Cork port set for record cruise ship growth

LAST year’s record for cruise ship visits to Cork is set to be demolished in a spectacular fashion, with luxury vessels disgorging more than 65,000 passengers into the city in 2008.

The Port of Cork said yesterday 2007 had been a record year with the visit of 40 liners, but it would be nothing compared with 2008, when 51 are expected to dock.

They will provide a multi-million euro tourism boost, not just for Cork, but for the economies of Kerry and Waterford, which also benefit from coach visits organised by the cruise liners.