The larger cruise ships usually anchor off Nimborio and bring guests assure in small boats. The main reason for the new commercial jetty is so that the big ferries like the Blue Star, which are essential for bringing goods and people to the island, are able to dock safely and to reduce the amount of heavy traffic round the narrow harbour road. The beer doesn't arrive by magic! It may also bring some much needed winter trade to the island in that all of Rhodes' harbours are vulnerable in an easterly swell which makes docking impossible so when the new Symi jetty is completed ships could be diverted to Symi to weather the storm. To survive economically Symi needs visitors of all kinds, including the people off cruise ships who stay a few hours, buy souvenirs, take lots of photographs and go away to tell everyone about the lovely port of Symi