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MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1993

HK'S CONTAINER THROUGHPUT INCREASES SUSTAINED

SAME PERIOD DIRECTOR OF

FIRST LAST

HAS YEAR, MARINE, MR IAN

HONG KONG'S AVERAGE OVERALL CONTAINER THROUGHPUT FOR THE

OVER THE THIS YEAR, NINE MONTHS OF INCREASED BY 16.2 PER CENT, THE DEPUTY DALE, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

ANNOUNCING

THE

LATEST CONSOLIDATED

DAIE SAID:

"HONG KONG

THROUGHPUT FIGURES,

MR

EQUIVALENT ΤΟ 5,808,065

HANDLED 6,746,471 TEU'S (TWENTY-FOOT

YEAR COMPARED UNITS) IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THIS OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

HEAD OF THE WORLD THEY INDICATED

"THESE FIGURES WILL KEEP HONG KONG AT THE CONTAINER HANDLING LEAGUE TABLE, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY SUSTAINED GROWTH IN DEMAND AND THE DEMAND.

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PORT'S ABILITY TO SERVICE THAT

ARE GENERALLY IN THROUGHPUT CURRENT INCREASES

THE UNDERLINES FURTHER

NEED FOR PORT WHICH FORECASTS, DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME TO STAY ON SCHEDULE, HE ADDED.

IN LINE

WITH FACILITY

THE COMPARATIVE CONTAINER STATISTICS IN TEU'S ARE:

FIRST NINE MONTHS OF '92

FIRST NINE MONTHS OF '93

PERCENTAGES

INCREASE

THAI CHUNG

3,714,958

4,222,751

+ 13.7%

CONTAINER TERMINALS

STREAM AND ELSEWHERE

1,808,829

2,096,699

+ 15.9%

RIVER TRADE

298,724

435,740

+ 45.9%

TOTAL

5,808,065

6,746,471

+ 16.2%

BY DOWNWARDS TEU'S HANDLED BY

ARE ADJUSTED FIGURES NOTE: TO AVOID DOUBLE COUNTING,

IN 1993 BEING AND 8,719 14.446 IN 1992 TERMINAL VESSELS CONTRACTED TO WORK IN THE STREAM.

HONG KONG IS THE BUSIEST CONTAINER PORT IN THE WORLD,

A RECORD OF 7.97 MILLION TEU'S LAST YEAR AND FORECAST TO IN RXCESS OF NINE MILLION TEU'S THIS YEAR.

HANDLING HANDLE WELL

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