Tuen Mun ferries set to return

TurboJet is poised to relaunch ferries between Macau  and  the Tuen Mun terminal in Hong Kong, starting from next year. The service had been suspended after North West Express filed for bankruptcy in 2012.
TurboJet received approval for its application to start links from the Outer Harbor Ferry Terminal and Taipa’s Pac On terminal to Tuen Mun. Macau’s Marine and Water Bureau has now given TurboJet’s operator, Shun Tak Holdings, six months in which to launch the services. In addition, Turbojet will be required to operate a minimum of 14 round trips between Tuen Mun and the MSAR every week.
Meanwhile, Hong Kong’s Marine Department says that it has signed a seven-
year tenancy deal for the Tuen Mun terminal with a Shun Tak subsidiary.
The bureau expects the company to launch services at the latest by mid-February 2016.
Tuen Mun is a modern, residential area in the north-west of the New Territories, sandwiched between two mountains, Castle Peak and Kau Keng Shan. Its proximity to the border with Shenzhen has made it notorious for cross-border trade and smuggling, which in turn has resulted in a number of protests in the HKSAR over the last three years.
The town is currently served by ferry services to Lantau Island in Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Shekou Industrial Zone in Shenzhen.