Driving ship deployment

We worked proactively to attract more world-class cruise ships to make Hong Kong a homeport or major turnaround port. In 2016/17, we succeeded in attracting the following ships to be deployed to Hong Kong:

  • Royal Caribbean International’s Voyager of the Seas extended its homeport season in Hong Kong with 25 sailings between June and October 2016.
  • Ovation of the Seas, currently Asia’s largest international cruise ship, completed its maiden voyage to Hong Kong in June 2016 and returned to Hong Kong near the end of the year for a mini-homeport season with 6 sailings.
  • Asian luxury cruise brand Dream Cruises’ Genting Dream visited Hong Kong for the first time in November 2016 and subsequently had her homeport season in Hong Kong, catering for the high-end market in Asia.
  • Star Cruises’ SuperStar Virgo embarked on a new triple-homeport deployment between Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Philippines from March to May 2017.
  • Total ship calls in 2016: 191 (an increase of 34.5% year on year)
  • Total cruise passenger throughout in 2016: 677,000 (an increase of 49.5% year on year)