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{{Short description|Container port in Hong Kong}}
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'''Kwai Tsing Container Terminals''' is the main port facilities in the reclamation along [[Rambler Channel]] between [[Kwai Chung]] and [[Tsing Yi|Tsing Yi Island]], Hong Kong. It evolved from four berths of '''Kwai Chung Container Port''' ({{zh|t=葵涌貨櫃碼頭}}) completed in the 1970s. It later expanded with two berths in the 1980s. Two additional terminals were added adjoining to [[Stonecutters Island]] in the 1990s and it was renamed '''Kwai Chung Container Terminals'''. In the 2000s, '''Container Terminal 9''' on Tsing Yi Island was completed, and the entire facility was renamed as ''Kwai Tsing Container Terminals''.

It has been the eighth-busiest [[container port]] in the world since 2019, just after [[Shanghai]], [[Singapore]], [[Port of Ningbo-Zhoushan|Ningbo-Zhoushan]], [[Shenzhen]], [[Guangzhou]], [[Busan]] and [[Qingdao]].

==History==
The Container Committee was appointed by the Governor [[David Trench|Sir David Trench]] on 12 July 1966 to advise the government on the [[Containerization|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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Moving cargo in containers: Need for H.K. to keep up with world developments|work=South China Morning Post|date=27 January 1967|page=1}}</ref> The committee recommended the site at Kwai Chung. Two former islands on the Rambler Channel, [[Mong Chau]] and [[Pillar Island]], were levelled and buried under the port.

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''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Shipping history today in HK's new container port|work=South China Morning Post|date=5 September 1972|page=29}}</ref>

Thanks to the success of the Kwai Chung Port, Hong Kong overtook the [[Port of New York and New Jersey]] in 1986 as the world's second-busiest port.<ref>{{cite news|title=A port choked with business|work=South China Morning Post|date=11 June 1987|page=44}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Hongkong settles in with shipping's big league|work=South China Morning Post|date=7 January 1987|page=26}}</ref> In 1987 it won the title of world's busiest port from Rotterdam.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Marron|first1=Gerry|title=HK overtakes Rotterdam as the world's busiest port|work=South China Morning Post|date=13 December 1987|page=62}}</ref> The sunken remains of the hull of the {{RMS|Queen Elizabeth}} are currently buried beneath the reclaimed land on which the port stands.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gwulo.com/RMS-Queen-Elizabeth-location-in-Hong-Kong |title=Sea queen to lie below CT9 |website=[[South China Morning Post]] |access-date=6 August 2011}}</ref>

==Terminals==
The port consists of nine container terminals and their operators:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Terminal name
! Abbreviation
! Operator
! Water depth<br>(metres)
! No. berths
! Quay length<br>(metres)
! No. cranes
! Area<br>(square metres)
! Capacity<br>(kTEUs)
! Year commissioned
|-
|colspan="10"|<div style="text-align: center">Kwai Chung terminals</div>
|-
| Container Terminal 1 || CT1 || [[Modern Terminals Limited]] || 16.5 || 1 || || 4 || || || 1972
|-
| Container Terminal 2 || CT2 || Modern Terminals Limited || 16.5 || 1 || || 4 || || || 1972
|-
| Container Terminal 3 || CT3 || [[DP World|Dubai Ports International (Hong Kong) Limited]] || 14 || 1 || 305 || 4 || 167,000 || >1,200|| 1972
|-
| Container Terminal 4 || CT4 || [[Hongkong International Terminals|Hong Kong International Terminals Limited]] (HIT) || ^ || 3 || || 8 || || || 1976
|-
| Container Terminal 5 || CT5 || Modern Terminals Limited || 16.5 || 1 || || 6 || || || 1988
|-
| Container Terminal 6 || CT6 || Hong Kong International Terminals Limited || ^ || 3 || || 11 || || || 1989
|-
| Container Terminal 7 || CT7 || Hong Kong International Terminals Limited || ^ || 4 || || 15 || || || 1990
|-
| Container Terminal 8 (East) || CT8E || COSCO-HIT Terminals Limited <ref>Joint venture of [[Hong Kong International Terminals Limited]] and [[COSCO Pacific]]</ref> || 15.5 || 2 || 640 || 9 || 300,000 || 1,800 || 1993
|-
| Container Terminal 8 (West) || CT8W || [[Asia Container Terminals Limited]] || 15.5 || 2 || 740 || 8 || 285,000 || >2,000 || 1993
|-
|colspan="10"|<div style="text-align: center">Tsing Yi terminals</div>
|-
|Container Terminal 9 (North) || CT9N || Hong Kong International Terminals Limited || 16.0 || 2 || 700 || 9 || 190,000 || >2,600 (N&S) || 2003
|-
| Container Terminal 9 (South) || CT9S || Modern Terminals Limited || 16.5 || 4 || 1,240 || 16 || 490,000 || || 2003
|}
^ HIT terminals 4, 6, 7 and 9 (North): 14.2 to 16.0 metres <ref>Hong Kong Container Terminal Operators Association Limited (HKCTOA), [http://www.hkctoa.com/facilities Kwai Tsing Container Port / Port Facilities], accessed on 18 November 2024</ref>

==See also==
{{Commons category|Kwai Tsing Container Terminals}}
*[[Port of Hong Kong]]

==Notes==
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{{Transport in Hong Kong}}
{{Ports and harbours of Hong Kong}}
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