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Tuesday, May 8, 1973
WIDENING OF SHIPPING LANE FOR CONTAINER SILIPS
The shipping channel between the wreck of the "Seawise University"
and Tsing Yi Island is being widened to facilitate the passage of container
ships moving to the Kwai Chung terminal.
The channel will be widened to 1,000 feet and dredged to a depth
of 40 feet to enable easy passage and to accommodate ships of 59,000 tons
gross and 950 feet in length.
A spokesman for the Marine Department said today that at present
container ships find it rather difficult to manoeuvre along the shallower
east coast of Tsing Yi Island and the red marking buoys of the wreck.
This is possible during daylight hours, but the operation becomes
more difficult at night, he said.
The dredging began a few days ago and is expected to be completed
by the middle of October.
A notice to mariners has been issued by the Marine Department
to alert them of the work.
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