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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1974
CONTAINER TRÅDE DEVELOPING FAST IN HONG KONG
NEARLY 40 PER CENT OF HONG KONG'S EXPORTS AND IMPORTS
ARE NOW BEING TRANSPORTED IN CONTAINERS.
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DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, 225.375 CONTAINERS, EQUAL TO 364, 863. TUENTY FOOT EQUIVALENT CONTAINERS (T.E.U.'S), WERE HANDLED IN THE PORT.
IMPORTED CARCO TOTALLED 1,283,099 TONS CARRIED IN 151,638 T.E.US AND EXPORTS TOTALLED 1,198,029 TONS CARRIED IN 163.536 T.E.U'S WITH THE BALANCE BEING EIPTY CONTA INERS.
A SPOKESHAN FOR THE MARINE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT CONTAİNER TRADE IN HONG KONG HAD BEEN DEVELOPING VERY QUICKLY. +THIS IS ONLY A BEGINNING AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO PROSPER.+
IN 1973, THE TOTAL NUIDER OF LOADED CONTAINERS HANDLED ' IN HONG KONG WAS 491,915 T.E.U.S COMPARED WITH ABOUT 30,000 IN 1970.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID IT WAS EXPECTED THAT ANOTHER TWO BERTHS WOULD BE ADDED TO THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER TERMINAL WITHIN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, EACH COVERING A BIGGER AREA THAN ANY ONE OF THE EXISTING THREE EERTHS..
THE THREE EXISTING BERTHS COVER ABOUT 35 ACRES EACH, AND CATER FOR CONTAINER SHIPS OF THE LATEST DESIGN UP TO ABOUT 1,000 FEET IN LENGTH.
THE BERTHS ARE FULLY EQUIPPED WITH MARSHALLING YARDS, CRANES, ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT AND LARGE CONTAINER FREIGHT STATIONS.
THEY ARE OPERATED BY MODERN TERMINALS, KOWLOON CONTAINER WAREHOUSE COMPANY AND SEA-LAND ORIENT.
+MEET THE MEDIA+ SESSION TOMORROW
RERERR
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