아시아의 크루즈 역사(Cruise History of Asia)_2000~2010년대

○ 2000~2010년대

 

● CHINA

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2006, Costa Allegra Debut in China and operated through 2010;

2011-2012, Costa Classica + Costa Victoria; 2013, Classica → Costa Atlantica

 

☞ 중국은 2004부터 GDP성장률이 10% 넘기 시작하여, 2007년에 14.2%로 역대 최고치를 기록하였다. 2006년 중국 크루즈 이용자수는 2만 명에 불과했지만, 2015년에는 약 36배 증가합니다.

2012, NCL’s Norwegian Dream as SuperStar Gemini; 2013, Libra, Aquarius, and Gemini

 

2008-2010, Legend of the Seas(69,130GT); 

2012, Legend of the Seas + Voyager of the Seas(137,276 GT); 

☞ She was the largest ship in Asia

2013, Legend of the Seas → Mariner of the Seas(139,863 GT)

 

Voyager of the sea

 

※ In Korea, Harmony Cruise started operations with the 1990-built ex-Costa Marina as Harmony Princess.

 

After 2008, a new category of Asian Market ships has been developed, seasonally migrated throughout the Pacific. Spending the winter in Australia or Asia and the summer in Alaska, US West Coast, or Northern Asia, these can be called pan-Pacific ships.

 

-Sun Princess, Diamond Princess and Sapphire Princess (rotating between Australia and Japan)

 

-Rhapsody of the Seas and Radiance of the Seas; Celebrity Century and Celebrity Solsticern

 (rotating between Alaska and Asia and Australia respectively)

 

NCLH was incorporated on February 21, 2011 in anticipation of a planned initial public offering(IPO). At the time, NCL was owned by a consortium of Genting Hong Kong, Apollo Management and TPG Capital. Following the completion of the IPO in January 2013, NCL and NCLH underwent a corporate reorganization that gave NCLH full ownership of NCL, while NCL’s previous owners exchanged their stakes for shares in NCLH.

 

Seasonal deployments by major cruise ships were pass-throughs as part of world or circle Pacific long cruises. The major cruise terminals were Singapore’s Cruise Centre, Yokohama Cruise terminal, Hong Kong’s Ocean Terminal, and Langkawi, Malaysia. By 2013, new dedicated cruise terminals had been constructed or were under construction in Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tianjin, Busan, Keelung etc.

 

The Marina Bay Cruise Centre Singapore was completed on 22 May 2012 It received its first ship, the Voyager of the Seas, on 26 May 2012.

Marina Bay Cruise Centre

Kai Tak Cruise Terminal is was chosen to design the cruise terminal. The first ship berthed on 12 June 2013.

Kai Tak Cruise Terminal

From 2013 through 2017, major developments in the Asian operations of Star Cruises/Genting Hong Kong, Costa Crociere, Royal Caribbean International (RCI), and Princess Cruises.

☞The growth of the low-cost carriers (LCC) greatly reduced the cost of the air portion of a cruise.

 

Post 2017, joined by global brands Norwegian Cruise Line, MSC Cruises, AIDA Cruises, and Carnival Cruise Line.

 

Dream Cruises is a cruise line owned by Genting Hong Kong. Genting announced the introduction of Dream Cruises in November 2015 in Gunagzhou as an Asian luxury cruise line. It debuted in November 2016.

Genting Hong Kong Cruise Lines

 

-In 2015, RCI placed Quantum of the Seas(168,666GT), in Shanghai. RCI started a joint venture, SeaSky Cruises, with Ctrip.com; Celebrity Century was renamed Golden Era and modified; Costa Fortuna, Costa Serena / Sapphire Princess, Diamond Princess

-In 2016, Genting Hong Kong, introduced Dream Cruises.

-In 2017, Princess Cruises, introduced Majestic Princess; AIDA bella / Costa neoRomantica

 

● TAIWAN

In 2016, Taiwan was ranked Asia's 3rd-largest cruise travel market - following China and Singapore.

In 2017, Port Keelung attracted Costa Cruises for two roundtrip itineraries. They were operated by the ships Costa neoRomantica and Costa Fortuna. the port reported a record year with 32% increase in cruise passengers. Taiwan ranked Asia's 2nd in terms of cruise ship tourism. Star Cruises homeported here SuperStar Aquarius.

 

 

Oasis of the Seas.

No.1 Oasis of the Seas 225,282톤

No.2 Allure of the Seas 225,282톤

No.3 Harmony of the Seas 226,963톤

No.4 Symphony of the Seas 228,081톤(현재 세계 최대 크루즈)

No.5 Wonder of the Seas 236,857톤(2021년 건조 완료 예정)

 

Symphony of the sea