Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal, Macau

Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal, Macau
	The appearance of the pier building
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	外港客運碼頭
Simplified Chinese	外港客运码头
Literal meaning	Outer Harbour Passenger Pier
Transcriptions
Cantonese (Yue)
- Jyutping	ngoi6 gong2 haak3 wan6 maa5 tau4
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	港澳碼頭
Simplified Chinese	港澳码头
Literal meaning	Hong Kong-Macau pier
Transcriptions
Cantonese (Yue)
- Jyutping	gong2 ou3 maa5 tau4
Portuguese name
Portuguese	Terminal Marítimo

The Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal (simplified Chinese: 外港客运码头; traditional Chinese: 外港客運碼頭; Portuguese: Terminal Marítimo do Porto Exterior), also known as the Macau Ferry Terminal or Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Pier (simplified Chinese: 港澳码头; traditional Chinese: 港澳碼頭), is located in Porto Exterior, Macau Peninsula, in the former Portuguese colony of Macau, now a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, near the reservoir on Avenida da Amizade.

History [edit]

The pier was formerly located near present-day Yaohan Store. In 1993, the terminal was relocated to present location. A new terminal was completed in 2007 for the convenience of travellers of Macau International Airport near Taipa.

Features [edit]

It provides ferry services to Hong Kong. The terminal provides 12 berths for hydrofoils and 2 for ferries. The pier features a heliport, providing an alternative to TurboJET. The terminal building is a two-storey structure with arrivals on the lower level and departures on the upper level. On the outside is a helipad and 6 boat docks (facing the east side). The Macau tourism office is located in the lower level, as well as restroom facilities. The Duty Free shop is located on the upper level.

The helipad was added in 1995 with 2 pads and expanded to 5 in 2001.^[1] The passenger lounge was upgraded in 2004. There are proposals for 3 more pads to the north of the current site.

Operators [edit]

Operators from the terminal include:

TurboJET operates a ferry service between Macau and Hong Kong at the Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Pier in Macau and the Shun Tak Centre in Hong Kong Central. Ferries take approximately 1 hour in the high-speed vessels.

New World First Ferry operates a ferry service between Macau and Hong Kong (China Ferry Terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui).

Cotai Jet operates a daily route between this pier and Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Pier, Hong Kong located at Shun Tak Centre.

Sky Shuttle Helicopters (formerly Heli-Express) operates regular helicopter service between the Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Pier in Macau, the Shun Tak Centre in Hong Kong and Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport. There are around 56 flights daily. Flights take approximately 16 minutes in the 12 passenger seat aircraft. The heliport IATA code is XZM. It has no ICAO code. Flights from Macau to HK run half hourly from 9:00 AM thru 10:30 PM (no 9:30 AM flight from Macau) OR 9:30 AM thru 10:59 PM from HK to Macau. There are 10 to 12 flights operating between Macau and Shenzhen Boan Airport depending on the day of the week. Schedules may vary and are dependent on favorable weather.