I never travel by steamship around new city (9)
I believe the answer is:
inverness
'city' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Scottish city ' mean 'inverness' so perhaps 'city' could also mean 'inverness')
'i never travel by steamship around new' is the wordplay.
'travel' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'travelling' mean this).
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'steamship' becomes 'ss' (nautical abbreviation).
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'never' with letters rearranged gives 'verne'.
'i'+'verne'+'ss'='iverness'
'iverness' going around 'n' is 'INVERNESS'.
(Other definitions for inverness that I've seen before include "in Scotland" , "Scottish Highlands city" , "Highland city" , "overcoat" , "northern city" .)