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Victoria. Berths total 374 m with 9.1 m depth alongside and 112 ■ of lighter quayage with 6.4 m depth alongside. There are also numerous lighter ferry and coaster berths, and one temporary container berth at North Point.
b. Kowloon. Ten deepwater berths for vessels up to 304 m long, with draughts of about 10.9 m, numerous small piers, wharves and ferry landings. Ro-Ro ships can discharge at a terminal in Kowloon with 10.9 m depth along- side. There is one temporary container berth.
C. Kwai Chung. There are six container berths for vessels up to 304 m long with depths of 12.1 m alongside. There are also facilities for Ro-Ro vessels by way of a floating movable ramp.
d. Tsing Yi Island. On the east side of the island is the main tanker terminal. Tanker berths with depths alongside varying between 4.8 m and 13.7 can take ships up to 250 m long. In addition there are tanker berths at Ap Lei Chau and Kwun Tong.
22. Other Facilities. capacities up to 150 tonnes. cities of 100 and 250 tonnes.
Other facilities include over 80 cranes with lifting
There are also two floating cranes with capa-
The containers terminals have cranes of up to 30 tonnes. There are four dry-docks which can take vessels of up to 35 000 dwt, and a floating dock which can take ships of up to 100 000 dwt. There is a smaller floating dock at Tailoo. Major repairs can be carried out. There are seven large and 40 smaller tugs, about 1900 lighters of up to 500 tonnes capa- city, fireboats and supply tenders. Bunkering and water is available. There is ample covered storage space, but open stacking areas are very limited except at the container terminals.
23. Clearance of Kowloon is by road and rail, and by road from other port areas.
Railways
24. The only railway in Hong Kong is the state-owned 33.5 km long standard gauge single track line which runs from Kowloon to the Chinese border at Lo Wu (D5) the railway crossing point on the PRC border, from whence the line continues to
Passengers alight at Lo Wu (D5) and cross the border on foot to the Chinese station at Shum Chun (D5) where they board a Chinese train for other destinations in China. At present 32 passenger trains and 10 goods trains, the latter carrying up to 1220 tonnes per train, operate in each direction seven days a week. There is no trans-shipment of freight at the border crossing. Annual freight is now approaching the limit of capacity of the line and double- tracking of the whole of the section in the Crown Colony is planned for com- pletion by 1980/1982 and this may be followed by electrification of the line. Double-tracking of the section from Hung Hom to Sha Tin (D3) was completed in December 1977. Work on a new marshalling yard at Lo Wu (D5) commenced in mid- 1976 and is scheduled to be completed by mid-1978. Plans for branch lines to Tuen Mun (C4) in the Castle Peak district, to the container port at Kwai Chung (D3) and to the industrial estates at Tai Po (D4) appear to have been shelved for the present.
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