Ocean Terminal, Hong Kong

Ocean Terminal is a cruise terminal, located in the Tsim Sha Tsui District at the tip of the southern Kowloon peninsula, conveniently close to tourist attractions such as Avenue of Stars, Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade, Clock Tower and Star Ferry, and nearby Hong Kong Culture Centre, Hong Kong Museum of Art and Hong Kong Space Museum.

It is a finger pier of open piled construction, with an overall length of 381 metres orientated East-West, and accommodated numerous luxurious and elegant cruise vessels from various cruise lines like Azamara, Costa, Crystal, Cunard, Fred. Olsen, Hapag-Lloyd, Holland America, Norwegian, Oceania & P&O, Princess, Regent Seven Seas, Royal Caribbean, Seabourn, Silversea, Star Cruises etc. in the past years.

The terminal building of 58 metre width extending from the shore westwards, situated between North and South piers, is a 5-storey multi-purpose building as part of Harbour City complex, comprising three lower floors of shopping mall and two upper floors of car parks providing variety of merchandise, delicious food and parking space, with a gorgeous and magnificent view of Victoria Harbour.

The Harbour City complex, the largest shopping mall in Hong Kong with an area of over 2 million square feet including the flag-ship stores of the world’s super brands at Canton Road, is one of the main tourist attractions minutes away from Ocean Terminal.

Ocean Terminal (Chinese: 海運大廈) is a cruise terminal and shopping centre located on Canton Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

History

The location of Ocean Terminal was once a wharf pier (Kowloon Star Ferry Pier, Kowloon Wharf and Godown) on the west shore of Tsim Sha Tsui. Rebuilt and enlarged for use as a cruise terminal, it also served as a multi-story shopping centre. Ocean Terminal opened on 22 March 1966, signifying the increasing wealth of Hong Kong Costing HK$70 million. Its 112 shops made it "the largest shopping centre" in Hong Kong. It was actually the first Shopping mall in Hong Kong.

In 1987 it was re-branded together with nearby buildings of the Wharf as Harbour City. Ocean Terminal is now owned by The Wharf (Holdings) Limited.

Heavy transport

The annual berth utilisation rate of Ocean Terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui, which offers two berths accommodating vessels of up to 50,000 tonnes, rose to 76% last year from 71% in 2003. Between 2001 and 2005, some 11 cruise vessels had to berth mid-stream and at container terminals because Ocean Terminal could not meet market demand.

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Source http://www.oceanterminal.com.hk/en/about_us.php?cid=2