In recent weeks, the territory has seen the second-largest spike in Covid-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with 958 active cases as of the government’s most recent Covid-19 …
January 7, 2022
October 15, 2021
Cruise ships return to Tortola
Stakeholders on Tortola rolled out the red carpet for cruise ship visitors this week for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, touting the territory’s readiness to receive …
May 3, 2021
Cruise ships could home-port here soon
Cruise ships would be able to start and end their journeys in the Virgin Islands under a proposed law introduced recently in the House of Assembly as part of efforts …
August 19, 2019
Fahie touts cruise ship deals
After four months of “intense lobbying” with international cruise partners, Premier Andrew Fahie’s administration secured commitments to bring more than 64,000 additional cruise ship passengers into the territory for the …
May 18, 2018
Disney and Norwegian cruise ships to return later this year
Representatives from Disney and Norwegian cruise lines said the territory has made “remarkable” progress in its recovery from Hurricane Irma, and that they are still on track to return to …
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July 3, 2015
Gov’t to guarantee $15m loan for cruise pier landside works [ORDER PAPER]
Lawmakers will vote Monday on a loan guarantee for the BVI Ports Authority to complete construction on the cruise pier project’s landside development, according to the Order Paper outlining Monday’s …
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April 15, 2015
Cruise passenger likely went overboard near PR
Dominic William O’Carroll, a 67-year-old Irish citizen, is still missing after a search by the United States Coast Guard was called off on Tuesday afternoon.
October 8, 2014
Minister: 600k cruise ship tourists expected this season
On Oct. 23, the Norwegian Pearl will arrive in Road Town. It will be the first cruise ship of the 2014-2015 season, during which officials expect nearly 300 cruise ships …
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September 2, 2014
Cruise development under way [PHOTO GALLERY]
Most of the necessary land-side pilings have already been installed at the territory’s cruise pier development site, and the pilings needed for the pier itself are being installed beginning this …
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July 30, 2014
Premier touts cruise opportunities for businesses
The BVI Ports Authority’s $50 million plans to extend the cruise ship dock and provide extended facilities for passengers will serve as a “catalyst” and stir a “repositioning” of the …
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June 23, 2014
PAC blasts cruise tender process (FULL TEXT)
Though government’s failed cruise pier development deal with the consortium Tortola Ports Partners died about nine months ago, the opposition-led Public Accounts Committee delivered a scathing post-mortem report Friday alleging …
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June 4, 2014
$4.9m contract signed for land-side cruise works
The BVI Ports Authority signed a $4.9 million contract with Ports and Marina Services Ltd. on Friday afternoon for work on foundations of the land-side portions of the territory’s cruise …
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June 4, 2014
$4.9m contract signed for land-side cruise works
The BVI Ports Authority signed a $4.9 million contract with Ports and Marina Services Ltd. on Friday afternoon for work on foundations of the land-side portions of the territory’s cruise …
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May 9, 2014
Works officially start on cruise ship pier
Officials called it a red-letter day for the territory as they broke ground Thursday afternoon on the territory’s cruise ship pier expansion, but the “Mount Everest climb” is only half …
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April 23, 2014
PAC probe finds ‘red flags’ in cruise project
At a signing ceremony on Tuesday to ink a $30.7 million contract to extend the territory’s cruise ship pier, Premier Dr. Orlando Smith said he doesn’t mind the continued scrutiny …
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June 12, 2013
Cruise ship visits hit 10-year low
The numbers from the recent cruise ship season are in. And they aren’t good.
April 17, 2013
50 cruise passengers robbed at gunpoint in St. Lucia
A Friday robbery of more than 50 cruise ship passengers
April 16, 2013
VG students get insider’s look at cruise ship (PHOTO GALLERY)
It was a bit like taking a holiday for a dozen class four students last week: They boarded a ferry from Virgin Gorda to Tortola before producing their passports first …
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March 21, 2013
Cruise developer blasts gov’t tender process (FULL LETTER)
A senior executive of the cruise line Royal Caribbean Cruises Limited has accused the Virgin Islands government of running an unfair, nontransparent bidding process to select a developer for proposed …
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January 8, 2013
Mock cruise ship disaster planned
The Department of Disaster Management is planning to test its capability to respond to a cruise ship in distress during a simulation between 6 a.m. and noon on Friday.
November 27, 2012
Reader proposes cruise ship alternatives for VI
Our government was obviously very impressed when a large cruise company approached them and said, “Hey, we are building bigger ships and you need to increase the size of your …
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August 3, 2012
Gov’t halts cruise pier project
Government has put the brakes on plans to extend the cruise ship pier
August 3, 2012
Gov’t halts cruise pier project
Government has put the brakes on plans to extend the cruise ship pier
August 3, 2012
UK asked to intervene on cruise pier project
The following is an open letter to Henry Bellingham, Parliamentary under secretary of state at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
July 9, 2012
Man punches cruise ship tourist in the face
A man pleaded guilty to common assault and damaging property in Magistrates’ Court Monday,