news.com.au, 31 Oct 2007

“Next week, the 279m superliner Rhapsody of the Seas will call into Brisbane but she’s been deemed too long to navigate the river and will be relegated to Fisherman Islands cargo terminal. Her captain is more than happy to bring her up but is being prevented from doing so by government regulations.”Yet the harbour master has previously allowed two P&O liners, the 260m Oriana and the 270m Aurora, to berth at Portside.”That’s what we struggle with in the industry – they’ve already set a precedent. Legend of the Seas is 264m long and she turned in the river but to this day, the authorities deny that she did that, but we have photographs of her doing it!” says Hunter with exasperation. “She just turned in the river and it took about 10 minutes.”

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