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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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19-728: SCC was built in 1991 by the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) and was upgraded at the cost of $ 23 million in 1998. It comprises two terminals, namely the International Passenger Terminal (IPT), and the Regional Ferry Terminal (RFT). The Singapore Cruise Centre Pte Ltd, which is owned by PSA, 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 and Pasir Panjang Ferry Terminal. In total, SCC handles

38-549: A container port in Singapore, and in 1972, handled their first container ship. A decade later, they reached the milestone of one-million-TEU of number of containers processed. They later reached the 5 million TEU mark by 1990, making Singapore the world’s largest container port at the time. The company became a global operator after it first started its global expansion in 1966 through port interests in Dalian , China. A parliamentary bill

57-496: A height limit of 52 meters (171 feet). It has a draft of 12 meters (39 feet). It underwent an upgrade in 2005 to improve its passenger handling facilities. PSA International PSA International Pte Ltd , formerly the Port of Singapore Authority , is a port operator and supply chain company, with flagship operations in Singapore and Antwerp. One of the largest port operators in the world, PSA has terminals across 26 countries, including deepsea, rail and inland facilities. PSA

76-608: A restructuring exercise in December 2003, PSA International Pte Ltd became the holding company for the PSA Group of companies. In March 2022, it was announced by PSA International and Halifax Port Authority that PSA has acquired the Fairview Cove Container Terminal (Ceres Halifax Inc.) from Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha . PSA Marine Pte Ltd , a wholly owned subsidiary of PSA International, provides marine services to

95-553: A subsidiary of Nippon Yusen ) successfully bid on a continued operations contract, effective January 1, 2003 for 20 years. In 2005 the Fairview Cove Container Terminal berth depth was deepened to 16.8 metres (55 ft) (as deep as the New Panama Canal ). In 2012 a major expansion of the South End Container Terminal was completed. The depth of the berth was increased from 14.5 to 16 metres (48 to 52 ft) and

114-437: A throughput of over 7 million cruise and ferry passengers a year, of which about 950,000 are cruise passengers. 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 ferry passengers who have cleared immigration and security. In 2013, SATS planned to buy over SCC for S$ 110 million. The acquisition plan

133-488: Is also involved in distripark and marine services. Under the 1912 Straits Settlements Port Ordinance, the Singapore Harbour Board was formed on 1 July 1913. On 1 April 1964, the Port of Singapore Authority came into being under the 1963 Port of Singapore Authority Ordinance to replace the Singapore Harbour Board and several organisations that have been operating in the port. In the 1970s, PSA started building

152-622: Is one of Canada's top four container ports in terms of the volume of cargo handled. After the Royal Navy withdrew from Halifax in 1905, the dockyards were handed over to the Government of Canada. Prior to World War I , the government began the Ocean Terminals project. A new railway was built through the city's South End to service the modern piers, the first of which opened in the early 1920s. Shipping grew sharply during World War II . With

171-727: The Greater Southern Waterfront . The regional terminal at HarbourFront has six berths for ferries to various ports on the island of Batam , Indonesia, as well as Tanjung Balai on the Karimun Islands . The terminal at Tanah Merah has four berths for ferries to the island of Bintan , Indonesia, and the secondary Batam port of Nongsapura. The terminal at Pasir Panjang has 4 berths for ferries that give passage to Singapore's industrial islands of Bukom and Semakau . The IPT handles international cruise ships , and has two berths of 310 and 270 meters (1,020 and 890 feet) with

190-586: The containerisation revolution of shipping, it was decided to build a container terminal in Halifax. The South End Container Terminal opened in the South End in 1969 at the site of the former Seaward Defence Base. A specialised vehicular processing facility, the Autoport, was opened in 1971. It provides various pre-distribution services in addition to basic loading and off-loading. The number of vehicles handled annually by

209-531: The Autoport has grown from 100,000 in 1979 to about 250,000 today. By the late 1970s the South End Container Terminal was operating at capacity, handling more tonnage than any other container terminal in Canada. A second container terminal at Fairview Cove was therefore built at a cost of $ 47 million and opened in 1982. It was originally a single-berth facility, and operations were contracted out to Cerescorp Inc. The terminal has since been expanded. In 2003, Ceres (now

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228-754: The Halifax Port Authority (HPA), a port authority operating as a federally regulated Crown corporation of the Government of Canada . HPA has responsibility of managing 260 acres federally owned marine industrial land in Halifax Harbour . The HPA was created on March 1, 1999 and succeeds the Halifax Port Corporation (HPC). HPC was the successor to the National Harbours Board , which operated all federally owned ports in Canada. Halifax

247-633: The maritime and shipping community. They include pilotage and port and terminal towage. PSA Marine owns and operates a fleet of over 80 vessels in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, mainland China, India, Australia, Panama, Peru and Oman. Halifax Port Authority The Port of Halifax comprises various port facilities in Halifax Harbour in Halifax, Nova Scotia , Canada . It covers 10 km (3.9 sq mi) of land, and looks after 150 km (58 sq mi) of water. Strategically located as North America 's first inbound and last outbound gateway,

266-507: The pier was extended. In June 2017 it welcomed its first Neopanamax vessel, the ZIM Antwerp . On August 1, 2019, PSA International completed its acquisition the former Halterm south end container terminal from Macquarie Group In 2021, 16,020- TEU CMA CGM Explorer-class container ships made their inaugural visits to the PSA south-end terminal. Many major port facilities are owned by

285-457: The port of Halifax is a naturally deep, wide, ice-free harbour with minimal tides and is two days closer to Europe and one day closer to Southeast Asia (via the Suez Canal ) than any other North American East Coast port. In addition, it is one of just a few eastern seaboard ports able to accommodate and service fully laden post- Panamax container ships using the latest technology. With 17 of

304-495: The world's top shipping lines calling the port, including transshipment , feeder ship services and direct access to Canadian National Railway (CN) inland network, the port of Halifax is connected virtually to every market in North America and over 150 countries worldwide supporting the delivery of all types of cargoes . Annually the port handles over 1,500 vessels, generates 15,000 jobs and $ 2 billion in economic impact. Halifax

323-630: Was one of the first of eighteen national ports in Canada which implemented this administrative change as required by the Canada Marine Act which passed on June 11, 1998. Halifax Port Authority facilities include: Major port facilities not owned or administered by HPA: All HPA facilities except the Sheet Harbour Port are serviced by Canadian National . In addition to being one of the world's largest natural harbours for breakbulk , bulk , roll-on/roll-off , containerized and project cargoes,

342-735: Was passed on 25 August 1997, to turn the Port of Singapore Authority, a state organisation into an independent commercial company. PSA Corporation Limited was thus corporatised on 1 October 1997. The company kept the initials “PSA” as its brand name but it is no longer an acronym. The regulatory functions of the former authority were transferred to Singapore's new maritime regulator, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA). In order to focus on its core port business, PSA Corporation set up The HarbourFront Limited (present day Mapletree ) on 7 December 2000, to spearhead development of its properties. Following

361-445: 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 B2C online travel agent retailing travel products from Bintan, Batam, Karimun and Singapore through its portal WOW Getaways. In 2024, it was announced that SCC would be closed and merged with the expanded Marina Bay Cruise Centre to free up space along

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