World’s largest cruise-liner set to visit Cobh next year

THE world’s largest cruise- liner will visit Ireland three times next year but only Cobh’s terminal in Cork will be big enough for it.

Port of Cork officials confirmed yesterday that they are about to embark on a major €600,000 dredging project, as part of a wider €3 million extension of the Cobh Cruise Terminal, to host the huge five-star liner, The Independence of the Seas.

With a capacity for 3,800 guests, measuring 334 metres and weighing an incredible 145,000 tonnes, it will be the world’s largest cruise ship once launched.