Hong Kong Ferry

Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Company Limited (SEHK: 50) is a holding company in Hong Kong involved in property development, ferry, shipyard, travel and hotel operations. It operated franchised ferry services in Hong Kong until 2000, when its ferry licence was transferred to New World First Ferry. Its remaining marine businesses are dangerous goods vehicular ferry service, vessel chartering, floating restaurants and marine diesel oil trading.[1][2]

Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Company Limited
香港小輪(集團)有限公司
TypeListed company
IndustryProperty development and Ferry service
Founded1989 (1989)
Headquarters
Tsing Yi, Hong Kong
,
People's Republic of China
Area served
Hong Kong
Key people
Chairman: Colin Lam
ParentHenderson Land Development
SubsidiariesHongkong and Yaumati Ferry
WebsiteHong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Company Limited
Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Company Limited
Traditional Chinese香港小輪(集團)有限公司
Simplified Chinese香港小轮(集团)有限公司
A ferry from Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry Company

The company was formerly the Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry Company which was established in 1923. After it was acquired by Henderson Land Development and a corporate restructuring in 1989, the holding company was renamed Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Company Limited and Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry became the subsidiary of Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings).[3]

Its head office is in North Tsing Yi.[4]

Hong Kong Shipyard

The company operates Hong Kong Shipyard, on the north coast of Tsing Yi, through its wholly owned subsidiary, The Hong Kong Shipyard Limited, incorporated in 1948. With a workforce of 140, the shipyard undertakes repair and maintenance of vessels, as well as shipbuilding, and can drydock up to ten vessels simultaneously.[5]

See also

References
  1. Hong Kong Ferry Holdings Co. Ltd.
  2. "Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Company Limited - Announcement of Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 May 2005. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  3. Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Company Limited
  4. "Contact Us". Hong Kong Ferry. Retrieved 18 December 2020. Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Company Limited 98 Tam Kon Shan Road, TYTL 102, Ngau Kok Wan, North Tsing Yi, New Territories, Hong Kong
  5. "The Hong Kong Shipyard Limited". Archived from the original on 2 March 2010. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
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