Kai Tak Cruise Terminal

Kai Tak Cruise Terminal
啟德郵輪碼頭
Kai Tak Cruise Terminal in June 2014
Kai Tak Cruise Terminal is located in Hong Kong
Kai Tak Cruise Terminal
General information
StatusOperating
Location33 Shing Fung Road, Kai Tak, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°18′27″N 114°12′46″E / 22.3074°N 114.2128°E / 22.3074; 114.2128
Completedapprox. August 2014
Opened12 June 2013; 11 years ago (2013-06-12)
Cost$7.2 billion Hong Kong dollars[1]
OwnerGovernment of Hong Kong
Technical details
Floor count4
Floor area184,000 m2 (1,980,000 sq ft),
(with about 5,600 m2 (60,000 sq ft) of commercial area)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Foster + Partners (architect of record Wong Tung and Partners)
Main contractorDragages Hong Kong Limited
Website
kaitakcruiseterminal.com.hk
Kai Tak Cruise Terminal
Traditional Chinese啟德郵輪碼頭
Simplified Chinese启德邮轮码头
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinQǐdé Yóulún Mǎtóu
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingKai2dak1 jau4 leon4 maa5 tau4
Kai Tak Cruise Terminal Park
Courtyard inside terminal
Coach Drop off area
Outside access

Kai Tak Cruise Terminal is a cruise ship terminal on the former Kai Tak Airport runway in Hong Kong. Its completion date was delayed into 2013 due to re-tendering. Following an international competition, Foster + Partners was chosen to design the cruise terminal. The first ship berthed on 12 June 2013.[2] The terminal has the capacity to berth two large 360-metre (1,180 ft) long vessels, which carry a total of 5,400 passengers and 1,200 crew, as well as anticipating the demands of cruise liners currently on the drawing board.[3]

The Government announced that it would focus on the development of a new cruise terminal at Kai Tak development area[4] to help Hong Kong become a regional transport hub for cruise ships.[5] It was built by Dragages Hong Kong Limited and site formation was completed by Penta-Ocean Construction Company.

  1. ^ Ng, Teddy and Li. Joseph (1 October 2008). "Govt to finance cruise terminal with HK$7.2b". China Daily. Archived from the original on 11 August 2014.
  2. ^ Wong, Hiufu (13 June 2013). "Hong Kong's $1 billion cruise terminal opens". CNN Travel. Archived from the original on 18 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Kai Tak Cruise Terminal, Hong Kong, 2010". Foster + Partners. Archived from the original on 11 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Hong Kong Kai Tak Development plan". China Daily. 30 June 2012. Archived from the original on 11 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Kai Tak Cruise Terminal: Explanatory Note on Proposed User Requirements for Terminal Operation and Ancillary Facilities" (PDF). Tourism Commission, Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, Hong Kong Government. April 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 April 2013.