Artist’s impression of the Gold Coast cruise terminal. Image: news.com.au

Four companies are expected to provide detailed submissions for the Gold Coast cruise terminal project by mid 2013.

If it goes ahead, the cruise terminal will be built and funded by the private sector with three of the four submissions expected to include a new casino.

State Development Minister Jeff Seeney said that the four companies currently in the running are: ASF China Property Consortium; Azure Consortium; ACPI Consortium and Ridong (Gold Coast) Development.

Mr Seeney told  Parliament on Tuesday that the government would continue to support the project as long as there is “no financial cost or material risk to the state”.

Originally written by Natalie Aroyan for e-Travel Blackboard.