Tanjung Pinang – Tanah Merah
Ferries to Singapore
Tanjung Pinang – Tanah Merah
Ferries to Singapore
The Tanjung Pinang Tanah Merah ferry route connects Bintan Island to Singapore and is available for booking all year round. Sindo Ferry provide up to 9 weekly sailings and Majestic Fast Ferries provide 4 weekly sailings.
Direct Ferries allow you to choose between 13 ferries from Tanjung Pinang to Tanah Merah each week, with up to 2 sailings departing per day. Passengers are not currently able to bring their cars onboard this ferry service. Therefore, we recommend that you search for alternative ferries to Singapore which accommodate vehicles.
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| Tanjung Pinang - Tanah Merah Route summary | ||
|---|---|---|
| Departure Country | Indonesia | |
| Destination Country | Singapore | |
| No. of Operators | 2 | |
| Operators | Majestic Fast Ferry & Sindo Ferry | |
| Average Price | $153* | |
| Average Daily Sailings | 3 | |
| Average Weekly Sailings | 23 | |
| Average Sailing Duration | 1h 51m | |
| Fastest Sailing Duration | 1h 40m | |
| First Ferry | 06:45 | |
| Last Ferry | 15:30 | |
| Distance | 27 nautical miles | |
* Prices subject to change, pricing is taken from last 30 days, last updated 2024-11-05.
Located in the east of Singapore, Tanah Merah is made up of largely private residential properties, country clubs, and some light industrial parks. When land reclamation works began in the early 1970s, most of the coastal hills were levelled and dumped into the sea to create the present East Coast and the East Coast Parkway was constructed almost completely on reclaimed land. The location of Tanah Merah Kechil cliff is where Temasek Primary School now stands and it is possible to see where the hills abruptly end at the junction of Bedok South Avenue 3 and Upper East Coast Road at one end, and New Upper Changi Road at the other end.
Tanah Merah is a Malay phrase that translates into "red soil". Tanah Merah was once a hilly area with two prominent cliffs: Tanah Merah Besar, a large cliff, and Tanah Merah Kechil, a small cliff. The roads leading to the cliffs were named Tanah Merah Besar Road and Tanah Merah Kechil Road respectively. The names remain today.
The area is also home to the Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal with regular services to the Indonesian Riau Islands.
