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China Merchants Shenzhen Xunlong Shipping Co. Ltd

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China Merchants Shenzhen Xunlong Shipping Company Limited
深圳迅隆船务有限公司
Company typeState-owned enterprise
IndustryShipping
Founded1993
Headquarters,
Area served
Pearl River Delta
ProductsFerry Transportation
OwnerChina Merchants Group
ParentChina Merchants Group
WebsiteChina Merchants Shenzhen Xunlong Shipping Company Limited

China Merchants Shenzhen Xunlong Shipping Co. Ltd., otherwise known as Xunlong Shipping or Xunlong Ferries, operates high speed catamaran ferry services from Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. It is a part of the China Merchants Group.

History

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Established in November, 1993 and commenced commercial operations in October, 1995.[1]

Routes and ports

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Home Terminal in Shenzhen:

Terminals in Hong Kong:

Terminals in Macau:

Terminal in Zhuhai, China

Fleet

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Xunlong 7

There are 8 high speed catamaran ferries in the fleet, which are a mix of Australian and Norwegian built vessels. They serve 60 services per day.

Vessel Name Passenger Capacity
Xunlong 1 304
Xunlong 2 356
Xunlong 3 224
Xunlong 4 224
Xunlong 5 188
Xunlong 6 188
Xunlong 7 296
Taishan 318

A new ferry with a capacity of 234 passengers was ordered from Dutch marine designers, CoCo Yachts. It is an aluminium catamaran, to be built by the shipyard Plenty Ships, due for delivery during 2016.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Company Profile". Xunlong Ferry. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Xunlong Shenzhen Orders Dutch-designed Ferry". MarineLink. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Plenty Ships to build CoCo Yachts design". Baird Maritime. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
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