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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1993

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CONTAINER THROUGHPUT HITS & MILLION MARK

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HONG

KONG HAS A RECORD CONTAINER THROUGHPUT OF ALMOST YEAR, THE MARINE

8 MILLION TEUS (TWENTY-FOOT EQUIVALENT UNITS) LAST DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY).

THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MARINE (PLANNING AND LOCAL SERVICES), MR JOHN SHEARMAN, SAID: "THE OVERALL CONTAINER THROUGHPUT FOR 1992 WAS 7,972,235 TEUS, AN INCREASE OF 29.4 PER CENT OR 1,810,323 TEUS AS COMPARED WITH 1991.

"THE RESULTS SHOW A STARTLING INCREASE OVER 1991, AND THE AVERAGE INCREASE HAS REMAINED STEADY AT OVER 25 PER CENT THROUGHOUT 1992,

INDICATING CONTINUING STRONG GROWTH.

"IN PARTICULAR, THE TOTAL THROUGHPUT OF LOADED TEUS, THAT IS EXPORT AND/OR RE-EXPORT CARGO, SHOWS THE SAME STARTLING GROWTH RATE WHICH IS ALSO 28.6 PER CENT, AND CLEARLY REFLECTS SUSTAINED LOCAL BUSINESS CONFIDENCE IN THE FACE OF CONTINUING WORLD RECESSION.'

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THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONTAINERS HANDLED AT THE KWAI CONTAINER PORT INCREASED BY 12.5 PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH 1991.

CHUNG

"BUT THE BIGGEST INCREASES ARE FROM THOSE HANDLED IN THE STREAM AND FROM VESSELS TRADING BETWEEN THE PEARL RIVER DELTA PORTS AND HONG KONG (RIVER TRADE), WHICH SHOW INCREASES OF 60 PER CENT AND 379.9 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, MR SHEARMAN SAID.

FOLLOWING IS THE TABLE FOR THE COMPARATIVE

CONTAINER

STATISTICS FOR 1991 AND 1992:

KWAI CHUNG TERMINALS

TOTAL TEUS

STREAM AND ELSEWHERE

TOTAL TEUS

RIVER TRADE

TOTAL TEUS

1991

1992

CHANGE IN PERCENTAGE

4,514,410

5,078,893

12.5

1,597,579

2,556,795

60.0

THROUGHPUT (KWAI CHUNG TERMINALS +

STREAM AND ELSEWHERE +

RIVER TRADE)

TOTAL TEUS

74,378

356,949

379.9

6,161,912

7,972,235

29.4

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