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SUMMARY
Recommended Scheme
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Site investigations have been carried out at Kwai Chung from which the optimum quay alignment for the Container Terminal has been worked out. This takes into account the cost of obtaining filling material and of overcoming settlement problems which have emerged as being the critical factors.
The recommended scheme is shown on Drawing 17 and is basically the construction of a first stage comprising two 850-ft. berths with a minimum depth of water alongside of 35 ft. followed by two further stages each providing one further similar berth. The quay wall has been designed to allow future dredging to give a depth of 40 ft. should this be required. It is not considered that ships requiring a depth of more than 40 ft. would use the Terminal.
As the first phase of Stage 1, one berth would be constructed as quickly as possible so that it could be put into use while the second berth was being completed. The berth would have a "back-up" area of 22 acres for a container-marshalling area, a packing station, lighter berths, offices and a workshop and store.
Mong Chau has been chosen as the site for the first phase as the amount of reclamation required is limited and because of the rapidity with which the berth could be constructed and put into use. The time estimated for the completion and equipment of this first phase is 24 years from the date of a firm instruction to proceed.
The second phase of Stage 1 would provide the second berth and a "back-up” area of 26 acres. This berth could be brought into use 6 months after the first but the full packing- station area would not be available for a further 6 months.
The berths recommended in Stage 1, although nominally 850 ft. in length, have been designed with 150 ft. extensions and these would allow 950 ft. container-ships to use the facilities. In this case however maximum throughput of containers may not be attainable. The proposed layout for Stage 1 is shown on Drawing 16.
It has become clear that flexibility in design and layout is a factor of the greatest importance. For this reason we are making firm proposals for only the first stage of the Terminal and planning this so that a choice can be made for the layout of further stages. Layouts for all three stages are shown on Drawing 17, but Stages 2 & 3 can be modified in a number of ways as required and can be constructed as and when required.
Costs and Timing
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The costs of the Terminal by stages together with the estimated times for completion are shown in Table 1.
TABLE 1: SUMMARY OF COSTS & TIMES FOR COMPLETION
Item
Stage 1 (2 berths)
Stage 2 (1 berth)
Stage 3 (1 berth)
Total (4 berths)
Estimated cost of forming site ($ million)
44
24
Order of cost of developing site ($ million)
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32
100
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15
53
Order of cost of equipping Terminal ($ million).....
49
25
2
26
100
Total cost ($ million)
115
65
73
253
Time for construction (Years)
31*
31
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Suggested completion date to cope with forecast
demand
1973*
1975
1977
1977
* The first berth could be in operation 1 year earlier.
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