Shekou Cruise Center

22°28′07″N 113°54′49″E / 22.468485°N 113.913648°E / 22.468485; 113.913648

Shekou Cruise Center
Shekou Cruise Center
Simplified Chinese	蛇口邮轮中心
Traditional Chinese	蛇口郵輪中心
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shékǒu Yóulún Zhōngxīn Yue: Cantonese Jyutping se4 hau2 jau4 leon4 zung1 sam1
Shenzhen Ferry Terminal
Simplified Chinese	蛇口客运码头
Traditional Chinese	蛇口客運碼頭
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shékǒu Kèyùn Mǎtóu Yue: Cantonese Jyutping se4 hau2 haak3 wan6 maa5 tau4

Shekou Cruise Center (Chinese: 蛇口邮轮中心), also known as the Shekou Ferry Terminal (Chinese: 蛇口客运码头) and the Shekou Prince Bay Cruise Homeport, is a cruise terminal located in Shekou, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China. It runs direct ferry connections from Shenzhen to destinations across the Pearl River Delta. It is operated by China Merchants Shekou Ferry Terminal Service Co., Ltd. Ferry operations are operated by Xunlong Ferries, TurboJET and CKS Ferries. It can also handle cruise ships docking and replenishment, and is the first cruise terminal in China. This facility replaces the former Shekou Passenger Terminal and is part of a larger urban renewal and redevelopment along Shenzhen Bay.

History

It was announced by the operating company, in December 2013, that a major redevelopment will take place. Construction started in 2014.^[1] The first cruise ship, the SuperStar Virgo of Star Cruises tied alongside, on Friday afternoon October 14, 2016, ahead of the terminal's opening party.^[2] The new Shenzhen Prince Bay Cruise Homeport will open on November 1, 2016. It is located 1.5 kilometres (4,900 ft) south-west of the former ferry terminal with a free shuttle bus connecting the new terminal with the Shekou Port Metro Station.^[3]

Structure

The triangular shaped terminal building designed by the French architect Denis Laming [fr]^[4] allows for a much larger space than the former ferry terminal. It features 12 ferries berths and 2 cruise ship berths.

Destinations

There are 30 ships operating from the terminal, of which 22 are high speed luxury ferries, and 8 are ordinary high speed ferries.^[5] These service five scheduled high speed passenger ship lines (namely Shekou to Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong, Macau Peninsula, Macau's Taipa Island and Zhuhai) and nonscheduled charter services to Pearl River Delta islands.

Destination English (Chinese)	Terminal Name English (Chinese)	Service Schedule From Shekou (To Shekou)	Distance Nautical Miles (Duration)
Hong Kong	Hong Kong–Macau Ferry Terminal (港澳碼頭)	0745-1915 (0900-2030)	25Nm (50min)
Hong Kong International Airport	Skypier (海天客運碼頭)	0745-2100 (0900-2145)	11Nm (30min)
Macau	Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal (外港客運碼頭)	0815-1930 (0945-2045)	25Nm (1 hour)
Macau	Taipa Ferry Terminal	0930-1900 (1100-2030)	32Nm (70min)
Zhuhai	Zhuhai Jiuzhou Ferry Terminal	0730-2130 (0800-2130)	25Nm (1 hour)

Pre-check in service is available for certain flights departing from Hong Kong International Airport, so at Shekou Terminal, passengers can directly get the boarding pass and baggage delivery service for flights taking off from Hong Kong International Airport. Participating airlines are as follows for check-in services:^[6]-

• All Nippon Airways (NH)
• Cathay Pacific Airways (CX)
• China Airlines (CI)
• EVA Airways (BR)
• Garuda Indonesia (GA)
• Hong Kong Airlines (HX)
• Hong Kong Express Airways (UO)
• Japan Airlines (JL)
• Mandarin Airlines (AE)
• Singapore Airlines (SQ)
• Turkish Airlines (TK)
• United Airlines (UA)

Cathay Pacific Airways has a 'Shekou Cruise Home Port' lounge which is available to the eligible travellers ahead of their journey to HKIA to board a connecting flight. ^{[7] [8]}

Ground transportation

The closest metro station is Taiziwan. Taxis are available in the parking area. A free shuttle bus service links with the old Shekou Ferry Terminal, near exit C of the Shekou Port metro station. A bus depot is located near the station offering services across the city.

References

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Rail	Metro Shenzhen Tram Happy Line Pingshan SkyShuttle Window of the World Monorail
Air	Bao'an Airport (SZX)
Ferry	Shekou Cruise Center

Hong Kong

Rail	MTR Light Rail Tramways Peak Tram Ngong Ping 360
Air	Chek Lap Kok Airport (HKG) APM
Ferry	Central Ferry Piers China Ferry Terminal Tuen Mun Ferry Pier Skypier Kai Tak Cruise Terminal

Zhuhai