise passengers as more and more lines offering glamour holidays at sea, seek to make the River Mersey an embarkation point for voyages or port calls to enable passengers to step ashore into Europe's Capital of Culture 2008.
No less than 30 vessels will berth at the Langton Cruise Terminal in 2008 to receive passengers for voyages to the Canaries, the Mediterranean and other exotic far flung shores.
Another 12 of the luxury ships are scheduled to tie up at Liverpool's new £19 million cruise berth which was inaugurated at the city's famous Pier Head in 2007, eliminating the need for visiting vessels to anchor in mid-river and tender their passengers ashore. The new facility is capable of accommodating vessels of 345 metres in length and 10.0 metres draught - giants of the cruise trade operated by global names in the industry.
Cruising Port of Liverpool has grown from just three sailings in 1992 to more than 40 sailings today - and is continuing to expand.
Cruise companies are increasingly attracted to scheduling sailings from the Mersey by the large passenger population in the North of England.
More and more lines are drawn to making day calls at Liverpool by the City of the Beatles rich cultural and leisure attractions, its location at the heart of the UK's Golf Coast where seven championship courses include clubs hosting the Open and Ryder Cup, and the Port's easy access to the Roman city of Chester, the castles of North Wales and the poet Wordsworth's treasured English Lakeland.
Liverpool Cruising 2008
A summary of Liverpool Cruising and details of all Cruise Ship Embarkation Calls (Langton Cruise Terminal) and Cruise Ship Day Calls (City Council Facility, Pier Head) are available in the following downloadable leaflet:
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