New Terminal to Provide Guests with
State-of-the-art Experience for Vacations aboard the most Innovative Cruise
Ships
MIAMI, May 27, 2014 – Royal Caribbean
Cruises Ltd. today announced that it has entered into an agreement with
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for the cruise company to
develop the next phase of Cape Liberty Cruise Port in Bayonne, N.J.
The
$55 million project will include the construction of a new, state-of-the-art
guest terminal, with 125,000 sq. ft. of check-in, customs and immigration,
and luggage processing space, as well as a 900-car parking structure and
pier improvements.
The new facilities will be erected adjacent to the current
terminal used to welcome guests and will accommodate the cruise company’s
ships, including the next-generation Quantum of the Seas and Anthem of
the Seas, each to start service at Cape Liberty in November 2014 and 2015,
respectively. Ground breaking has already occurred and the new terminal
is scheduled to be completed in November 2014.
“The planned state-of-the-art cruise
terminal at Cape Liberty will perfectly complement our Quantum-class ships,
which will be the most technologically advanced ships in the world,” said
Adam Goldstein, president and COO of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. “We
are glad to work with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to
develop world-class facilities for vacationers to embark on the most innovative
cruise ships for an experience that can only be found on Royal Caribbean.”
Opened in May 2004, Cape Liberty Cruise
Port is located 15 minutes from Newark Liberty International Airport and
seven miles south of Manhattan. The port is the year-round home of Royal
Caribbean International’s Explorer of the Seas, and seasonally for Celebrity
Cruises’ Celebrity Summit. The port will welcome the highly anticipated
Quantum of the Seas for its inaugural season sailing to the Caribbean and
Bahamas starting in November 2014. Liberty of the Seas will then homeport
at Cape Liberty in summer 2015 and become Royal Caribbean International’s
largest and most innovative cruise ship to sail to Bermuda. In winter 2015,
Cape Liberty will be the homeport for Quantum of the Seas’ sister-ship
Anthem of the Seas, after the ship completes its inaugural season in Europe.
“The City of Bayonne welcomes the expansion
of Royal Caribbean’s Cape Liberty Cruise Terminal along with the related
construction and permanent jobs, enhanced tourism and commerce that will
be created as Royal Caribbean expands their home port at the Peninsula
at Bayonne Harbor,” said Bayonne Mayor Mark Smith. “Their plans fully
complement our plans to develop Harbor Station South as a full service
retail, and commercial destination with flagship hotels, restaurants and
entertainment venues close to the port.”
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE/OSE:
RCL) is a global cruise vacation company that owns Royal Caribbean International,
Celebrity Cruises, Pullmantur, Azamara Club Cruises and CDF Croisières
de France, as well as TUI Cruises through a 50 percent joint venture. Together,
these six brands operate a combined total of 41 ships with six under construction.
They operate diverse itineraries around the world that call on approximately
490 destinations on all seven continents.
Additional information
can be found on www.royalcaribbean.com,
www.celebritycruises.com,
www.azamaraclubcruises.com,
www.pullmantur.es,
www.cdfcroisieresdefrance.com,
www.tuicruises.com,
or www.rclinvestor.com.
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