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Sun Ferry Services Company Limited

Formerly	New World First Ferry Services Limited
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Transportation
Founded	1999
Headquarters	Hong Kong
Owner	Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises (100%)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	新渡輪服務有限公司
Simplified Chinese	新渡轮服务有限公司
Jyutping	San1 dou6 leon4 fuk6 mou6 jau5 haan6 gung1 si1
Cantonese Yale	Sān douh lèuhn fuhk mouh yáuh haahn gūng sī
Hanyu Pinyin	Xīndùlún fúwù yǒuxiàn gōngsī
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xīndùlún fúwù yǒuxiàn gōngsī Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Sān douh lèuhn fuhk mouh yáuh haahn gūng sī Jyutping San1 dou6 leon4 fuk6 mou6 jau5 haan6 gung1 si1
Former Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	新世界第一渡輪服務有限公司
Simplified Chinese	新世界第一渡轮服务有限公司
Jyutping	San1 sai3 gaai3 dai6 jat1 dou6 leon4 fuk6 mou6 jau5 haan6 gung1 si1
Cantonese Yale	Sān sai gaai daih yāt douh lèuhn fuhk mouh yáuh haahn gūng sī
Hanyu Pinyin	Xīnshìjiè dìyī dùlún fúwù yǒuxiàn gōngsī
Literal meaning	New World First Ferry Services Limited
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xīnshìjiè dìyī dùlún fúwù yǒuxiàn gōngsī Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Sān sai gaai daih yāt douh lèuhn fuhk mouh yáuh haahn gūng sī Jyutping San1 sai3 gaai3 dai6 jat1 dou6 leon4 fuk6 mou6 jau5 haan6 gung1 si1
Website	www.sunferry.com.hk

Sun Ferry Services Company Limited, more widely known as Sun Ferry (Chinese: 新渡輪) and formerly New World First Ferry Services Limited (in short New World First Ferry, First Ferry or NWFF), is a ferry service company in Hong Kong. The company was established in November 1999, when it took over the eight licensed ferry routes transferred from Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry in January 2000.

Background

When the company commenced its service on 15 January 2000, it bought 14 ferries and rented seven hovercraft and catamarans from its predecessor. Since then it has introduced 10 fast vessels on Outlying Islands routes to phase out the rented vessels and to improve services.

It used to have a subsidiary, New World First Ferry Services (Macau) Limited (abbreviated New World First Ferry (Macau)), which operated a high-speed ferry service between Kowloon (China Ferry Terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui) and Macau (Hong Kong–Macau Ferry Pier). In 2011, it was sold to Shun Tak–China Travel Ship Management Limited, the owner of TurboJET. That subsidiary has now been renamed.

Routes

It operates the following routes:

• Central to Cheung Chau and Mui Wo
• Circular between Peng Chau, Mui Wo, Chi Ma Wan, and Cheung Chau
• North Point to Hung Hom and Kowloon City
• North Point to Joss House Bay (大廟灣) (special service which only operates on Tin Hau-birthday-festival)

Ceased routes:

• Central to Peng Chau
• Tsim Sha Tsui to Mui Wo and Cheung Chau
• Tuen Mun to Tai O (via: Tung Chung and Sha Lo Wan)
• Tuen Mun to Chek Lap Kok / Tung Chung

Inter-cities

• Hong Kong to Macau (sold to TurboJET in 2011)

Fleet

Current fleet

Former fleet

Ownership

New World First Ferry was owned by NWS Holdings via NWS Transport Services. In the past, Chow Tai Fook Enterprises, parent company of NWS Holdings, owned 50% shares of NWS Transport Services until 2016.

New World First Ferry and NWS Holdings are named after New World Development, the flagship listed company of Chow Tai Fook group.

In May 2020, New World First Ferry was sold to Chinese government owned Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises. Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises is the parent company of Chu Kong Passenger Transport, which offers inter-cities passenger liner, for cities of the Pearl River Delta. Chu Kong is the alternative transliteration of Pearl River.

Following the sale, formal registration of the change of company name to Sun Ferry Services Company Limited took effect on 7 January 2021 in Hong Kong's Companies Registry.

See also

• New World First Bus, former sister company
• Sun Mobile, former sister brand, was known as New World Mobility

References

1. HK Ferry (Hold) & New World Dev Joint Announcement Hong Kong Stock Exchange 2 November 1999
2. "Milesstones 1999". NWS Holdings. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
3. About Us TurboJET
4. "SHUN TAK - CHINA TRAVEL MACAU FERRIES LIMITED :: Hong Kong :: OpenCorporates". opencorporates.com. 7 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
5. "List of vessel on Company website".
6. Guy Photo Collections Archived 3 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine
7. "Citybus & NWFB - Members of NWS Holdings - Company Structure". New World First Bus. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
8. "About Citybus and NWFB > History". Hong Kong: NWS Transport Services. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
9. Moon, Louise (4 May 2020). "Hong Kong's New World First Ferry Services to be acquired by Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. Retrieved 21 December 2020.

External links

• Official website

• Ferry transport in Hong Kong
• NWS Holdings
• 1999 establishments in Hong Kong
• Water taxis
• Shipping companies of Hong Kong