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Wednesday, January 24, 1973
RAPID ADVANCES IN CONTAINERISATION IN HONG KONG
New Berth At Kwai Chung To Be Opened By Governor
Hong Kong has been forging ahead with containerisation during the past three years. The first large-scale container complex at Kwai Chung is developing rapidly.
Last September the 59,889-ton containership, the Tokyo Bay, arrived in harbour and unloaded the first container at the Kwai Chung
Container Terminal. This marked a new chapter in containerisation
in Hong Kong.
Since then, the tonnage of goods arriving in containers has
risen considerably and the number of containers handled at the Kwai
Chung terminal has increased by four times. It now handles 860 a day.
The terminal complex will have three berths when fully developed. All of them will be able to accommodate vessels drawing 40 feet upwards and 950 feet in length.
Berth No. 1, which is operated by the Modern Terminals
Limited, will be officially opened by the Governor, Sir Hurray MacLehose on Saturday (January 27).
Berth No. 2 and No. 3 are being built by a Japanese and an
American consortium respectively.
Container handling in Hong Kong has been developing very
quickly in the last few years.
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