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Cairns needs to dredge Trinity Inlet if it’s going to welcome the current crop of larger cruise ships

- May 03, 2012 12:06 pm

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Cairns will continue to lose out on cruise-ship visitors unless it gets its harbor in shape for the current generation of larger vessels.

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TWO national cruising experts are calling for the urgent dredging of Trinity Inlet or Cairns will miss out on the new wave of larger ships. Australia’s largest operator, Carnival Australia, and Tourism and Transport Forum say Cairns is losing millions …