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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.
Hong Kong is a major cargo port—in 2000, it processed 175 million tonnes of cargo and 18.1 million TEU. The Marine Department is also the port authority of the territory. The Marine Department is also the port authority of the territory.
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.
Alexandria International Container Terminals Company Ltd. Joint Venture (50%) EI Dekheila: Duisburg: Germany: Duisburger Container Terminal GmbH Subsidiary [18] Hong Kong Hong Kong: Asia Port Services: Wholly owned subsidiary Hong Kong (Kwai Tsing District) Kwai Tsing Container Terminals (CT4, CT6, CT7, CT9N) Subsidiary (66.5%) Hong Kong (Kwai ...
The Container Committee was appointed by the Governor Sir David Trench on 12 July 1966 to advise the government on the containerisation revolution in cargo handling. In early 1967 the committee declared that Hong Kong had to build the capacity to handle containers, otherwise the territory's economy would suffer and its port would be bypassed in favour of Singapore and Japan. [1]
The board was established on 1 April 2016, by the merging of the former Hong Kong Maritime Industry Council and Hong Kong Port Development Council, in a move welcomed by the maritime industry as signalling more support for them. [1] Under the HKMPB are three committees: the Maritime and Port Development Committee; the Promotion and External ...
Modern Terminals Limited (Modern Terminals or MTL), is the second largest container terminal operator in Hong Kong, just after Hongkong International Terminals Limited. [3] It operates terminal 1, 2, 5 and 9 (South) in Kwai Tsing Container Terminals in Hong Kong, and also sets up joint-venture in container terminals in Shenzhen, Guangdong and Taicang, Jiangsu in Mainland China.