Singapore Cruise Centre entry and exit stamps in a passport - 20070415

The Singapore Cruise Centre ( abbrev: SCC;

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: 新加坡邮轮中心) is a cruise

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located in the south of

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next to

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in the vicinity of

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and in

Keppel Harbour Keppel Harbour (; ms, Pelabuhan Keppel), also called the Keppel Channel and formerly New Harbour, is a stretch of water in Singapore between the mainland and the southern islands of Pulau Brani and Sentosa (formerly Pulau Blakang Mati). Its natur ...

, near

HarbourFront MRT station HarbourFront MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station in Singapore. The termini of the North East line (NEL) and Circle line (CCL), the station serves the HarbourFront area and Sentosa. Surrounding retail an ...

Background

Built in 1991 by the then Port of Singapore Authority and upgraded in 1998 by

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, it comprises two terminals, namely the International Passenger Terminal (IPT), and the Regional Ferry Terminal (RFT). The Singapore Cruise Centre Pte Ltd took over management of the centre on 1 April 2003 when PSA Corporation divested its non-core businesses. Additionally, SCC manages 2 other ferry terminals;

Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal The Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal is a ferry terminal in Singapore, located at Changi. The terminal serves ferry services to the Indonesian islands of Batam and Bintan, and Desaru, in Johor, Malaysia. It is owned and managed by Singapore Crui ...

and Pasir Panjang Ferry Terminal. In total, SCC handles a throughput of over 7 million cruise and ferry passengers a year, of which about 950,000 are cruise passengers. In 2013, SATS planned to buy over SCC for S$110 million. The acquisition plan was terminated in 2014. In 2016, fully owned subsidiary SCC Travel Services Pte Ltd (STS) was formed to inspire travel to the destinations connected to its terminal network. STS is a

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online

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retailing travel products from Bintan, Batam, Karimun and Singapore through its portal WOW Getaways.

Facilities

The regional terminal at HarbourFront has six berths for ferries to various ports on the island of

Batam Batam is the largest city in the province of Riau Islands, Indonesia. The city administrative area covers three main islands of Batam, Rempang, and Galang (collectively called Barelang), as well as several small islands. Batam Island is the cor ...

, Indonesia, as well as Tanjung Balai on the

Karimun Islands Karimunjawa Islands or Karimunjava Islands ( id, Kepulauan Karimunjawa) is an archipelago of 27 islands in the Java Sea, Indonesia, approximately 80 kilometres northwest of Jepara. They have a total land area of 71.2 km2. The main island i ...

. The terminal at Tanah Merah has four berths for ferries to the island of

Bintan Bintan Regency (formerly Riau Islands Regency; id, Kabupaten Kepulauan Riau) is an administrative area in the Riau Islands Province of Indonesia. Bintan Regency includes all of Bintan Island (except for the city of Tanjung Pinang which is sepa ...

, Indonesia, and the secondary

port of Nongsapura. The terminal at Pasir Panjang has 4 berths for ferries that give passage to Singapore's industrial islands of

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and Semakau. The IPT handles international

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s, and has two berths of with a height limit of . It has a draft of . It underwent an upgrade in 2005 to improve its passenger handling facilities.

Expansion

The existing terminals at HarbourFront were renovated in 2008 to optimize the use of available space. The entire level 2 is a restricted area, for the exclusive use of cruise and

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passengers who have cleared immigration and security. Within this area, there are retail and food outlets.

Awards

* Travel Weekly Asia - Best Cruise Port - 2016, 2017

References

External links

Singapore river cruise guide
* {{Singapore border crossings, state=autocollapse Ports and harbours of Singapore Bukit Merah Piers in Singapore Ferry terminals in Singapore