Tianjin International Cruise Home Port handled back-to-back calls by two ships on longer voyages, with the Azamara Pursuit arriving on Oct. 18 and the residential ship The World following on Oct. 19.

The 30,277-ton Azamara Pursuit docked on Oct. 18 with more than 600 guests from the United States, Australia, Canada and other countries.

The World arrived on Oct. 19 for a four-day stay, with an estimated 140 guests entering China.

With both ships on long voyages rather than homeport deployments, their consecutive calls meant the northern port had two visiting ships alongside at once. Tianjin Port Group planned berths and passenger flows under a “one ship, one plan” approach to accommodate the ships’ different sizes and lengths of stay.

The Tianjin Maritime Safety Administration implemented a tailored safety plan for the Azamara Pursuit, combining sea patrols with electronic monitoring around the cruise berth and adapting in-port services to the ship’s profile and local waterway traffic. The Dongjiang border inspection station deployed officers with foreign-language skills, introduced online arrival-card filing and processed 240-hour temporary entry permits for nearly 200 guests in a single on-site procedure to shorten clearance times.

The Tianjin Port and Navigation Authority worked with transport authorities on approvals for the ship’s multi-port itinerary and coordinated in advance with the cruise line, ship agent and terminal operator on berthing and passenger handling.