NORWEGIAN Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) has announced more details of its continued push on Alaska, signing a 30-year preferential berthing agreement with Ward Cove Dock Group to construct a new double ship pier in Ward Cove, Alaska. The facility will be built to accommodate two of Norwegian Cruise Line’s 4,000-passenger...
NORWEGIAN Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) has announced more details of its continued push on Alaska, signing a 30-year preferential berthing agreement with Ward Cove Dock Group to construct a new double ship pier in Ward Cove, Alaska.
The facility will be built to accommodate two of Norwegian Cruise Line’s 4,000-passenger Breakaway Plus class ships, and is scheduled for completion by the 2020 Alaskan summer season.
In further infrastructure news, the line has won a bid for the last waterfront parcel in greater Juneau, Alaska.
NCLH said it was now engaging with local stakeholders and business leaders to develop a plan which will benefit its own interests, as well as the city’s.
The latest announcements follow previous expansion pushes in Alaska, including a partnership late last year with Huna Totem Corporation to develop a second cruise pier in Icy Strait Point in Huna (CW 10 Dec 2018).
“These strategic initiatives mark the latest steps in our ongoing efforts to promote economic development in the region and make a positive economic and environmentally sensible impact on the Alaska tourism industry,” said Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings President and Chief Executive Officer Frank Del Rio.
Pictured sailing through Alaskan waters is Seven Seas Navigator.
