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June  2010 Edition

Sydney’s Wharf 8 Darling Harbour to be Demolished

The 70,310gt, 1956 passenger  Pacific Jewel will be the last ship to use Wharf 8 and the first ship to use the interim passenger terminal at Wharf 5 Barangaroo when it returns to Sydney from a 14-night South Pacific cruise on June 26.

The interim passenger terminal is a fully equipped facility of similar size and proportions to the Darling Harbour 8 facility, with an arrivals/departures area, together with AQIS (Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service) and customs processing facilities will be based within the structure and is located  within a convenient distance of the city centre and tourist attractions, with easily accessible public transport at the facility.

It will handle cruise operations relocated from Darling Harbour 8 until the completion of the permanent passenger terminal at White Bay Wharf 5, due to open in 2012.

The cruise ship terminal at Wharf 8 Darling Harbour will be demolished later this year to allow construction of the A$6 billion Barangaroo redevelopment.

The NSW Minister for Planning is expected to release details of the GHD Meyrick study into future cruise industry demand this month. The study will be a ‘working paper’ for the Passenger Cruise Terminal Steering Committee set up by the NSW government in June last year.

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