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Marine Facilities
Hong Kong is one of the world's busiest ports, and marine civil works are essential to keep the port running smoothly. The Civil Engineering and Development Department carries out maintenance work on public landing steps and ferry piers. and other public and government marine facilities, as well as ensuring regular maintenance dredging of the harbour, navigation channels and major river channels. The department currently maintains 506 hectares of typhoon shelters, five kilometres of quays at public cargo working areas, 123 kilometres of seawalls and breakwaters, 314 piers and landing steps, 101 dolphins (mooring structures), 14 100 hectares of fairways and 3 590 hectares of anchorage areas.
The department is also responsible for the planning, design and construction of public marine facilities. In 2011, widening of Tung Wan Tau Road at Silver Mine Bay was completed. The department continued the planning and design of Lung Mei Beach, Cycle Parking Area near Yung Shue Wan Ferry Pier, Yung Shue Wan Development Phase 2, a new public landing facility at Lei Yue Mun and improvement works to the public landing facility at Trio Beach, short-term improvement works at Golden Beach, Upper Cheung Sha Beach, Stanley Main Beach, Deep Water Bay Beach, Butterfly Beach and Big Wave Bay Beach.
International Transport and Logistics Hub
Logistics is an important sector of the economy, accounting for 5 per cent of Hong Kong's Gross Domestic Product. Given its strategic location, world class infrastructure and business-friendly environment, Hong Kong has long established itself as a preferred transport and logistics hub in Asia. It is also the world's busiest international air cargo centre and one of the world's busiest container ports. These achievements are attributed to the operators of the services and facilities the investors and the efficient workforce, as well as the constructive partnership and co-operation between the private and public sectors. Efficient, reliable and well connected, Hong Kong's airport and seaport are vital to the territory's logistics industry.
Hong Kong is also home to the most productive and efficient container terminals and to the biggest private terminal operators in the world. A comprehensive network of container line services connects the port of Hong Kong with 500 destinations across the globe. Coupled with its round-the-clock operation, the nine container terminals at Kwai Chung-Tsing Yi provide a total handling capacity of more than 19 million TEUS per year.
Development of Hong Kong Logistics Industry
The Government is committed to maintaining and strengthening Hong Kong as Asia's preferred international transport and logistics hub. It provides the necessary infrastructure and environment for Hong Kong's logistics sector to grow. It also promotes closer co-operation with the Mainland, in particular, the Pearl River Delta region to achieve synergies in logistics development.