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mid-stream operations
A simulated model of the new HK$6 million River Trade Terminal,
which will become fully operational by the end of the century.
containers handled
in Hong Kong.
Indeed, such is the
operational
effectiveness of midstream
operations
today that such
activity is considered
vital to protect the
gateway's status as
the world's number
one container port
and a crucial
'relief valve'
for congestion at
Kwai Chung
Container Port.
Typical vessels
handled mid-stream
in Hong Kong
contain 2,000 TEUs,
although congestion
at the container
terminals
occasionally leads to
5,500 TEU capacity ships being
accommodated at anchor
by up to 11 lighters. The average
vessel loads/discharges 500 boxes
in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Port's list of midstream
operators includes Faith &
Safe Transportation, Fat Kee
Stevedores, Floata Consolidation,
Hoi Kong Container Services, Man
Tung Transportation, United
Prospect Consolidation and Yee Lee
Sea-Land Forwarding Co. Ltd.
River Trade Terminal
RIVER trade traffic through the Port
of Hong Kong is to be transformed
by the opening of a new purposebuilt,
first-of-its-kind River Trade
Terminal within the next 18 months.
Hong Kong's first dedicated
facility for Pearl River Delta (PRD)
traffic will boast 3,000 metres of
quay and 60 berths with a water
depth of six metres on a 65 hectare
site at Tuen Mun.
The huge site — developed by
River Trade Terminal Co. Ltd
(RTTC) — will provide
comprehensive services including
container handling, breakbulk
cargo handling & CFS services,
container storage, container
maintenance and repair, marine
shuttle lighter services and other
ancillary services such as
transloading, tugging and haulage.
Other facilities at the selfcontained
common-user complex
will include centralised government
services, offices for port and
transport-related industries as
well as banks, fuel filling stations,
canteens, convenience stores
and a clinic.
Scheduled marine shuttle lighters
will allow frequent services linking
the River Trade Terminal with the
Main Terminals, mid-stream (for
transhipment cargoes) and
designated berths in urban areas
(for local cargoes).
Import cargo from the PRD will be
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