WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1993
F
INCREASE,
SAME
RIVER TRADE HAS ACHIEVED A MASSIVE 136 PER CENT ALTHOUGH THIS IS FROM A SMALL BASELINE OF 74,682 TEU'S FOR THE PERIOD LAST YEAR.
COMMENTING ON FUTURE PROSPECTS, MR DALE SAID: "THERE IS EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE STEADY INCREASE IN CONTAINER THROUGHPUT WE ARE NOW EXPERIENCING WILL CONTINUE.
"CONTAINER THROUGHPUT FORECASTS CLEARLY SHOW THE NEED FOR US TO FIRMLY MAINTAIN OUR SCHEDULE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW TERMINALS. IF WE ARE UNABLE TO MEET FULL DEMAND, WE RISK LOSING ELEMENTS OF THIS IMPORTANT TRADE.
THE FOLLOWING STATISTICS IN TEU'S:
IS THE TABLE FOR THE COMPARATIVE
KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER TERMINALS
STREAM AND ELSEWHERE
RIVER TRADE
TOTAL
FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 1992
CONTAINER
FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 1993
INCREASE PERCENTAGE
1,449,729
1,630,115
12.4%
709,417
845,638
19.2%
74,682
176,611
136.5%
2,228,317
2,651,808
19.0%
HONG KONG IS THE LARGEST CONTAINER PORT IN THE WORLD AND IS ALSO ONE OF THE BUSIEST PORTS IN TERMS OF VESSEL ARRIVALS AND CARGO AND PASSENGER THROUGHPUT.
EXCO MEMBERS SEE PORT DEVELOPMENT * * * * *
THREE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS, MS ROSANNA WONG, PROFESSOR EDWARD CHEN AND MR ANDREW LI, THIS ( (WEDNESDAY) MORNING HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PORT OF HONG KONG.
THEY FIRST ATTENDED A BRIEFING AT THE MARINE DEPARTMENT AND THEN TOURED THE HARBOUR FOR 45 MINUTES BEFORE CALLING AT THE MODERN TERMINALS LTD (MTL).
ARRIVING AT THE MARINE DEPARTMENT AT 10.30 AM, THE PARTY WAS MET BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR IAN DALE, WHO BRIEFED MEMBERS ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE PORT.
MARINE DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTERING THE PORT AND THE AUTONOMOUS HONG KONG SILIPPING REGISTER WHICH HAS A TOTAL FLEET AMOUNTING TO 7.6 MILLION GROSS REGISTERED TONNAGE.
/MEMBERS WERE