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Melbourne Hosts Biggest Ship Yet

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March 5, 2012

QM 2:Photo credit Wiki CCL Tvabutzku

QM 2:Photo credit Wiki CCL Tvabutzku

QM 2 Docks in Melbourne, South Australia

The Queen Mary 2 has docked at Port Melbourne's Station Pier, soon to navigate around the continent.

The luxury $800 million liner's cruise around Australia marks the longest period away from her northern hemisphere home ports of Southampton and New York.

With the advent of fuel transition, digitalization, AI and autonomy, innovation in vessel design and operation proceeds at unprecedented speed.
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