Why Do New Zealand Cruises Leave from Australia

[NancyIL]

If you are coming from anywhere in the world except Oceania it is far easier to fly into Sydney then it is to Wellington. There is no comparison between the two cities when it comes to international air service. Far more airlines and flights come to Sydney. Could be one reason. Cost as well. Our business class seats to Sydney from Edmonton Canada are almost $1700 dollars cheaper each then I could find to Wellington.

 

I think Auckland is the NZ city most people would fly into from overseas.

[Gunner22aa]

Yes I stand corrected. Original reasoning stands but I did confuse the two cities

[BruceMuzz]

Would you mind explaining this?

 

If you embark a cruise ship in an Australian port and then want to disembark in another Australian port, you will not be legally allowed to take any duty free purchases off the ship.

The ship must call at a foreign port to allow duty free shopping.

[The_Big_M]

If you embark a cruise ship in an Australian port and then want to disembark in another Australian port, you will not be legally allowed to take any duty free purchases off the ship.

The ship must call at a foreign port to allow duty free shopping.

 

That's not cabotage laws about the ship. And many ships therefore do domestic itineraries.

 

It's only about whether duty free applies or not.

 

Your argument is like saying that there are cabotage laws against flights, because you cannot buy duty free when flying Sydney to Melbourne.

[Kiwi Kruzer]

If you embark a cruise ship in an Australian port and then want to disembark in another Australian port, you will not be legally allowed to take any duty free purchases off the ship.

The ship must call at a foreign port to allow duty free shopping.

 

It goes a lot further than just duty free shopping. If the cruise is in Australian coastal waters only , it is deemed a local cruise and therefore GST must be charged and is payable by the passengers and the cruiseline.

 

 

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[NancyIL]

It goes a lot further than just duty free shopping. If the cruise is in Australian coastal waters only , it is deemed a local cruise and therefore GST must be charged and is payable by the passengers and the cruiseline.

 

 

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I guess that explains why top end cruises make a port stop in Indonesia.

[BruceMuzz]

That's not cabotage laws about the ship. And many ships therefore do domestic itineraries.

 

It's only about whether duty free applies or not.

 

Your argument is like saying that there are cabotage laws against flights, because you cannot buy duty free when flying Sydney to Melbourne.

 

My ship spent most of last month in Australia. When the Aussie Customs people sent us the rules about Duty Free and GST, they were listed under the heading "Cabotage Regulations". You might want to contact your government and straighten them out.

[The_Big_M]

My ship spent most of last month in Australia. When the Aussie Customs people sent us the rules about Duty Free and GST, they were listed under the heading "Cabotage Regulations". You might want to contact your government and straighten them out.

 

Our Government and Customs Department are already clear on the matter. Here's their document where they define it:

 

http://www.cargosupport.gov.au/site/documents/CS_Terms_Acronyms_ICS.pdf

 

Cabotage is the regime whereby countries limit access trade to national ship operators or national flag vessels. The cabotage regime is given effect through the Navigation Act 1912 and requires all vessels engaged in coastal trade to be licensed or have a permit issued by the department of Transport and Regional services.

Nothing to do with duty free.