Costa Cruises has inaugurated the new international cruise terminal in Tianjin with the first port call of the 'Costa Romantica', offering 53,000 gross tonnage and total guest capacity of around 1,700.
The opening of the new terminal is a major step forward in the growth in China of Costa Cruises, the first international cruise company to enter the Chinese market
The 'Costa Romantica', which will be calling at Tianjin 10 times this year, is joining her sister ship 'Costa Classica'.
Tianjin's Xingang Port terminal south of the Dongjiang port area covers 1.2 million square metres. The area developed in the first stage of the building project comprises 700,000 square metres and can accommodate six large cruise ships at a time. The actual terminal building itself has a surface area of 59,000 square metres and can handle up to 4,000 cruisers, with a total of 500,000 passengers a year.