And so the PM meets with Feinstein tomorrow - looking for that possible partnership. But, one cruise corporation that could probably care less is Norweigan Cruise Line. That's because they are building their own cruise port in the south - and moving all their calls there. That was supposed to start happening in October - but construction delays have forced that date to sometime in 2016. Still, it's going to happen - which was not the deal they made with the PM and the public:..
Jules Vasquez
"You had said it would not affect the traffic into the Belize District port but, yet when we see their schedule though now, they had to change it up due to construction delays. Norwegian intends to send everything towards Harvest Caye."
Hon. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister
"Well you're perfectly correct, I had indeed said so and we had a memorandum of understanding that made that clear."
Jules Vasquez
"Sir, I know you wouldn't lie to us, so did they misrepresent to you?"
Hon. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister
"Well not just to me. There was, I think a press conference at which their honcho was present. I believe a press conference where Minister Hulse and Minister Hulse reiterated in their presence to the public that this was the deal. I'm not going to try to get away from the fact that indeed it appears as though if they had been able to start in October as planned, their intention was to divert all the traffic to the south and that would have caused a problem. But it can't happen now because they're not going to be operational for then. In terms of next year, then let's see how it goes."
Jules Vasquez
"However, you will try and hold them to their word? Because it's a consequential difference for the Belize District port."
Hon. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister
"There will have to be a serious discussion, let me not put it higher than that."
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