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MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1991

HK CONTAINER THROUGHPUT EXCEEDS FIVE MILLION TEU'S

THE ANNUAL CONTAINERISED CARGO HANDLED IN THE PORT OF HONG KONG HAS FOR THE FIRST TIME PASSED THE LANDMARK OF FIVE MILLION TEU'S (20-FOOT EQUIVALENT UNITS), THE MARINE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY).

THE TOTAL CONTAINER THROUGHPUT FOR THE YEAR 1990 WAS 5,100,637 TEU'S, WHICH REPRESENTS A 14.27 PER CENT INCREASE OVER THE 4,463,709 TEU'S HANDLED IN 1989. IT WAS MADE UP OF:

KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER TERMINALS

3,831,211 TEU'S - UP 15.5 PER CENT OVER 1989

* STREAM AND ELSEWHERE

1,212,897 TEU'S - UP 12.76 PER CENT OVER 1989

* RIVER TRADE VESSELS

70,941 TEU'S - DOWN 10.58 PER CENT OVER 1989

COMMENTING ON THE FIGURES, THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, C.C. 9ZE, SAID: "AFTER A SLOW START AT THE BEGINNING OF THROUGHPUT GRADUALLY PICKED UP NOT ONLY ΤΟ REACH BUT FORECAST ANNUAL GROWTH RATE OF 14 PER CENT FOR THE TERMINALS.

"THE FINAL THROUGHPUT FIGURES ARE THEREFORE AND UNDERLINES HONG KONG'S POSITION AS ONE OF THE PORTS IN THE WORLD,"

MR MICHAEL LAST YEAR, EXCEED OUR KWAI CHUNG

MOST SATISFACTORY LEADING CONTAINER

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