The Chuo Wharf Cruise Center has opened for business in the Japanese port of Hakata near Fukuoka. Construction started in 2014 and the facility was officially opened at a ceremony on 17 May, although it had started to handle ships already two weeks earlier.
The Chuo Wharf Cruise Center is capable of handling turn arounds as well as calls. The largest ship to have used it so far was Costa Crociere's Costa Serena, which on 30 April brought some 3,500 passengers from China, the port said in a statement.