Plans for Sydney's third cruise ship terminal delayed for 18 months | Mattonews
Maroubra MP and former state Labor leader Michael Daley said the plans for a terminal at Yarra Bay should be abandoned as the finances of the cruise industry and the state have taken a battering from the impact of coronavirus.
The crisis gripping the industry comes eight months after the state's Port Authority revealed it had engaged in "market soundings" with the three largest cruise-lines about a third terminal. It also told a budget estimates hearing in August that Royal Caribbean was willing to contribute money "if there is an appropriate mechanism".
The ports authority had been preparing since September a detailed business case for a potential cruise terminal in the area between Molineaux Point and Yarra Bay. It has already finished a strategic business case, which is the preliminary stage of an infrastructure project.
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