But not only the big international cruise ships dock in Speyer, the MS Pfaelzerland has been home to Speyer for 40 years now and it offers short trips on the Rhine for tourists.
This long standing did not prevent the Speyer town council to throw the MS Pfaelzerwald out of his mooring spot to make way for the big ships. And the owner only knew because he read it in the papers. This did not go very well.