Port of Kingston welcomes "Ms Monarch"

8:31 am, Tue December 6, 2016

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'MS Monarch' cruise ship arrives in Kingston

The Port of Kingston will today welcome its largest ever cruise ship the MS Monarch.

Vice President, Cruise Shipping and Marina Operations at the Port Authority of Jamaica, William Tatham says the MS Monarch, operated by Royal Caribbean’s Pullmantur Brand, will bring 2-thousand 700 passengers.

Tatham said the ship was unable to secure berths on Jamaica’s north coast as those at the Montego Bay and Falmouth ports are full.

He said the decision to call on Kingston was made after discussions between the Port Authority and cruise operators in 2015. The port call will be for a few hours.

Tours of historic locations in and around Kingston including Port Royal, Devon House and the Bob Marley Museum have been planned for the passengers.

Visits have also been planned for Spanish Town, St. Catherine and Dunn’s River Falls in St. Ann.

Meanwhile, the ports of Falmouth, Montego Bay, Ocho Rios and Kingston will today host a combined six cruise vessels.

This will be the second time in the past four years that this number of ships will be simultaneously calling on Jamaica. In 2012, seven ships made calls on Falmouth, Montego Bay, Ocho Rios and Port Antonio.

Today in three vessels will making calls in Ocho Rios and two in Montego Bay.

Falmouth will be hosting the second visit of the world’s largest cruise ship, ‘Harmony of the Seas.’

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