The development includes a new dual-purpose deepwater terminal, enabling Belfast to expand its role in marine renewables through offshore wind support and strengthen its status as a leading UK cruise destination.<\/p>\n
\u201cHaving announced our ambitious new \u2019Advance Regional Prosperity\u2019 strategy only a few months ago, it is exciting to be partnering with GRAHAM to commence work on the single biggest investment project in Belfast Harbour\u2019s history,\u201d said Dr Theresa Donaldson, chair of Belfast Harbour Commissioners.<\/p>\n
Huge investment<\/strong><\/p>\n Belfast\u2019s project is scheduled in two phases, with the first completed in time for the 2028 cruise season. The terminal will become the new home for most visiting cruise vessels, with the former cruise facility being repurposed for offshore wind operations. <\/p>\n Joe O\u2019Neill, CEO of Belfast Harbour, pointed out the dual benefits to the project – attracting turnaround cruise calls and supporting the construction of floating offshore windfarms by 2030.<\/p>\n This aligns with Northern Ireland\u2019s net zero goals and the port\u2019s Advance Regional Prosperity 2025\u20132029 strategy, which outlines over GB\u00a3300m in infrastructure investment.<\/p>\n \u201cThe plan from 2030 is to utilise the facility to support offshore wind development as well as cruise,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cAs offshore wind technology evolves, ports will play an increasingly central role and Belfast Harbour is uniquely placed, through this investment, through our existing facility, our expertise, local supply chain and location to be a key enabler of the power stations of the future in the Irish, Celtic and North Seas.\u201d<\/p>\n Cruise tourism already contributes up to GB\u00a325m annually to the regional economy. With 146 cruise calls planned in 2025, the investment positions Belfast to further capitalise on these expanding markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Work has begun on Belfast Harbour\u2019s largest-ever port investment, a GB\u00a390m project to transform its infrastructure for cruise and offshore wind support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,46],"tags":[1732,296,843,161,345,539],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-5261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cruise-greenport","category-energy-technology-greenport","tag-belfast-harbour","tag-cruise","tag-marine-construction","tag-marine-renewables","tag-offshore-wind","tag-port-infrastructure"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5261"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5263,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5261\/revisions\/5263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5261"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=5261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}