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In July, 2020, The Port of Hong Kong welcomed HMM Gdansk, the world's largest container vessel, on its maiden call to Hong Kong at Kwai Tsing Container Terminal 7. [ 9 ] Planning is underway for a potential Container Terminal 10 (CT10), with possible sites narrowed down to either southwest Tsing Yi or northwest Lantau , to the west of the airport.
Hongkong International Terminals Limited (HIT) (Chinese: 香港國際貨櫃碼頭) operates 12 berths in Terminal 4, 6, 7 and 9 (North) of Kwai Tsing Container Terminals and another four at Terminal 8 through a joint venture with COSCO SHIPPING Ports and Asia Container Terminals. HIT is the largest container terminal operator in Hong Kong.
The vast majority of containers moved by large, ocean-faring container ships are 20-foot (1 TEU) and 40-foot (2 TEU) ISO-standard shipping containers, with 40-foot units outnumbering 20-foot units to such an extent that the actual number of containers moved is between 55%–60% of the number of TEUs counted.
The port operator group is a subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings (formerly Hutchison Whampoa). Some operation of the company were listed as Hutchison Port Holdings Trust in Singapore Exchange . In 2016, the network comprised 48 port operations throughout Asia , the Middle East , Africa , Europe , the Americas and Australasia .
While the port was under construction, a main road, Kwai Chung Road, was built to connect Kwai Chung and Kowloon. Container Port Road, a branch road of Kwai Chung Road, links the port with major industrial areas in Hong Kong. The first container vessel to call on the new terminal, on 5 September 1972, was the Tokyo Bay. [2]
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Since COSCO Pacific was incorporated in Hong Kong but indirectly controlled by the Chinese government, the company is considered as a red chip. [4] COSCO Pacific, partnered with Hongkong International Terminals, operates the Terminal 8 (East) of Kwai Tsing Container Terminals since 1991. [5] Hong Kong was once busiest container port in which ...
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