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"THIS SHOULD ENABLE THE OPERATORS TO MAINTAIN THEIR CAPACITY TARGETS, TO PROVIDE FOR FUTURE PLANNING, AND TO MAINTAIN INTEREST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONTAINER TERMINAL 9," HE NOTED.
ON THE RIVER TRADE CONTAINER THROUGHPUT, MR ΚΕΝΤ POINTED OUT THAT A MORE QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS HAD BEEN ACHIEVED BY THE MARINE DEPARTMENT BY REQUIRING OPERATORS OF THE RIVER TRADE TO SUBMIT A MORE DETAILED MANIFEST.
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THIS HAS RESULTED
IN SIGNIFICANT INCREASES OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, BUT THIS SHOULD NOT BE READ AS AN OVERALL GROWTH IN THROUGHPUT," SAID MR KENT.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS THE (TBUS) FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1992:
CONTAINER THROUGHPUT FIGURES
1991
1992
INCREASE
JANUARY
459 855
585 175
27.3%
FEBRUARY
386 385
449 139
16.2%
MARCH
443 682
581 082
31.0%
APRIL
473 759
605 815
27.9%
MAY
526 947
667 490
26.7%
JUNE
532 376
679 235
27.6%
TOTAL
2 823 004
3 567 936
26.4%
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