Whitey Grandad Posted 20 November, 2014 Share Posted 20 November, 2014 BTW, I’m not sure the Isle of Wight is actually the reason - at least not the main one - why Southampton Water has double tides, although I realise that’s not really relevant to the point you were making. Correct, it's to do with the timing of the tides around Britain and the Cherbourg peninsula and things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyinthesky Posted 20 November, 2014 Share Posted 20 November, 2014 1.6m passengers spending maybe £50 per head in the city - even a stay and meal in the Premier Inn the night before would be more than that - is around £80m pa. Let alone all the docks handling, supplies from Ocean Trading etc. Its got to be worth over £100m pa to the city, £430 per head. There was a report published a few years ago indicating that every cruise entering Southampton at the time provided an average £1m per call to the local economy Probably about 250 calls at the time so £250m total Of this a fair amount was attributable to the 1,000 or so employees at Carnival House So if you believe the results of these 'surveys' and allow for another 150 or so ship calls since the survey was undertaken, the figure is probably now around the £300 - £350m mark Not too shabby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyinthesky Posted 20 November, 2014 Share Posted 20 November, 2014 Just over 10% this year, by my reckoning. Makes you wonder what all the wailing is about. Pap The wailing was to do with Liverpool's Council's wanting to change the rules on the allocation of £15m Grant money to build their day call cruise terminal They sort to change the rules of the grant funding and this put them in direct competition with other UK ports who had funded their turnround call facilities without State Aid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 20 November, 2014 Share Posted 20 November, 2014 Pap The wailing was to do with Liverpool's Council's wanting to change the rules on the allocation of £15m Grant money to build their day call cruise terminal They sort to change the rules of the grant funding and this put them in direct competition with other UK ports who had funded their turnround call facilities without State Aid They've been cleared on all that now. I know people like to moan about this technicality, but no-one would have really given a fúck if Liverpool had been a boring shíthole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Saint Posted 20 November, 2014 Share Posted 20 November, 2014 They've been cleared on all that now. I know people like to moan about this technicality, but no-one would have really given a fúck if Liverpool had been a boring shíthole. What do you mean "if"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 20 November, 2014 Share Posted 20 November, 2014 What do you mean "if"? I clearly wasted my cash at The Comedy Store this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Saint Posted 20 November, 2014 Share Posted 20 November, 2014 I clearly wasted my cash at The Comedy Store this week. what do you mean "this week"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 20 November, 2014 Share Posted 20 November, 2014 what do you mean "this week"? Bastard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 21 November, 2014 Share Posted 21 November, 2014 What do you mean "if"? what do you mean "this week"? Superb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 21 November, 2014 Share Posted 21 November, 2014 They've been cleared on all that now. I know people like to moan about this technicality, but no-one would have really given a fúck if Liverpool had been a boring shíthole. You're right. I don't give a fúck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGun Posted 10 March, 2015 Share Posted 10 March, 2015 A good boost for Southampton with the Queen due to name new super cruise ship Britannia in the docks. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-31802613 400 cruise ships visiting Southampton each year now. Surely the council can spend some cash now on things to do in the city! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goatboy Posted 10 March, 2015 Share Posted 10 March, 2015 A good boost for Southampton with the Queen due to name new super cruise ship Britannia in the docks. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-31802613 400 cruise ships visiting Southampton each year now. Surely the council can spend some cash now on things to do in the city! What's the point? Disembarking passengers will spend most of their time sat waiting for a traffic light to turn green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 10 March, 2015 Share Posted 10 March, 2015 What's the point? Disembarking passengers will spend most of their time sat waiting for a traffic light to turn green. At the very least, I think they should put signs up for visitors, explaining that the stretch of Thomas Lewis Way that they're stuck on is actually quite interesting. e.g. "Romans walked down here. Probably" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 10 March, 2015 Share Posted 10 March, 2015 At the very least, I think they should put signs up for visitors, explaining that the stretch of Thomas Lewis Way that they're stuck on is actually quite interesting. e.g. "Romans walked down here. Probably" It would have been a lot quicker than driving. I think I saw a chariot last week still waiting for the lights to change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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