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FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1992

"THIS SHOULD ENABLE THE OPERATORS TO MAINTAIN THEIR CAPACITY TARGETS, TO PROVIDE FOR FUTURE PLANNING, AND TO MAINTAIN INTEREST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONTAINER TERMINAL 9," HE NOTED.

ON THE RIVER TRADE CONTAINER THROUGHPUT, MR ΚΕΝΤ POINTED OUT THAT A MORE QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS HAD BEEN ACHIEVED BY THE MARINE DEPARTMENT BY REQUIRING OPERATORS OF THE RIVER TRADE TO SUBMIT A MORE DETAILED MANIFEST.

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THIS HAS RESULTED

IN SIGNIFICANT INCREASES OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, BUT THIS SHOULD NOT BE READ AS AN OVERALL GROWTH IN THROUGHPUT," SAID MR KENT.

THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS THE (TBUS) FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1992:

CONTAINER THROUGHPUT FIGURES

1991

1992

INCREASE

JANUARY

459 855

585 175

27.3%

FEBRUARY

386 385

449 139

16.2%

MARCH

443 682

581 082

31.0%

APRIL

473 759

605 815

27.9%

MAY

526 947

667 490

26.7%

JUNE

532 376

679 235

27.6%

TOTAL

2 823 004

3 567 936

26.4%

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