Larger but not busier

The new Taipa Ferry Terminal, inaugurated on June 1, has registered an average of 20,000 passengers and 125 sailings daily, according to information provided by the Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) to Business Daily.
This would represent a total of 420,000 passengers and 2,625 sailings since the terminal initiated operations at the beginning of the month.
According to DSAMA, the average number of passengers and sailings are similar to the ones registered by the temporary ferry terminal, which was operational from 2007 until the considerably larger 200,000 square metre new terminal development was completed 10 years after work began.
When questioned what improvements the department would apply in the new terminal, DSAMA said it is working on the optimisation of signage, including increasing hanging or standing signs.
The department also told Business Daily that CSI Group Ltd. – the company awarded a three-year contract for the management of commercial areas in the new terminal – would start operations on July 1, with the contractor “urged to initiate the procedures of business invitation as soon as possible”.
Currently, no commercial areas are in operation in the new ferry terminal, with DSAMA having stated previously “administrative procedures took longer” for this sector after a public tender was opened in August of last year.