Chu Kong Passenger Transport Co., Ltd. (CKPT; ) is a subsidiary of Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises (CKS) and operates

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services between

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

and cities in

Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

province,

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, as well as

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. It is headquartered in the Chu Kong Shipping Tower (珠江船務大廈) in

Central, Hong Kong Central (Chinese: 中環), also known as Central District, is the central business district of Hong Kong. It is located in the northeastern corner of the Central and Western District, on the north shore of Hong Kong Island, across Victoria Har ...

.
Traditional Chinese
"香港干諾道中一四三號珠江船務大廈22字樓" ,
Simplified Chinese
"香港干诺道中一四三号珠江船务大厦22字楼" CKS has been assigned the two-letter

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3A by

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, used for routes to/from

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only, where passengers must continue to other destinations (or vice versa) by air.

History

The company was established in Hong Kong in July 1985 and is the subsidiary of

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Routes and ports

Terminals in Hong Kong: * Hong Kong China Ferry Terminal (中港城碼頭) *

Hong Kong–Macau Ferry Terminal 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 VHST. The ...

(港澳碼頭) * Skypier at

(海天碼頭) Ports and terminals have full customs and immigration desks, as well as ticket offices. The ports served by CKS outside of Hong Kong include: *

: **

Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal The Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal (; ), also known as the ''Macau Maritime Ferry Terminal'', ''Macau Ferry Terminal'' or ''Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Pier'' in Chinese (), is a ferry terminal located at Porto Exterior, Sé, Macau, China. History The ...

Taipa Temporary Ferry Terminal The Taipa Ferry Terminal (; ) is located in Taipa, Macau SAR. It is located in the reclamation area of Pac On and is adjacent to the Macau International Airport. The terminal provides high-speed passenger ferry services from Macau to Hong Kon ...

* Doumen (斗門),

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* Fuyong next to

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- Fuyong Ferry Terminal *

Gaoming Gaoming is an urban district of Foshan, Guangdong, China. Gaoming is located west of downtown Foshan and had a population of 469,038 during the 2020 census. It covers an area of . History There were inhabitants settled in the region around f ...

(高明),

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(台山公益) * Heshan (鶴山),

Jiangmen Jiangmen ( zh, c=江门), postal map romanization, alternately romanization of Chinese, romanized in Cantonese as Kongmoon, is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong provinces of China, Province in southern China. It consists of three urban distri ...

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(虎門),

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- Humen Ferry Terminal *

(江門) * Lianhuashan,

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(番禺蓮花山),

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* Nanhai,

* Sanbu,

Kaiping Kaiping (), postal map romanization, alternately romanization of Chinese, romanized in Cantonese as Hoiping, in local dialect as Hoihen, is a county-level city in Guangdong provinces of China, Province, China. It is located in the western secti ...

(開平三埠),

Shekou Shekou () is an area at the southern tip of Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, Guangdong Province, China. It faces Yuen Long, Hong Kong across the Deep Bay, China, Shenzhen Bay. It has been designated as a free- ...

(蛇口),

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- Shekou Passenger Terminal *

Shunde Shunde (Shun Tak in Cantonese) is a district of the city of Foshan, Guangdong province, located in the Pearl River Delta. It had a population of 2,464,784 as of the 2010 census. Once a traditional agricultural county, it has become one of the mo ...

(順德),

- Shunde Port *

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* Xintang,

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Zhaoqing Zhaoqing ( zh, c=肇庆), alternately romanized as Shiuhing, is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, China. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,113,594, with 1,553,109 living in the built-up (or metro) area made of Duanz ...

. Transfer by bus at the port in Gaoming *

Zhongshan Zhongshan ( zh, c=中山 ), alternately romanized via Cantonese as Chungshan, is a prefecture-level city in the south of the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong province, China. As of the 2020 census, the whole city with 4,418,060 inhabitants is n ...

(中山) * Jiuzhou Port,

(珠海九洲港)

Fleet

The CKS fleet consists of

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built in

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and

. Most ships are registered in China: * ''Hai Kun'': 352 passenger ex-Zhao-Qing delivered in 1997 by Austal Ships of

. * ''Hai Liang'' (海亮) * ''Hai Chi'' (海弛) * ''Hai Zhu'' (海珠) * ''Hai Yang'' (海洋) * ''Hai Bin'' (海濱) * ''Hai Chang'' (海昌) * ''Qi Jiang'' (岐江) * ''Zhong Shan'' (中山) * ''Yi Xian Hu'' (逸仙湖) * ''Xing Zhong'' (興中) * ''Cui Heng Hu'' (翠亨湖) * ''Shun Dei'' (順德) * ''Shun Feng'' (順風) * ''Shun Shui'' (順水) * ''Shun Jing'' (順景) * ''Lian Shan Hu'' (蓮山湖) * ''Lian Gang Hu'' (蓮港湖) * ''Peng Lai Hu'' (蓬萊湖) * ''Peng Xing'' (鵬星) * ''Wu Yi Hu'' (五邑湖) * ''Tai Jian'' (太建) * ''Dong Tai An'' (東太安) * ''Dong Fang Chun'' (東方春) * ''Gang Zhou'' (岡州) * ''Xin He Shan'' (新鶴山) * ''Tai Shan'' (台山)

References

External links

Company's website
{{Pearl River Delta transit Ferry transport in Hong Kong Shipping companies of Hong Kong Privately held companies of China Transport companies established in 1985 1985 establishments in Hong Kong

History

Routes and ports

Fleet

See also

References

External links