The milestone, recorded this Tuesday, was due to the simultaneous arrival and departures by three ships: Royal Caribbean International’s Quantum of the Seas, Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Joy and Costa Cruises’ Costa Serena.
It is the first time this year that Shanghai Wusongkou cruise terminal had three ships berthed alongside on the same day. Last July the terminal also hosted three cruiseships simultaneously.
Fast growing Wusongkou
Shanghai Wusongkou cruise terminal has retained the crown of Asia’s busiest cruise port for the past three consecutive years.
The terminal handled over 2,000 voyages and 13m passengers in 2018.
Officially opened in October 2011, Wusongkou welcomed its first two simultaneous cruise ship calls in 2012, when Voyager of the Seas and Costa Victoria saw 15,000 passengers passing through the port.
Shanghai Wusongkou currently has four berths for large cruise ships and a new passenger terminal, which opened in summer 2018, has greatly improved handling capacity and embarkation/disembarkation traffic flows.
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