British line Fred Olsen may pull out of Liverpool in 2010 due to scrapyard scenery and “abysmal” passenger facilities at its turnaround port, Langton Docks.Fred Olsen’s Black Prince currently offers European cruises out of Liverpool’s Langton Docks in Bootle — about 15 minutes out of the city centre — with some 20 departures (amounts to about 8,000 passengers a year).

Though Black Prince will be retired from the fleet in October 2009, Marketing Director Nigel Lingard says that the larger 28,338-ton, 900-passenger, Boudicca will offer passengers cruises from Northern England and Scottish ports. However, despite building success in the city, he says the line is reluctant to continue using Langton Docks for departures.

The problem with Liverpool’s new city centre berth is that it doesn’t have the facilities to embark and disembark passengers at this time and can only accommodate day-long port calls — something that is hoped will change in the future.

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