This is the second of a series of reports on the cruise industry. The latest trend is all about bigger cruise liners and bigger cruise terminals. Jeju has yet to adapt to that trend, though, and insiders say a lot of improvements are needed. Mike Balfour has more.
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Shanghai Wusongkou Intl. Cruise Terminal

This is Shanghai’s Wusongkou International Cruise Terminal. It is the largest port of call for international cruises in China, beating out other major ports including Tianjin, Chendu and Zhoushan.

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770 meters of wharves
Can accommodate two 150,000-ton ships simultaneously

The port has a wharves of over 770 meters... with two cruise docks that can accommodate two 150,000-ton passenger liners at the same time.

Work has been ongoing since 2012 to more than double the size to 1,600 meters.

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Terminal coastline to be expanded to 1,600 m
Construction ongoing since 2012

By 2020, Wusongkou Terminal is expected to accommodate 800 to 1,000 cruise liners annually. When the extension work is completed, it will be able to dock two 200,000-ton cruise ships and two 150,000-ton cruises at any one time.

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Homeport of 167,000-ton Quantum of the Seas
Also expected homeport of 220,000-ton Oasis (2017)

Shanghai is the homeport of the 167,000-ton cruise liner Quantum of the Seas... and by 2017, the 220,000-ton cruise ship Oasis will also be based in Shanghai.

The growing cruise tourism industry is well reflected here with its large-scale cruise liners but for Jeju, the trend is a cause for concern.

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Maximum capacity for Jeju Port: 150,000-ton cruise liners

Currently, Jeju Port can only accommodate cruise ships up to 150,000 tons, so liners larger than that are likely to avoid coming to Jeju.

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Han Gyeong-yeob

The 167,000-ton Quantum of the Seas has been finding Jeju port too short to dock and is said to be turning its attention to other ports.

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Wang Younong / Wusongkou Shanghai Int’l Cruise Terminal
Wusongkou will soon be home to a 220,000-ton cruise liner and we hope Jeju will expand its facilities in the near future so the ship can dock there.
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"앞으로는 22만톤 정도되는 오아시스 호도 우송구에 들어올텐데 제주에도 이런 크루즈를 받을 수 있는 기항지 시설이 빠르게 됐으면 좋겠습니다."

At present, more than 70 percent of the cruise liners from Shanghai anchor at the Port of Jeju.

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Mike Balfour

Unless the necessary infrastructure is built to get with the times, Jeju’s popularity as a cruise destination may become short-lived.

Mike Balfour KCTV