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Shenzhen Shekou Ferry

Shekou Ferry Terminal plays an important role in Shenzhen transportation. Shenzhen is a fishing village as we all know. It is close to the sea with convenient transportation in the sea. The Shekou Ferry is located at the end of Nan Hai Boulevard and the southern tip of Shekou. The ferry has regular ferry service to Hong Kong, Macau and Zhuhai.

Many people may not know that it is actually very fast to travel from Shenzhen to Hongkong Airport from the Shekou Ferry Terminal in Shenzhen. You can also get to Shenzhen from other neighbour cities mentioned above through the sea.

Shenzhen Shekou Ferry

Upon arrival at the Shekou Ferry terminal there you can go to the taxi stand line in front of the terminal and wait at the stand for a taxi. Note that the official taxi in Shenzhen downtown are in red color. You can also go to the metro station nearby. It is just outside of the main entrance to the Shekou Ferry. You can go to many different areas and districts in Shenzhen by subway. Except metro and taxi, you can also take a bus. There is a bus station in front of the Shekou Ferry. There will be gypsy drivers around the Shekou Ferry area. It is not recommended though, as they are most likely to charge you higher than other transportation methods.

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Shekou, in English literally “Snake’s Mouth”, is an area at the tip of Nantou Peninsula, belongs to Nanshan District of Shenzhen city.

Earlier than the setup as the first special economic zone, Shekou used to be a customs station. It was a common fishing village before 1979, poor and desolate.
On 31 January 1979, China Merchants of Hong Kong which, the oldest shipping company in China, had been approved by the Chinese central government to develop and manage Shekou Industrial Zone solely.

Since then, the development of Shekou and Shenzhen became faster than ever before. “Time is money and efficiency is life”, that’s the impression of Shenzhen for almost all Chinese. Up until now, people in Shenzhen can still see that board with the above slogan near the Shekou port, Shekou Ferry around the Shekou Seaworld area.

In August 1979, construction of the Shekou Industrial Zone began and completed at the end of 1981. In April 1987, the China Merchants Group built China Merchants Bank at Shekou, it is the first bank built by enterprise other than the central bank of China since the setup of the People’s Republic of China.

In 1981, the Shekou Ferry Terminal was set up.

You can easily transferred from Shekou to HK Ferry, from Shekou to Macau Ferry ; from HK Ferry Terminal to Shekou, from Macau Ferry Terminal to Shekou, Domestic Zhuhai Line Flight between Zhuhai Ferry and Shekou Ferry . Line flight from and to Macau Taipa Dang Terminal, Hong Kong International Airport are also available. Hong Kong – Shekou – Zhuhai Ferry schedules are posted on their official website. Any one need can download the shekou ferry schedule from its website.

In 1989 the Shekou Container Terminals (SCT port) was set up.

In 1990, the Chiwan Container Terminal (CCT Shenzhen ) was built up, it had a throughput capacity as large as 4,578,000TEUs until the end of 2009.