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(From Lloyds List)
Byline: Carnival and RCCL eye southern ventures, writes Neville Smith in Puerto Rico
CRUISE traffic growth in the Caribbean will be concentrated around the majors Carnival and RCCL, with competition pushing operators further south in search of new business.
Vice-president of commercial affairs and marketing for Curacao Ports Authority Jan Sierhuis told the 11th Bunkering in the Americas conference that 28 additional ships would be deployed in the Caribbean in five years, rising from 282 this year to 310 in 2012.
Carnival and Royal Caribbean would take the lions share of the business but other operators were eyeing the market. 'MSC is ...