South east elevation. A view taken last month
Final stages of construction on Hong Kong's
T
OCEAN TERMINAL
E berthing of P & O's 45.000 ton Canberra on March 22 will signal the official opening of Hong Kong's HK$72 million Ocean Ter- minal project.
By February the major work had been completed on the pier structure which extends for a quarter of a mile into the harbour from the Kowloon shore. The five-storey terminal build- ing. superimposed over the greater part of the pier, was also substantial- ly complete, as were the landward ap- proach structures, which include pedestrian and vehicular access ways,
The terminal will be operational later this month, but it will be several more weeks before the interior finishes are completed and the last subcontractor moves from the site.
Improvements in the Colony's marine facilities created by the ter- minal will eventually include: an in- crease in the total number of berths in the port by one-third; additional transit shed space to handle 35,000 measured tons of cargo: and the es- tablishment of one of the few fully mechanised cargo handling operations in the Far East.
Pier Structure
The 1,250 ft. long by 250 ft. wide pier structure consists of a precast. reinforced concrete beam and slab deck with an in-situ concrete topping
concrete piles of 2 ft. 4 in. external diameter with 42 in. walls. The piles vary in length from 40 ft. to
120 ft. and were driven to bearing in alluvial sand, decomposed rock or bedrock.
carried on 1.217 prestressed hollow Aerial view of the terminal with Hong Kong island in the background
Far East Architect & Builder March, 1966
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