Swettenham Pier Port Expansion

In the first quarter of 2017, Penang Port and Royal Caribbean announced their intention to form a joint venture to expand Swettenham Pier Cruise Terminal in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of George Town, Penang. The terminal poised to be a world class cruise destination as the location has all the ingredients for success, with berthing facilities in naturally deep waters and has heritage buildings on the shore side ripe for redevelopment within 15 minutes walking distance of major tourist hot spots. The JV was formalised in the third quarter of 2018.

We had worked on the site with Royal Caribbean, assessing the terminal's existing facilities, facilitating the formation of the master plan as well as drawing up a working financial model from which to take the project to the next stage.
The initial phase of development was fully completed in 2021 and involved extending the jetty to almost double its present length and enabling it to handle the largest cruise ships in the world simultaneously with the current cruise mainstays in Southeast Asia. This improves the terminal’s ability to balance homeporting calls that are important for the project's sustainability with international calls that fulfill the state and countries tourism agenda and boosts the cruise industry’s role in Penang’s growth story.