RE: Holding Pretty Steady27 Nov 2020 09:53
Hi Mel,
Carnival are just changing/extending the existing Queen Elizabeth terminal in Southampton so it can accommodate the Iona class ships.
The fifth terminal that has just been opened is a stunning new terminal for MSC & Norwegian and it can accommodate their big ships.
A lot of new capacity on order (I think that , prior to Covid, the orders for new ships meant that worldwide cruise capacity was due to increase by 40% over 3 years) so the market will be very competitive when cruising returns and I can see some serious competition on pricing to enable ships to fill , assuming of course that they are not forced to sail at over x% of capacity due to covid.