From June, homeport numbers will be further boosted by the arrival of Royal Caribbean International’s Ovation of the Seas.
The association estimated that in 2016 a total of 146 cruise ships will call at Tianjin, bringing some 600,000 passengers, an increase of 50% compared to 2015 numbers.
On Monday, Bohai Ferry’s Chinese (or in Chinese Zhonghua) Taishan made its maiden call at the Tianjin terminal, and officially commenced the 927 passenger’s cruise itineraries to South Korea.