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“If you want to give God a good laugh, tell him your plans”. That was a phrase used by Captain Mike McCarthy, the chairman of Cruise Europe when writing to member ports of the organisation on the way forward for the cruise industry during and after the worldwide pandemic. Falmouth has lost hundreds of thousands of pounds in revenue due to the Coronavirus with cruise ships not visiting the port in 2020. Only The World residential vessel for laid up here for a three month period during last summer. This year may paint a similar picture in terms of calls and revenue as the port is unlikely to see cruise ships until June or July at the earliest if the stringent international regulations hamper these vessels and their passengers.
The evolution of Falmouth Docks is a subject very close to my heart having spent decades researching all aspects relating to the facility. The building of the old wooden wharves is of particular interest. Silley Cox purchased 98 acres of harbour fundus from the Duchy of Cornwall estate during the economic slump in the early 1930s. Falmouth Harbour Commissioners gave approval to docks plans for building the new Empire wharf in November 1931. A month later the heavy lift vessel Belpareil arrived in Australia to load timber at Sydney and Brisbane for Falmouth. Determined to support inter-Empire trade in 1931 Docks boss John Silley had placed an order worth £30,000 for Turpentine piles and decking with two Australian firms.