Skypier is a cross-boundary ferry

Ferry

A ferry is a form of transportation, usually a boat, but sometimes a ship, used to carry primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate on regular, frequent, return services...

 pier

Pier

A pier is a raised structure, including bridge and building supports and walkways, over water, typically supported by widely spread piles or pillars...

 in Hong Kong International Airport

Hong Kong International Airport

Hong Kong International Airport is the main airport in Hong Kong. It is colloquially known as Chek Lap Kok Airport , being built on the island of Chek Lap Kok by land reclamation, and also to distinguish it from its predecessor, the closed Kai Tak Airport.The airport opened for commercial...

, Chek Lap Kok

Chek Lap Kok

Chek Lap Kok was an island in the western waters of Hong Kong. Together with the smaller Lam Chau, it was leveled and merged via land reclamation into the platform for the current Hong Kong International Airport, which opened for commercial operations in 1998...

, New Territories

New Territories

New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory. Historically, it is the region described in The Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory...

, Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

. It is operated by Hong Kong International Airport Ferry Terminal Services Limited, a joint-venture company of Chu Kong Passenger Transport Co., Ltd

Chu Kong Passenger Transport Co., Ltd

Chu Kong Passenger Transport operates ferry services between Hong Kong and cities in Guangdong province, China.-History:The company was established in Hong Kong in July 1985 and is the subsidiary of Hong Kong Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises Company Limited.-Routes:The cities served by CKS include:*...

 and Shun Tak-China Travel Ship Management Limited. At this pier, passengers abroad can transit from Hong Kong International Airport to piers in the Pearl River Delta

Pearl River Delta

The Pearl River Delta , Zhujiang Delta or Zhusanjiao in Guangdong province, People's Republic of China is the low-lying area surrounding the Pearl River estuary where the Pearl River flows into the South China Sea...

 of Guangdong Province or vice-versa, without immigration

Immigration

Immigration is the act of foreigners passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence...

 and customs clearance through Hong Kong.

History

It was a local ferry pier called Chek Lap Kok Ferry Pier (Chinese:). It provided a ferry route to Tuen Mun

Tuen Mun

Tuen Mun is a town near the mouth of Tuen Mun River and Castle Peak Bay in the New Territories, Hong Kong. It was one of the earliest settlements in Hong Kong which can be dated back to the Neolithic period. In the more recent past, it was home to many Tanka fishermen who gathered at the Castle...

, operated by New World First Ferry

New World First Ferry

New World First Ferry Services Limited is a ferry service company in Hong Kong. The company was established in November 1999, when it took over the 8 licensed ferry routes transferred from the Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry...

. But the route was cancelled and replaced by another route between Tuen Mun and Tung Chung New Development Ferry Pier

Tung Chung New Development Ferry Pier

Tung Chung New Development Ferry Pier or Tung Chung New Ferry Pier is a ferry pier in Tung Chung Waterfront Road , Tung Chung, Lantau Island, New Territories, Hong Kong...

 in 2002, because the Hong Kong Airport Authority took back the pier for its own development. But finally, the route between Tuen Mun and Tung Chung ceased operation in 2008.

The pier is linked to the airport terminal by an extension of the Hong Kong International Airport Automated People Mover

Hong Kong International Airport Automated People Mover

Hong Kong International Airport Automated People Mover is a driverless people mover located within Hong Kong International Airport. It operates in two "segments" and depends on the direction of travel....

 opened in December 2009, enabling travellers using the Skypier to avoid immigration and customs formalities at HKIA, cutting travel times.

Future development

Hong Kong Government agreed to consider the suggestion for Skypier to provide cross-boundary ferry services to non-transit
passengers, in order to complement the development of Tung Chung

Tung Chung

Tung Chung, meaning 'eastern stream', is an area situated on the north-western coast of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Tung Chung, currently one of the latest generation of new towns, was formerly a rural village around Tung Chung Wan, and along the delta and lower courses of Tung Chung River and Ma...

 by creating more business and job opportunities for the local communities.
Locates beside AsiaWorld Expo and Hong Kong Skycity Marriott Hotel., Skypier provides ferry services for transit passengers from Hong Kong International Airport.

The plan to turn Skypier into a control point was nevertheless shelved.

Ferry Service

The pier currently provides 7 ferry routes to and from individual places in Pearl River Delta. Another one will be launched soon.

• Routes of Chu Kong Passenger Transport Co., Ltd
  • Skypier -   Shekou
    Shekou
    Shekou is an area at the tip of Nantou Peninsula in Shenzhen, Guangdong, southern China, south of Nantou and facing Lau Fau Shan of Hong Kong across Deep Bay.It was formerly a customs station in Bao'an County and now belongs to Nanshan District of Shenzhen...
    
    , Shenzhen
    Shenzhen
    Shenzhen is a major city in the south of Southern China's Guangdong Province, situated immediately north of Hong Kong. The area became China's first—and one of the most successful—Special Economic Zones...
    
    
  • Skypier -   Taiping Port, Humen
    Humen
    Humen may refer to:*Bocca Tigris, a strait in the Pearl River Delta known as Humen in Chinese.*Humen Town, a township belonging to Dongguan City.-See also:* Humen Pearl River Bridge, a suspension bridge over the Pearl River in Dongguan...
    
    , Dongguan
    Dongguan
    Dongguan is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong province, People's Republic of China.An important industrial city located in the Pearl River Delta, Dongguan borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, Shenzhen to the south, and the Pearl River to...
    
    
  • Skypier -   Zhongshan Port, Zhongshan
    Zhongshan
    Zhongshan , also spelled Chungshan and historically known as Xiangshan or Siangshan, is a prefecture-level city in the south of the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong province in southern China. Zhongshan, one of the few cities in China with an eponymous name, is named after Dr. Sun Yat-sen who was...
    
    
  • Skypier -   Jiuzhou Port
    Jiuzhou Port
    Jiuzhou Port is a port in the city of Zhuhai, on the west side of the Pearl River estuary in Chinese province of Guangdong. It includes a container terminal and a terminal for high-speed ferries connecting Zhuhai with Shenzhen in mainland China and Hong Kong...
    
    , Zhuhai
    Zhuhai
    Zhuhai is a prefecture-level city on the southern coast of Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in the Pearl River Delta, Zhuhai borders Jiangmen to the northwest, Zhongshan to the north, and Macau to the south. Zhuhai was one of the original Special Economic Zones...
    
    
• Routes of TurboJET
  TurboJET
  TurboJET is the brand name for the operations of the Hong Kong-headquartered Shun Tak-China Travel Ship Management Limited , which was established from the joint venture between Shun Tak Holdings Limited and China Travel International Investment Hong Kong Limited in July 1999...
  
  
  • Skypier -   Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Pier
    Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Pier, Macau
    The Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal , also known as the Macau Ferry Terminal or Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Pier , is located in Porto Exterior, Macau Peninsula, in the former Portuguese colony of Macau, now a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, near the reservoir on...
    
    , Macau
    Macau
    Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...
    
    
  • Skypier -   Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport
    Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport
    Shenzhen International Airport is located near Huangtian and Fuyong villages in Bao'an District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, the People's Republic of China. It is 32 km northwest of the city center. It is the hub for Shenzhen Airlines, and a focus city for China Southern Airlines. The airport also...
    
    , Fuyong, Shenzhen
  • Skypier -   Macau International Airport
    Macau International Airport
    - Cargo airlines :The following cargo airlines serve Macau International Airport :*Air Macau*EVA Air Cargo*Shanghai Airlines Cargo*Singapore Airlines Cargo- Other Tenants :* Macau Customs Service...
    
    , Taipa Temporary Ferry Terminal
    Taipa Temporary Ferry Terminal
    The Taipa Temporary Ferry Terminal is located in Taipa, Macao SAR. It is currently solely served by Cotai Jet for services from the Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Pier, Hong Kong in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong SAR and the Hong Kong China Ferry Terminalin Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon.The ferry terminal has two berths...
    
    , Taipa
    Taipa
    Taipa is the smaller of the two islands in the Chinese special administrative region of Macao .- Geography :It is 2.5 kilometres from Macau Peninsula and east of the Lesser Hengqin Island of Zhuhai, Guangdong Province...
    
    , Macau (to be launched soon)

• Routes of Cotai Jet
  Cotai Jet
  Cotai Jet is a company that operates high-speed ferry services between the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau. It is one of the three companies operating high-speed ferry services between the two territories - the others being TurboJET, and New World First Ferry...
  
  
  • Skypier -  Taipa Temporary Ferry Terminal
    Taipa Temporary Ferry Terminal
    The Taipa Temporary Ferry Terminal is located in Taipa, Macao SAR. It is currently solely served by Cotai Jet for services from the Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Pier, Hong Kong in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong SAR and the Hong Kong China Ferry Terminalin Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon.The ferry terminal has two berths...
    
    , Taipa
    Taipa
    Taipa is the smaller of the two islands in the Chinese special administrative region of Macao .- Geography :It is 2.5 kilometres from Macau Peninsula and east of the Lesser Hengqin Island of Zhuhai, Guangdong Province...
    
    , Macau
    Macau
    Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...