New Jamaican Port Will Accommodate Genesis-Class Vessels

Jamaica is in the late planning stages to construct a new port-of-call in Falmouth, located between Montego Bay and Ocho Rios. It will be the fourth cruise destination on the Caribbean island and will initially have a pier able to handle Royal Caribbean's enormous Genesis-class vessels. When the initial Project Genesis ship is introduced in October 2009, the new Jamaican port -- Falmouth -- will be ready to accommodate not just one but two of the 220,000-ton 5,400-passenger mega-liners simultaneously.

According to William Tatham of the Jamaica Port Authority, the island would rather create a new port-of-call than expand the present ones. This approach will provide a better passenger experience than having a multiple number of megaships call simultaneously at the same port.

Royal Caribbean's Vice President of Revenue Management and Deployment Diana Block, says that when Genesis enters service in late fall 2009, there will be at least six ports-of-call ready to accommodate her in the Eastern and Western Caribbean.

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