Borough and cruise line plan dedicated docking space

American Cruise Lines —operators of a small cruise ship that frequents Petersburg during the summer— is working with the borough to design and potentially build a dedicated cruise ship docking space at the end of Dock Street.

Having a guaranteed place for the cruise line to dock could help the harbor department to better manage vessel congestion in the inner harbor.

Splitting the cost with American Cruise Lines (ACL), the borough has hired PND Engineering for conceptual drawings to assess what kind of dock addition would work for the project and where.

When ACL and the borough met in August, t...