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In Hong Kong, there are two types of Government Mooring Buoys (GMB) serving ocean-going vessels calling on the Hong Kong port:-
| Class A GMBs |
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for vessels up to 183m in length with drafts between 6.2m and 10.8m; and |
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| Class B GMBs |
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for vessels up to 137m in length with drafts between 4.8m and 9.7m. |
GMBs allow ocean going vessels moored at anchorages to transfer their cargo to and from barges secured to the ships' sides. GMBs also function as typhoon moorings for vessels during extreme weather conditions and other non-cargo handling uses such as embarkation of cruise passengers.
In Hong Kong, cargo handling can also take place at the anchorages. There are 16 such anchorages with 3,606 hectares, of which over 40 per cent are deepwater cargo-handling anchorages.
In 2007, a total of 2.7 million TEUs of containers and 18.0
million tonnes of non-containerised cargo were handled at the buoys and
anchorages.
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