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VI inks preferential 15-year berthing agreements!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The BVI Ports Authority inked 15-year deals with Disney Cruise Line (DCL) and Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) yesterday, January 17, 2014, which offered preferential berthing rights to the two companies and guarantees the Territory over 400,000 passengers starting in May 2015.
Is the VI caught in competition war with cruise liners?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – As discussion rages on the latest debacle surrounding the cruise pier development project, talk show host Julio Sam Henry is contending that much of the jostling over berthing agreements with the government is simply about competition between cruise liners.
Premier dodges questions at press conference!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier Dr The Hon. D. Orlando Smith was insistent that his government had nothing to hide when it came to negotiations regarding the cruise pier development project.
Cruise liners influencing Brandywine Bay proj. – Hon. Pickering
BRANDYWINE BAY, Tortola, VI – The National Democratic Party (NDP) government of the Virgin Islands has admitted to negotiating with cruise liners to have them contribute financially and intellectually towards the pending development of the Brandywine Bay beach area.