MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1993
HK'S CONTAINER THROUGHPUT INCREASES SUSTAINED
SAME PERIOD DIRECTOR OF
FIRST LAST
HAS YEAR, MARINE, MR IAN
HONG KONG'S AVERAGE OVERALL CONTAINER THROUGHPUT FOR THE
OVER THE THIS YEAR, NINE MONTHS OF INCREASED BY 16.2 PER CENT, THE DEPUTY DALE, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
ANNOUNCING
THE
LATEST CONSOLIDATED
DAIE SAID:
"HONG KONG
THROUGHPUT FIGURES,
MR
EQUIVALENT ΤΟ 5,808,065
HANDLED 6,746,471 TEU'S (TWENTY-FOOT
YEAR COMPARED UNITS) IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THIS OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
HEAD OF THE WORLD THEY INDICATED
"THESE FIGURES WILL KEEP HONG KONG AT THE CONTAINER HANDLING LEAGUE TABLE, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY SUSTAINED GROWTH IN DEMAND AND THE DEMAND.
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PORT'S ABILITY TO SERVICE THAT
ARE GENERALLY IN THROUGHPUT CURRENT INCREASES
THE UNDERLINES FURTHER
NEED FOR PORT WHICH FORECASTS, DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME TO STAY ON SCHEDULE, HE ADDED.
IN LINE
WITH FACILITY
THE COMPARATIVE CONTAINER STATISTICS IN TEU'S ARE:
FIRST NINE MONTHS OF '92
FIRST NINE MONTHS OF '93
PERCENTAGES
INCREASE
THAI CHUNG
3,714,958
4,222,751
+ 13.7%
CONTAINER TERMINALS
STREAM AND ELSEWHERE
1,808,829
2,096,699
+ 15.9%
RIVER TRADE
298,724
435,740
+ 45.9%
TOTAL
5,808,065
6,746,471
+ 16.2%
BY DOWNWARDS TEU'S HANDLED BY
ARE ADJUSTED FIGURES NOTE: TO AVOID DOUBLE COUNTING,
IN 1993 BEING AND 8,719 14.446 IN 1992 TERMINAL VESSELS CONTRACTED TO WORK IN THE STREAM.
HONG KONG IS THE BUSIEST CONTAINER PORT IN THE WORLD,
A RECORD OF 7.97 MILLION TEU'S LAST YEAR AND FORECAST TO IN RXCESS OF NINE MILLION TEU'S THIS YEAR.
HANDLING HANDLE WELL
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