Galveston plans third cruise terminal, with Royal Caribbean as operator

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At this time all Due Diligence items required necessary of both parties by Memorandum of Agreement between Royal Caribbean and Port of Galveston are progressing on basis to complete Terminal 3 at Pier 10 by the fall of 2021.        

[StrikeEagle]

any latest update on what's going to happen to Liberty at Galveston?   Last I heard was Liberty is leaving Galveston on April or May of 2020.   Is this still true,  if yes,  which ship will replace Liberty once it leaves Galveston

 

Thanks

[Clarea]

9 minutes ago, StrikeEagle said:

any latest update on what's going to happen to Liberty at Galveston?   Last I heard was Liberty is leaving Galveston on April or May of 2020.   Is this still true,  if yes,  which ship will replace Liberty once it leaves Galveston

 

Thanks

 

I believe Liberty is scheduled out to April 2021 at Galveston.

[SciFiGuy1960]

7 minutes ago, StrikeEagle said:

Last I heard was Liberty is leaving Galveston on April or May of 2020

 

LIberty will sail out of Galveston until April or 2021 at which point she will go in for refurbishment.

 

No way of knowing at this point what ship will replace LIberty but speculation is that it will be a Oasis class ship since one of the main reasons for building the new terminal is to be able to bring in the larger class ships. We'll know more at the end of this year once RCCL release the schedule for the summer of 2021.  

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29 minutes ago, StrikeEagle said:

any latest update on what's going to happen to Liberty at Galveston?   Last I heard was Liberty is leaving Galveston on April or May of 2020.   Is this still true,  if yes,  which ship will replace Liberty once it leaves Galveston

 

Thanks

 

With RCL 100% contractual lease  rights at new terminal # 3 for up to 60 years ,

and partial contractual rights continuing  and existing at terminal # 2 ,

there will be many options for a number of classes  and various sizes and type ships on the Island of Galveston .  

Liberty is staying until May and maybe November 2019 contingent on completion of terminal # 3. 

An Oasis Class ship is due to arrive at that time.  Which additional class ships staying and coming are rumors at present time

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Edited January 28, 2019 by ssb

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Positive Trends in Port of Galveston Mission ,  New Master Plan , Transparency and Aggressive Networking Strategy To Island Residents Community . Also Extensive Networking with Commercial, Industrial and the Marine Community has been on going , since major changes have been occurring at the port Wharves Board and Internal Management in the last year.   

 

Positve Trends are also occurring at Galveston Park Board of Trustees with strong leadership and new missions and short and long term planning  . 

FYI : Along with marketing by Port of Galveston , it is the primary responsibility of The Park Board of Trustees,  and The Galveston Island Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB)   to promote the image of Galveston, generates tourism, solicits meeting and convention business and coordinates the marketing and advertising efforts for the ENTIRE island.  Galveston.com is the Official Website of Galveston Island for the Parl Board .  

 

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The Port of Galveston will hold public meetings on its new master plan next month, director Rodger Rees said Tuesday.

The meetings will be the first glimpse for Galveston residents of the port’s plans for expansion and development in coming years, Rees said. He hoped the meetings would get residents excited about the port’s prospects for years to come, he said.

“I feel really good that we have the public behind us, in general,” Rees said Tuesday during a meeting of the Wharves Board of Trustees, which governs the public docks.

“But I think there will be nothing like these public meetings that really set the stage for input.”

The wharves board in June hired a Miami-based consultant to help develop the master plan. Trustees agreed to pay the firm Bermillo Ajamil & Partners $799,000 for the plan.

The firm earlier this month met with port administrators and trustees to get input on parts of the master plan, Rees said. The next step will be to get public input.

City officials, including Mayor Jim Yarbrough, have long called for the port to have a long-term vision to improve its development prospects and to outline a path to financial stability.

The port is not funded by tax revenues, and depends heavily on lease agreements with companies that use the public docks. More than half of the port’s revenue is generated by the cruise ship companies that use the port. The port budgeted about $37.4 million in revenue last year.

The master plan anticipates that Galveston’s cruise business will continue to grow in coming years, Rees said.

“They’re projecting our cruise business to double in the next five to seven years,” Rees said.

That’s not a surprise. In December 2018, the port announced it would partner with Royal Caribbean Cruise Line to build a new $100 million cruise terminal at Pier 10. Construction of that terminal is expected to begin in 2020.

Earlier this month, the port announced it had reached an agreement with Disney Cruise Line that will double the number of ships the company operates in Galveston by 2023.

The master plan will outline the port’s goals cruise, cargo shipping and commercial development, Rees said.

Details about the times and locations of the public meetings have not been announced.

John Wayne Ferguson: 409-683-5226; john.ferguson@galvnews.com or on Twitter @johnwferguson.

Edited January 30, 2019 by ssb