Singapore’s two cruise terminals will be consolidated in the coming years, with a move planned for the long-established Singapore Cruise Centre so as to make way for the Greater Southern Waterfront development.
Singapore’s other cruise terminal is the Marina Bay Cruise Centre, which opened in 2012 to service the new generation of larger and taller cruise ships.
According to a report by national broadsheet, The Straits Times, with information from Urban Redevelopment Authority’s chief executive Lim Eng Hwee, the port move would come with “a lot of infrastructural work”, including land reclamation from the sea, and would result in a larger cruise hub.
Lim explained that the “small move” would allow urban development authorities to “stitch up the entire waterfront” which stretches from Labrador Nature Park through to the future Long Island project off the East Coast, cutting through Keppel-Tanjong Pagar and the Marina Bay areas.
The Long Island project is expected to create space for new homes, various amenities, and a new reservoir. The public has been encouraged to share use ideas for the project, which will take decades to come to fruition.
