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Greenock's £19.2m cruise terminal has this week welcomed its first passengers in a major milestone for the new visitor centre.

Guests who arrived on the massive MSC Virtuosa and Le Champlain on Monday were disembarked through the facility for the first time and got the chance to enjoy the recent warm weather.
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The operator of Greenock Ocean Terminal is placing a £17m order for two cranes. Peel Ports said the tender would help to 'future-proof' the freight port as it prepares to accommodate increased demand from cargo owners. [The containerbase is built on the site of Greenock Princes Pier station and the Albert Harbour with its associated goods sidings. A freight only railway served the containerbase until the late 1980s. Much of the route remains and could be reinstated as part of a Green Freeport. A passenger station could also be opened to serve the cruise ship pier. -RS]
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Greenock Container Port: Greenock container port in 1988. At the time the port was closed. The cranes were idle and the straddle carriers, which had carried the containers to the Freightliner sidings, were parked up and rusti ...
Ewan Crawford //1988


Greenock Princes Pier [1st]: 20189 and 20202 sitting on the overbridge on Brougham Street, Greenock in November 1983 see image [[66743]].
Bill Hamilton /11/1983


Greenock (Lynedoch): 20202 and 20189 passing the site of Greenock Lynedoch in November 1983 with containers from Coatbridge to Clydeport container terminal. [Ref query 9 December 2018]
Bill Hamilton /11/1983

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