The Inner Harbour Ferry Terminal (; pt, Terminal Marítimo de Passageiros do Porto Interior) is a passenger pier in
São Lourenço,
Macau
Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a pop ...
,
China. The ferry terminal is dedicated for ferries to the nearby
Wanzai,
Zhuhai
Zhuhai (, ; Yale: ''Jyūhói''), also known as Chuhai is a prefecture-level city located on the west bank of Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern Guangdong province, People's Republic of China, on the southeastern edge of Pe ...
.
History
The former Yutong pier was part of the
Ponte 16 project. The no. 14 pier was demolished and the new terminal at no. 11A was built to replace it. In order to reduce high speed ferries' influence on the other harbour users, the Macau -
Shekou
Shekou () is an area at the southern tip of Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. It faces Yuen Long, Hong Kong across the Shenzhen Bay. It has been designated as a Free Trade Zone by the government, alongside Qianhai, Hengqin ...
and Macau -
Jiangmen
Jiangmen (), alternately romanized in Cantonese as Kongmoon, is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province in southern China. As of the 2020 census, its three urban districts, plus Heshan City being conurbated, with 2,657,662 inhabitants ar ...
services were moved to
Taipa Ferry Terminal
The Taipa Ferry Terminal (; pt, Terminal Marítimo de Passageiros da Taipa) is located in Taipa, Macau SAR. It is located in the reclamation area of Pac On and is adjacent to the Macau International Airport. The terminal provides high-speed p ...
from 24 September 2009 and 29 January 2010 respectively. Today the terminal only provide one cross-harbour service between Macau and Zhuhai.
In 2016, the Wanzai Port closed in order to undergo a general upgrading of its facilities. On 30 December 2019, the local government announced that the Wanzai Port will officially reopen on 23 January 2020 with an hourly immigration capacity of 3,840 crossings. To transport passengers between Macau and Zhuhai, the mainland ferry company Yuet Tung will arrange one ferry every 15 minutes, amounting to four ferries every hour. Each ferry can take a maximum of 280 passengers.
Facilities
The terminal occupies 900 sq metre. There are three floors. On the ground floor are six departure service desks. On the first floor are six arrival service desks. Second floor is for office use. After refurbishments in 2019, the arrival hall will consist of six e-crossing channels and two manual channels. Another three back-up manual channels will be available inside a visa office. In total, these channels are expected to register 1,710 crossings on an hourly basis.
Operating hours
Before its closure in 2016, ferries between Macau and Zhuhai operate between 8:00am and 16:30pm at half hour intervals, with a lunch break from 11:30 to 13:00. From 23 January 2020, the new port will be open for 15 hours per day from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. with one crossing departing every 15 minutes.
The fare was RMB12 per adult and RMB5 per child in 2016. From 23 January 2020, residents of Macau and Zhuhai will enjoy a discounted ferry fare. Traveling from Macau to Zhuhai, residents of these two cities will pay 20 patacas for a single trip or 30 patacas for a round trip. From Zhuhai to Macau, fares for a single and a round trip will be 15 and 25 yuan, respectively.
The ferries are operated by Yuet Tong Shipping.
See also
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Transport in Macau
Transport in Macau includes road, sea, rail and air transport. Road transport is the primary mode of transport within Macau, although a new rail system opened in December 2019 serving the areas of Taipa and Cotai. The main forms of public tran ...
References
External links
Yuet Tong Shipping
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Macau Peninsula
Piers in Macau
Ferry terminals in Macau