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A record number of cruise ships are set to visit the Port of Tyne over the coming year. At least 37 vessels have booked berths, compared with 20 in 2011, with 17 of them starting their itinerary from North Shields. The port’s chief executive described it as “a real coup”. More than 600,000 passengers travelled through the international terminus in 2011, boosting the region’s economy by an...