The Inner Harbour Ferry Terminal can accommodate up to 755 arriving and departing passengers simultaneously, according to figures revealed by officials yesterday.
In a media briefing about the facilities at the Inner Harbour Ferry Terminal in the run-up to tomorrow’s resumption of the Macau-Wanzai ferry service, the officials said that the arrivals area of the terminal will have a maximum capacity of accommodating 465 passengers simultaneously, while the departure and embarkation areas together can accommodate up to 290 passengers at the same time.
The government first announced late last month that the passenger ferry service between the Inner Harbour and Wanzai in Zhuhai will resume on January 23, following the completion of major repairs at the Wanzai checkpoint.
The Inner Harbour Ferry Terminal checkpoint and the Wanzai checkpoint will operate from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily, much longer than before the ferry service was suspended in early 2016. The number of trips per day will increase to 110 from the 34 trips previously, the government said last month.
The passenger ferry service between the Inner Harbour Ferry Terminal and the Wanzai checkpoint ran from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. before it was suspended in January 2016.Each trip will now run every 15 minutes, which is more frequently than in the past, the government said last month.
Local law enforcement officers are on duty in the departure area of the Inner Harbour Ferry Terminal during yesterday’s media briefing. Courtesy: TDM
