Hong Kong International Airport is an international airport located on the island of Chek Lap Kok in western Hong Kong. The airport is also referred to as Chek Lap Kok International Airport or Chek Lap Kok Airport,to distinguish it from its predecessor,the former Kai Tak Airport.
Kai Tak Airport was an international airport of Hong Kong from 1925 until 1998. Officially known as Hong Kong International Airport from 1954 to 6 July 1998,it is often referred to as Hong Kong International Airport,Kai Tak,or simply Kai Tak and Kai Tak International Airport,to distinguish it from its successor,Chek Lap Kok International Airport,built on reclaimed and levelled land around the islands of Chek Lap Kok and Lam Chau,30 kilometres (19 mi) to the west.
The Port of Hong Kong located by the South China Sea,is a deepwater seaport dominated by trade in containerised manufactured products,and to a lesser extent raw materials and passengers. A key factor in the economic development of Hong Kong,the natural shelter and deep waters of Victoria Harbour provide ideal conditions for berthing and the handling of all types of vessels. It is one of the busiest ports in the world,in the three categories of shipping movements,cargo handled and passengers carried. This makes Hong Kong a Large-Port Metropolis.
The Aviation history of Hong Kong began in Sha Tin on 18 March 1911,when Belgian pilot Charles den Born successfully took off on an aeroplane retrospectively named Spirit of Sha Tin. A replica of the aircraft is hung at the new Chep Lap Kok airport above the arrivals hall.
Ocean Terminal is a passenger terminal servicing cruise ships and a shopping centre,located on Canton Road in Tsim Sha Tsui,Kowloon,Hong Kong.
A passenger terminal is a structure in a port which services passengers boarding and leaving water vessels such as ferries,cruise ships and ocean liners. Depending on the types of vessels serviced by the terminal,it may be named ferry terminal,cruise terminal,marine terminal or maritime passenger terminal. As well as passengers,a passenger terminal sometimes has facilities for automobiles and other land vehicles to be picked up and dropped off by the water vessel.
The Hong Kong–Macau Ferry Terminal is a ferry terminal and heliport,centrally located in Hong Kong. It is also known as the Macau Ferry Terminal,the Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Pier or the Shun Tak Heliport,and has an ICAO code of VHSS.
The Port of Southampton is a passenger and cargo port in the central part of the south coast of England. The modern era in the history of the Port of Southampton began when the first dock was inaugurated in 1843. After the Port of Felixstowe,Southampton is the second largest container terminal in UK,with a handled traffic of 1.5 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). It also handles cruise ships,roll-on roll-off,dry bulk,and liquid bulk.
The Vizhinjam International Seaport Thiruvananthapuram(English IPA:,VIZH-in-jam in-ter-NASH-uh-nuhl SEE-port thir-uh-vuh-nuh-thuh-PUR-uhm) is India's first deep water container transshipment port,currently under trial run from July 2024. Located in the city of Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala,the port is designed to be a multi-purpose,all-weather,green port located 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) away from the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport. It is poised to become India's first automated port and holds a unique position as the only Indian port directly adjacent to an international shipping lane. It is the deepest port in India and the third deepest in the world. The port's location offers a significant advantage:it lies just 10 nautical miles (19 km) from the heavily trafficked east-west shipping channel connecting Europe,the Persian Gulf,Southeast Asia,and the Far East. Additionally,the port boasts a natural depth of 20 meters,eliminating the need for dredging. Vizhinjam is the first international deepwater transhipment port in the Indian subcontinent,with a natural depth of more than 20 metres,scalable up to 24 metres,which is crucial to allow entry of large vessels and motherships.
The Liverpool Cruise Terminal is a 350-metre-long (1,150 ft) floating structure situated on the River Mersey enabling large cruise ships to visit without entering the enclosed dock system or berthing mid-river and tendering passengers ashore. The terminal was officially opened on 21 September 2007 by the Duke of Kent when the Queen Elizabeth 2 berthed at the terminal. The current terminal is composed mainly of a floating landing stage,with a small passenger terminal building,but a larger terminal is planned by the new operators Global Ports Holding.
The Lung Tsun Stone Bridge was a bridge in British Hong Kong which was buried during the construction of Kai Tak Airport and which connected the Kowloon Walled City to a pier leading into Kowloon Bay.
Kai Tak Sports Park is a multi-purpose sports venue that is being built at the site of the former Kai Tak Airport in Kowloon,Hong Kong,as part of the Kai Tak Development. The sports park will be located on the north western part of the old Kai Tak Airport,where some of the parking stands used to be.
The Gibraltar Cruise Terminal is located at the northern end of the Western Arm of the North Mole at Gibraltar Harbour. Construction of the facility in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar was completed in 1997. In the fifteen years since its opening,the terminal handled approximately three million cruise passengers. In May 2011,the explosion of a sullage tank on the Western Arm,while a cruise ship was berthed nearby,ultimately resulted in the loss of life of a dock worker. In October 2011,the Government of Gibraltar announced plans for expansion and renovation of the cruise terminal.
The Kai Tak Development,abbreviated as "KTD" and formerly called South East Kowloon Development (東南九龍發展計劃),refers to the redevelopment of the former Kai Tak Airport site in Kai Tak,Kowloon,Hong Kong.
Shekou Ferry Terminal was a ferry port located in Shekou,Nanshan District,Shenzhen,China. It allowed for direct ferry connections from Shenzhen to destinations across the Pearl River Delta. It was operated by China Merchant Shekou Ferry Terminal Service Co.,Ltd. It was also known as Shekou Port Ferry Terminal. It was the waterway passenger transportation junction of Shenzhen. Ferry operations were operated by TurboJET and CKS Ferries.
The following is an overview of public housing estates in the Kai Tak development area,located in the Kowloon City District of Hong Kong. This list includes Home Ownership Scheme (HOS),Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS),and Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) estates.
Kollam Port is one of the oldest ports situated 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) away from Downtown Kollam It is the second largest port in Kerala by volume of cargo handled and facilities and one of the four Kerala ports having immigration checkpoint (ICP) facility. Located on the south-west coast of India,it was an important port from the ninth to the seventeenth centuries. Kollam was one of the five Indian ports visited by Ibn Battuta.
The Overseas Passenger Terminal (OPT),known officially as the Sydney Cove Passenger Terminal,is a public passenger terminal servicing cruise ships and ocean liners located in Circular Quay,Sydney,Australia. Whilst commercial shipping operations on and around the site date from 1792,the current primary structure and waterfront promenade date from 1958,with subsequent on-going alterations and land reclamation throughout the latter part of the 20th century. The current design retains the black steel portal frame trusses of the original 1958 structure,with major additions completed in 1988 in the Post-War International Style through the collaboration of Sydney architects Lawrence Nield and Peter Tonkin.
Manara is a cruise ship of AROYA Cruises.
Shekou Cruise Center,also known as the Shekou Ferry Terminal 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.
