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The new Yaumatei PCWA, with a total area of about 13 hectares and 1,235 metres of waterfrontage, is not only the largest in the territory but also the busiest, handling 1.9 million tonnes of cargo in the first nine months of this year, an increase
of 42 per cent over the same period last year.
Mr Dale said: "The Marine Department's nine PCWAS play a vital role in the overall port system of Hong Kong, meeting the demand of the general cargo and river trade operators.
all the PCWAs handled more than 14 million tonnes of cargo, an 18
"Last year per cent increase over 1993."
End/Wednesday, November 29, 1995
Traffic management programme to cope with shipping growth
Within five years Hong Kong's port will be handling over half a million international marine traffic movements a year. To cope with this huge growth the Marine Department has begun an ongoing Programme of Proactive Traffic Management. Details of the programme were outlined today (Wednesday) at the meeting of the Port Development Board's Container Handling Committee.
The Marine Department's General Manager, Vessel Traffic Services, Mr Roger Tupper, said the main aim of the multi-million dollar programme was to improve safety in Hong Kong's busy waters.
He told committee members that the department would build a new radar station on Ping Chau to cover Mirs Bay and the eastern approaches to Hong Kong. Costing $75 million, the station is expected to come into operation in 1998.
A radar station covering the western approaches opened on Kau Yi Chau earlier this year. This provides coverage that had been interrupted by the building of the Tsing Ma Bridge.