FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1989
HK FIRST TO BREAK FOUR MILLION TEU BARRIER
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THE PORT OF HONG KONG IS THE FIRST IN THE WORLD TO REGISTER CONTAINER THROUGHPUT IN EXCESS OF FOUR MILLION TEU'S (20-FOOT EQUIVALENT UNITS).
THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR DERICK HALL, SAID THIS TODAY
DURING (FRIDAY) AT A MEET-THE-MEDIA SESSION
WHICH HE RELEASED THE MAJOR PORT AND SHIPPING STATISTICS FOR 1988 AND OUTLINED THE MAJOR EVENTS AHEAD.
THAT
MR HALL SAID CONTAINER FIGURES FINALISED YESTERDAY SHOWED
IN 4,033,427 TEU'S WERE HANDLED
THE PORT OF HONG KONG IN 1988, REPRESENTING A 16.7 PER CENT INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS 3,457,182 TEU'S.
YEAR'S
TONNES
IN TERMS OF TONNAGE, MR HALL SAID A TOTAL OF 81,262,233
PORT OF OF CARGO WERE LOADED AND DISCHARGED IN THE
HONG KONG LAST YEAR, RECORDING AN INCREASE OF 15.2 PER CENT OVER 1987.
SINCE EXPECTED
ON THE PRESENT AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS OF CONTAINER TERMINALS, MR HALL SAID THE FIRST BERTH OF TERMINAL 6 HAD BEEN OPERATIONAL
TERMINAL WAS MAY LAST YEAR AND THAT FULL COMPLETION OF THE IN MAY THIS YEAR SOME 12 MONTHS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
7 WAS
AWARDED IN
THE TENDER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TERMINAL APRIL LAST YEAR AND IT WAS CONTRACTED TO BE FINISHED BY 1993.
"COMPLETION COULD HOWEVER BE AS EARLY AS 1991, THE TOTAL CAPACITY AT KWAI CHUNG WOULD BE ABOUT FIVE HE NOTED.
BY WHICH TIME MILLION TEU'S,
THE
STILL CONSIDERING
A DECISION WOULD BE
9 AND
MR HALL SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS LOCATIONS OF CONTAINER TERMINALS 8 AND MADE LATER.
ON FEBRUARY 27 ΤΟ EXPANSION OF
WAS RATE
12 PER
WILL MEET "THE CONTAINER PORT COMMITTEE DECIDE ON THE PLANNED RATE (TRIGGER POINT MECHANISM) OF
PRESENT TERMINALS, " MR HALL SAID, ADDING THAT THE CENT.
YEAR
HE SAID HE EXPECTED TERMINAL 8 TO BE TRIGGERED LATER THIS
MARCH 1994 AND FULL WITH THE FIRST BERTH COMING ON STREAM BY ABOUT COMPLETION BY 1995.
TERMINAL 9 WAS ANTICIPATED TO BE TRIGGERED IN 1990, HE ADDED.
THAT MR HALL POINTED OUT
THE PORT AND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT
RECOMMENDATIONS LATER STRATEGY STUDY (PADS) WAS EXPECTED TO MAKE THE YEAR REGARDING PORT DEVELOPMENTS WELL INTO THE NEXT CENTURY.
IN
THE FINANCIAL