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Welcome to the Hong Kong Port Development Council website.
Hong Kong, known as the fragrant harbour, has been an entrepôt for Southern China for many years. Gifted with a superb deep-water harbour offering a safe haven for ships in close proximity to the Pearl River Delta Region, Hong Kong has gradually developed over the years into a world-class container port.
Hong Kong has been a container port for more than three decades. In 2007, Hong Kong once again proved itself to be one of the world's most efficient container port by handling 24 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs).
The port is the key factor in the prosperity and economic growth of Hong Kong, handling over 85 per cent of Hong Kong's total cargo throughput. The container port is vital, not only for Hong Kong, but also for Southern China - one of the fastest industrialising areas in the world, as some 75 per cent of container traffic handled in Hong Kong is related to Southern China. The port of Hong Kong is also a major hub port in the global supply chain with about 460 container liner services per week to over 500 destinations worldwide.
Hong Kong is one of the few major international ports in the world where port facilities are financed, owned and operated by the private sector. The Government's role is to undertake long-term strategic planning for port facilities and to provide the necessary supporting infrastructure.
In 2007, 228,000 ships, comprising both ocean vessels and river vessels for cargo and passenger traffic, visited the port of Hong Kong.
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