The Marina Bay Cruise Centre Singapore (also known as the International Cruise Terminal and abbreviated as MBCCS) is a

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Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

, located at

Marina South Marina South is a planning area located within the Central Area of the Central Region of Singapore. It is largely home to Gardens by the Bay as well as the Marina Barrage. The name has also been used to refer to the larger peninsula the plannin ...

. The construction of the S$500 million terminal began in October 2009 and was completed on 22 May 2012. It received its first ship, the ''Voyager of the Seas'', on 26 May 2012. The official opening ceremony of MBCCS was on 22 October that year. The terminal is operated by SATS-Creuers Cruise Services. The addition of MBCCS and the

Singapore Cruise Centre The Singapore Cruise Centre ( abbrev: SCC; Chinese: 新加坡邮轮中心) is a cruise terminal located in the south of Singapore next to HarbourFront Centre in the vicinity of HarbourFront and in Keppel Harbour, near HarbourFront MRT station. ...

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History

The impetus for construction came from difficulties many cruise operators had with the current

which is in a narrow channel with a dead end. The geographical limitations of the site impose height and berth limits on the cruise operators. The new location at

has deep waters, a large turning basin, and no height restrictions, which enables it to accommodate the largest cruise ships being built now. On 18 March 2009, the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) and Singapore Tourism Board (STB) revealed the cruise terminal's design. On 29 July 2011, SATS submitted a bid to manage and operate the MBCCS, in partnership with European cruise terminal operator Creuers Del Port de Barcelona SA.

also participated in the tender but it was won by SATS in the end. A S$7 million upgrade was completed in 2014. A fourth passenger bridge was built to expedite boarding and disembarking. The taxi pick-up area was also redesigned to allow simultaneous boarding. In 2017, amidst growing demand in the cruise tourism industry, 20 more check-in counters were added, making a total of 120 check-in counters available.

Pier and terminal design

Up to in length with a draft of up to (including mooring dolphins of 60 m) and spanning over 120 m, it has the ability to berth ships of up to 220,000 GT. With the terminal's footprint of 120 m by 335 m and terminal space of , it also houses a car park and coach bay area of about with design load of 6,800 passengers.

Transport connections

Rail

The nearest

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station is Marina South Pier MRT station, located about 500m from MBCCS. The upcoming

Marina South MRT station Marina South MRT station is a non-operational underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Thomson–East Coast line. Situated in Straits View and Marina South, Singapore, it is located close to Marina South Pier. First announced in August 2 ...

is due to open in the future. Both stations will serve the cruise centre and its vicinity.

Bus

There is a bus stop in the MBCCS that caters to bus service 400.

References

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