International presence in Dublin Port with vessels from Norway, Colombia and Russia.
The Norwegian cruise liner Royal Viking Sea at over 500 feet long has every luxury including some private suites with their own balconies.
Most of the seven hundred passengers have come from the USA, as well as Australia, Europe and of course Ireland. Dublin was the first port of call for a cruise which left from Southampton and is headed around the UK, Northern Europe and then on to the Mediterranean.
John O'Dwyer Public Relations Officer with Dublin Port explains that this year about twenty similar cruise liners will dock. Dublin Port does not generate much revenue from cruise liners most of this comes from freight.
Dublin is mainly a freight port.
The Armada de Colombia is another sailing ship in Dublin port and is on a five month round trip around the United States, Europe and Africa. This is the first time a ship from Colombia has docked in Ireland and an officer from the Irish navy was assigned to welcome the crew. There are eighty cadets on board and the trip is part of their two year training to become officers. One of the cadets Jorge Murillo says the trip is an important part of their training and is like a dream.
Completing the international presence in Dublin Port is a small Russian fishing trawler named 'Monokristall’.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 18 July 1985. The reporter is Mary Butler.
