THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1992
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CONTAINER THROUGHPUT INCREASE INDICATES STEADY GROWTH
THE TOTAL CONTAINER THROUGHPUT FOR THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR OF 5.8 MILLION TEUS (TWENTY-FOOT EQUIVALENT UNITS) MAINTAINS HONG KONG POSITION AS THE WORLD'S LEADING CONTAINER PORT, THE MARINE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY).
BY
THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MARINE (PLANNING AND LOCAL SERVICES DIVISION), MR IAN DALE SAID: "THE OVERALL THROUGHPUT FOR THE FIRST NINE MONTHS IN 1992 AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1991 IS UP 1.3 MILLION TEUS, ALMOST A 28 PER CENT INCREASE, INDICATING CONTINUING STRONG GROWTH.
THIS AVERAGE INCREASE HAS REMAINED STEADY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, MR DALE SAID.
"IN PARTICULAR, THE TOTAL THROUGHPUT OF LOADED EXPORT AND/OR RE-EXPORT CARGO, SHOWS THE SAME GROWTH ALSO 28 PER CENT, AND CLEARLY REFLECTS SUSTAINED CONFIDENCE IN THE FACE OF CONTINUING WORLD RECESSION,
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TEUS, THAT IS
RATE WHICH IS
LOCAL BUSINESS HE ADDED.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE TABLE FOR THE COMPARATIVE CONTAINER STATISTICS FOR JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1992:
FIRST NINE-MONTH
1991
FIRST NINE-MONTH
1992
CHANGE IN PERCENTAGE
KWAI CHUNG TERMINALS
TOTAL TEUS
3,352,835
3,714,958
10.8
STREAM AND ELSEWHERE
TOTAL TEUS
RIVER TRADE
TOTAL TEUS
THROUGHPUT
(KWAI CHUNG TERMINALS STREAM & ELSEWHERE +
RIVER TRADE)
TOTAL TEUS
1,151,433
1,863,749
61.9
54,412
244,302
349.0
4,540,664
5,808,563
27.9
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