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Get On Board the Liverpool Daily Post’s campaign for liners from Liverpool Oct 26 2010

THE Daily Post today calls on the Government to allow liners to start and finish cruises at Liverpool’s Pier Head.Read

'Selfish and greedy' Southampton criticised for opposition to Liverpool’s River Mersey cruise liner terminal plan Aug 25 2011

SOUTHAMPTON was last night labelled “greedy”, as a war of words broke out over the city’s bid to host cruise turnarounds.Read

Liverpool’s River Mersey Cruise Terminal plans threatened by Conservative Euro MP Aug 24 2011

A PLOT by the leader of the Conservatives in Europe to scupper Liverpool’s bid for a cruise liner terminal where voyages can start and end has been discovered.Read

Liverpool cruise rival Southampton demands city pay back £17.8m used to build River Mersey cruise terminal Jul 07 2011

LIVERPOOL will face calls to pay back an extra £13m when a long-awaited review of the ban on launching cruises from Pier Head gets under way today.Read

Liverpool River Mersey cruise liner terminal moves a step closer Mar 25 2011

THE campaign to lift the ban on cruises launching from Liverpool’s Pier Head is poised to take a big leap forward.Read

Liverpool cruise terminal state aid problem never raised with EU, says MEP Jan 26 2011

LIVERPOOL should create a turnaround facility at the Pier Head and tell objectors to see them in court, a North West Euro MP said last night.Read

Liverpool cruise liner Get On Board campaign backed by North West councils Jan 20 2011

THE North West’s council leaders are throwing their weight behind Liverpool’s demand that its cruise liner terminal should be granted full turnaround status.Read

Transport minister Mike Penning pledges to return liners to their Liverpool home Jan 14 2011

LIVERPOOL’S ambition to regain its glory as a home port for cruise liners has taken a quantum leap forward.Read

Transport minister receives Liverpool Daily Post's Get On Board cruise campaign petition (VIDEO) Jan 11 2011

THE Daily Post handed over its Get On Board cruise campaign petition in person to the transport minister Mike Penning MP in London yesterday afternoon.Read

Daily Post Get On Board cruise liner campaign goes to Government Jan 10 2011

THE Daily Post takes its Get On Board cruise campaign petition to the heart of Government in London today.Read

QE2 captain Robin Woodall makes final Liverpool cruise campaign rallying call Jan 06 2011

MERSEYSIDE’S most famous mariner, Capt Robin Woodall, is sounding the final siren call for readers to sign the Daily Post’s Get On Board cruise petition.Read

Liverpool’s cruise liner terminal rival Southampton announces plans for new £30m terminal for mega-liners Dec 16 2010

THE main opponent to Liverpool receiving the go-ahead for cruise liners to start and finish voyages in the city has revealed plans for a fifth £30m terminal.Read

Southampton announces new £30m cruise ship terminal Dec 15 2010

A NEW £30million cruise liner terminal will be built in Southampton, it has been announced.Read

North West MEP gives her Jacqueline Foster backs Daily Post Get On Board campaign Nov 18 2010

THE North West England Member of the European Parliament, Jacqueline Foster, has pledged her full support to the Daily Post’s Get Onboard campaign.Read

Government ‘considering’ Liverpool’s campaign for Pier Head cruise turnarounds Nov 12 2010

TRANSPORT minister Theresa Villiers has vowed that the government will “carefully consider” Liverpool’s plea to be given permission for cruises to start and finish at the Pier Head.Read

Liverpool Lord Mayor supports Get On Board and thanks cruise terminal team Nov 08 2010

LIVERPOOL Cruise Terminal staff received an official thank you from the Lord Mayor for their work in welcoming thousands of overseas visitors to the city this summer.Read

Get On Board: Daily Post’s Cruise Liner campaign hits business conference Nov 03 2010

THE DAILY Post’s Get On Board campaign went mobile yesterday as it rubbed shoulders with Merseyside business leaders.Read

Chief executive of the Bibby Line Group supports Liverpool Daily Post’s Get On Board campaign. Nov 01 2010

LIVERPOOL’S leading shipping magnate and head of the world-famous Bibby Line Group stated his “absolute” support for the Daily Post’s Get On Board campaign.Read

Hundreds pledge support to LDP Get On Board campaign online Oct 29 2010

HUNDREDS of people have pledged their support to the Get On Board campaign to see cruises start and finish in the city.Read

Get on Board campaign: Transport Secretary Philip Hammond’s ‘disapponting’ reply on cruise turnarounds Oct 29 2010

LIVERPOOL Walton MP Steve Rotheram took the Get On Board campaign to Parliament yesterday, asking Philip Hammond, the Secretary of State for Transport, to “re-examine the economic evidence for a turnaround facility”.Read