The Port of Hong Kong has always been a key factor in the development and prosperity of Hong Kong, which is strategically located on the Far East trade routes and is in the geographical centre of the now fast-developing Asia-Pacific Basin. The sheltered natural Victoria Harbour provides good access and a safe haven for vessels calling at the port from around the world. In terms of tonnage of shipping using its facilities, cargo handled and the number of passengers carried, Hong Kong is one of the major ports of the world. It is the fourth busiest port in terms of total tonnage handled, and was the world's busiest container port until overtaken by the Port of Singapore in 2005, with 22,430 TEUs handled compared to 23,200 handled in Singapore at the end of the year. Far East is an inexact term often used for East Asia and Southeast Asia combined, sometimes including also the easternmost territories of Russia, i. ... A trade route is the sequence of pathways and stopping places used for the commercial transport of cargo. ... Map of the Pacific Rim and List of the Pacific Rim Nations The Pacific Rim is a political and economic term used to designate the countries on the edges of the Pacific Ocean, as well as the various island nations within the region. ... Victoria Harbour Part of the harbour being engulfed by reclamation off the shore of Central. ... Cargo is a term used to denote goods or produce being transported generally for commercial gain, usually on a ship, plane, train or truck. ... A passenger is a person using but not operating an airplane, train, bus or other mode of transport. ... This is a list of the worlds seaports: // Atlantic Ocean Accra, Ghana A Coruña, Spain Banana, Democratic Republic of the Congo Barranquilla, Colombia Belém, Brazil Bergen, Norway Bilbao, Spain - See also: Port of Bilbao Bodø, Norway Boston, Massachusetts, United States Buenos Aires, Argentina Calabar, Nigeria Cabinda, Angola... Seaport, a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1638 The Port of Wellington at night. ... Containerization is a system of intermodal cargo transport using standard ISO containers (also known as isotainers) that can be loaded sealed and intact onto container ships, railroad cars and trucks. ... The Port of Singapore refers to the collective facilities and terminals that conduct maritime trade handling functions in Singapores harbours and which handle Singapores shipping. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Containers in the port of Kotka (Finland) on the Baltic Sea. ...

Administration

Responsibility for administering the port is vested in the Director of Marine. The Port Operations Committee advises him on all matters affecting the efficient operations of the port of Hong Kong, except those under the purview of the Pilotage Advisory Committee and the Provisional Local Vessels Advisory Committee. The Hong Kong Port Development Council advises the Government on matters related to port planning and development and promoting Hong Kong as a regional hub port and a leading container port in the world. Meanwhile, the Hong Kong Maritime Industry Council advises the Government on measures to further develop Hong Kong’s maritime industry and to promote Hong Kong’s position as an international maritime centre. Both councils are chaired by the Secretary for Economic Development and Labour. The Marine Department ensures that conditions exist to enable ships to enter the port, work their cargoes and leave as quickly and as safely as possible. It is concerned with many aspects of safety standards for all classes and types of vessels, from the largest oil-carrying tankers to the smallest passenger-carrying sampans. It also maintains aids to navigation and mooring buoys for sea-going ships, manages two cross-boundary ferry terminals and administers eight public cargo-working areas. The Department’s website (http://www.gov.hk/mardep) provides a wide range of information on the port and the Hong Kong Shipping Register. Containerization is a system of intermodal cargo transport using standard ISO containers (also known as isotainers) that can be loaded sealed and intact onto container ships, railroad cars and trucks. ... The head of this department is responsible for economic development and labour issues in Hong Kong. ... The Marine Department of the Hong Kong Government is responsible for maintaining the harbour (Port of Hong Kong) and monitor shipping traffic. ... A tanker is usually a vehicle carrying large amounts of liquid fuel. ... Sampan on the Chang Jiang (Yangtze) river, China A sampan (舢舨) is a Chinese wooden boat from twelve to fifteen feet long. ... The Pride of Rotterdam, One of the P&O Ferriess Flagships operating the Hull-Rotterdam Route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on scheduled services. ...

Shipping

The waters of Hong Kong viewed from space

Hong Kong continues to flourish as a hub port serving the South Asian Pacific region and acting as an entrepot for the Mainland of China. During 2001, a total of 37 350 sea-going vessels arrived at Hong Kong. In terms of the number of arrivals, there was a slight decrease of 0.9 per cent from the previous year, but the total net registered tonnage went up by 13.1 per cent. Hong Kong has a reputation for efficient cargo handling operations. The average turnaround time for container vessels is about 10 hours. For conventional vessels working in mid-stream at buoys or anchorages, it is 42 and 52 hours respectively. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1792x2496, 979 KB) Summary from [1] (Credit NASA JPL). ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1792x2496, 979 KB) Summary from [1] (Credit NASA JPL). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Look up Anchorage, anchorage in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Containerisation

Hong Kong handled the most containers in the year 2004. It was overtaken by the Port of Singapore since the first quarter of 2005, and is expected to be second to Singapore on ranking by the end of the year, for the first time since 1998. While Hong Kong lost the title only for a year and reclaimed the title in 1999, current trends point to a sustained decline and stagnantation in growth rates compared to its competitors. Containers in the port of Kotka (Finland) on the Baltic Sea. ... Containers in the port of Kotka (Finland) on the Baltic Sea. ... The Port of Singapore refers to the collective facilities and terminals that conduct maritime trade handling functions in Singapores harbours and which handle Singapores shipping. ...

Container terminals

There are currently nine container terminals situated at Kwai Chung, Stonecutters Island and Tsing Yi (the last one completed in 2004). Substantial TEU throughput is handled by the River Trade Terminal at Tuen Mun and by mid-stream. Kwai Chung (Chinese: 葵涌; Cantonese IPA: , Jyutping: kwai4 cung1; Mandarin Pinyin: kuí chōng) is an area in the New Territories of Hong Kong. ... Stonecutters Island or Ngong Shuen Chau (昂船洲) is a former island in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. ... Tsing Yi (青衣), or Tsing Yi Island (青衣島) is an island of Hong Kong, to the northwest of Hong Kong Island. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Maastricht Treaty (formally, the Treaty on European Union) was signed on 7 February 1992 in Maastricht between the members of the European Community and entered into force on 1 November 1993, under the Delors Commission. ... Tuen Mun (屯門) is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. ...

Kwai Tsing Container Terminals

Main article: Kwai Tsing Container Terminals

The Kwai Tsing Container Terminals (Kwai Chung Container Terminals until Container Terminal 9 was opened on Tsing Yi), located in the north-western part of the harbour, has nine container terminals with 24 berths of about 8 500 metres of frontage. It covers a total terminal area of about 2.7 km² which includes container yards and container freight stations. The nine container terminals has a total handling capacity of over 18 million TEUs which will help maintain Hong Kong as the premier port for Southern China in the 21st century. Hong Kong handled 20.4 million TEUs (20-foot equivalent units) in 2003, making it the world’s busiest container port for the 11th time in the past 12 years. Of the total container throughput, some 12 million TEUs were handled at Kwai Chung, while about 8.4 million TEUs were handled in mid-stream and other wharves. Kwai Tsing Container Terminals is the main port facilities in the reclamation along Rambler Channel between Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island, Hong Kong. ... Kwai Tsing Container Terminals is the main port facilities in the reclamation along Rambler Channel between Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island, Hong Kong. ... Container Terminal 9 from Tsing Yi Peak, Tsing Yi Island, Hong Kong Container Terminal 9 or CT9 (九號貨櫃碼頭) is the 9th container terminal in Hong Kong. ... A container terminal is a facility where sea containers are loaded and unloaded from and to lorries, trains or ships for further transport. ... The Maastricht Treaty (formally, the Treaty on European Union) was signed on 7 February 1992 in Maastricht between the members of the European Community and entered into force on 1 November 1993, under the Delors Commission. ... The Maastricht Treaty (formally, the Treaty on European Union) was signed on 7 February 1992 in Maastricht between the members of the European Community and entered into force on 1 November 1993, under the Delors Commission. ... The Maastricht Treaty (formally, the Treaty on European Union) was signed on 7 February 1992 in Maastricht between the members of the European Community and entered into force on 1 November 1993, under the Delors Commission. ... The Maastricht Treaty (formally, the Treaty on European Union) was signed on 7 February 1992 in Maastricht between the members of the European Community and entered into force on 1 November 1993, under the Delors Commission. ... A wharf (plural wharfs, or (especially in American English) wharves, collectively wharfing or wharfage) is a fixed platform, commonly on pilings, roughly parallel to and alongside navigable water, where ships are loaded and unloaded. ...

These terminals are operated by five companies, namely:

• Modern Terminals Ltd (MTL)
• Hongkong International Terminals Ltd (HIT)
• COSCO Information & Technology (H.K.) Ltd (COSCO)
• Dubai Port International Terminals Ltd (DPI)
• Asia Container Terminals Ltd (ACT)

The existing 8 terminals occupy 2.17 square kilometres of land, providing 18 berths and 6,592 metres deep water frontage. These terminals handle about 60% of total container traffic handled in Hong Kong. China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (abbreviated as COSCO) is one of the largest liner shipping companies serving companies all over the world. ...

Planning is now underway to consider the building of Container Terminal 10 (CT10), with possible sites narrowed down to either southwest Tsing Yi or northwest Lantau, to the west of the airport. Tsing Yi (青衣), or Tsing Yi Island (青衣島) is an island of Hong Kong, to the northwest of Hong Kong Island. ... Lantau Island (based on its old name 爛頭島 lan tau do, lit. ...

River Trade Terminal at Tuen Mun

The River Trade Terminal at Tuen Mun involves the consolidation of containers, break bulk and bulk cargo shipped between the Hong Kong port and ports in the Pearl River Delta. The terminal is located near Pillar Point in Tuen Mun, New Territories, and is operated by River Trade Terminal Company Ltd. The 65-hectare terminal, completed in November 1999, has about 3,000 metres of quay, according to Hong Kong Port Development Council data.

Mid-stream

Mid-stream operation involves loading and unloading cargo containers at the container ship while at sea, with barges or dumb steel lighters performing the transfer, and then distributing or landing the containers to piers nearby. Due to the high cargo handling fees of the container terminals, Hong Kong has become the only place in the world with mid-stream operation. Mid-stream operation is the operation of loading and unloading cargo containers at the container ship while at sea, with barges performing the distribution or landing of containers to piers nearby. ...

Currently, there are 11 different yard sites solely for the mid-stream operation, occupying a total land area of 27.5 hectares and waterfrontage of 3,197 metres.

Ferry services

The Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal between Central and Sheung Wan and the China Ferry Terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui provide centralised ferry services to Macau and 24 ports in the Mainland. About 100 vessels, mostly high-speed passenger craft such as jetfoils, catamarans and hoverferries, operate from these terminals. In 2001, 17.7 million passengers passed through the terminals, comprising 11.2 million passenger trips to/from Macau and about 6.5 million passenger trips to/from Mainland ports. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Pier. ... The night view of the Central as viewed from Tsim Sha Tsui on the opposite side of the Victoria Harbour Central (Chinese: 中環; Jyutping: zung1 waan4; Cantonese IPA: ; Pinyin: Zhōnghuán) is an area located in Central and Western District, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. ... Sheung Wan (上環) is an area in Hong Kong, located in the north-west of Hong Kong Island (in between Central and Sai Ying Pun). ... The Clock Tower in Tsim Sha Tsui is a famous landmark of Hong Kong. ... The Pride of Rotterdam, One of the P&O Ferriess Flagships operating the Hull-Rotterdam Route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on scheduled services. ... This article is about the geomorphological/geopolitical term; MAINLAND is also a cheese brand owned by Fonterra, a New Zealand dairy company. ... Two Hobie catamarans, showing the typical Hobie raised platform joining the two hulls, and tall mast. ... A U.S. Navy hovercraft attached to the Amphibious assault ship Kearsarge (LHD-3) A Russian Project 1232. ... The highlighted area in the map is what is commonly known as mainland China. Mainland China (Simplified Chinese: 中国大陆; Traditional Chinese: 中國大陸; Pinyin: Zhōnggúo Dàlù, lit. ...

Government fleet

There are over 600 vessels of different types and sizes in the government fleet. About 152 vessels are major mechanised vessels serving under 16 government departments such as the Marine Police, Customs and Excise, and Fire Services. Some user departments operate and man their purpose-built vessels. The Marine Department itself controls about 100 vessels, including patrol launches, personnel carriers, pontoons, self-propelled barges and specialised vessels such as hydrographic survey launches and explosive carriers. These vessels provide support to the department’s own port operations or serve other departments which do not have their own fleet. The Government Dockyard is responsible for the design, procurement and maintenance of all vessels owned by the Government. It occupies a site of 980,000 m² on Stonecutters Island and has an 83,000 m² protected water basin as an operational base for vessels operated by the Marine Department. The dockyard has a ship-lift system and three ship-hoists capable of dry docking vessels of up to 750 tonnes. An on-line computerised information system is employed to co-ordinate the maintenance activities and support services to maximise maintenance efficiency and vessel availability. Water police, also called harbor patrols, port police, marine police, or river police, are police officers, usually a department of a larger police organisation, who patrol in water craft. ... Customs and Excise refers to customs duties and excise duties. ... Fire Services (Chinese:消防) is a Hong Kong football club. ... A pontoon boat, like this small pleasure boat, typically floats and balances by means of two pontoons oriented in the direction of travel. ... Self propelled barge carrying bulk crushed stone Note that Barge is the NATO reporting name for the Soviet Tupolev Tu-85 bomber. ... Hydrographic survey is the process of gathering information about navigable waters for the purposes of safe navigation of vessels. ... Government Dockyard (政府船塢) is a dockyard of Hong Kong Government responsible for the design, procurement and maintenance of all vessels owned by the Government. ... The Marine Department of the Hong Kong Government is responsible for maintaining the harbour (Port of Hong Kong) and monitor shipping traffic. ... U.S. Navy submarine USS Greeneville in dry dock following collision with a fishing boat. ... A tonne (also called metric ton) is a non-SI unit of mass, accepted for use with SI, defined as: 1 tonne = 103 kg (= 106 g). ...

Dry docks and slipways

There are extensive facilities for repairing, maintaining, dry-docking and slipping of all types of vessels. Two floating dry docks are located off the west coast of Tsing Yi Island and two northeast of Lantau Island. The largest is capable of docking vessels up to 150 000 tonnes in deadweight. There is also a large number of smaller shipyards, which carry out repairs to vessels and build specialised craft, including sophisticated patrol craft and pleasure vessels for overseas markets. Tsing Yi (青衣), or Tsing Yi Island (青衣島) is an island of Hong Kong, to the northwest of Hong Kong Island. ... Lantau Island (based on its old name 爛頭島 lan tau do, lit. ... A tonne (also called metric ton) is a non-SI unit of mass, accepted for use with SI, defined as: 1 tonne = 103 kg (= 106 g). ... This page is a candidate to be moved to Wiktionary. ... Small shipyard in Klaksvík (Faroe Islands), reparing fishing vessels Dockyards and shipyards are places which repair and build ships. ...

Port facilities and services

The Marine Department operates and maintains 58 mooring buoys for sea-going vessels. Of these 31 are suitable for ships up to 183 metres in length and 27 for ships up to 137 metres. There are 44 special typhoon mooring buoys to which ships can remain secured during tropical cyclones. This improves efficiency and reduces operational costs of vessels through elimination of unnecessary movements. In addition to the three Immigration and Quarantine Anchorages designated for visiting vessels to complete port formalities, there are eight dangerous goods and eight general-purpose anchorages providing temporary berthing spaces for vessels. The areas and water depths of the anchorages are diversified to accommodate different sizes and draughts of ships calling at Hong Kong. There are over 460 modern marine aids to navigation scattered throughout Hong Kong waters to guide mariners to and from their berths. The aids to navigation are constantly being improved to ensure greater safety. All fairway buoys are lit and fitted with radar reflectors. Traffic Separation Schemes operate in the East Lamma Channel and Tathong Channel. The Marine Department’s VHF radio network provides comprehensive marine communication coverage throughout the harbour and its approaches. The department has direct communication links with other maritime authorities and users world-wide. Locally, the department’s Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre (MRCC) maintains direct contact with emergency response services, which include the Government Flying Service, Marine Police and Fire Services. MRCC provides 24-hour maritime distress alert monitoring and co-ordinates all maritimesearch and rescue operations within the Hong Kong search and rescue region in the South China Sea. A comprehensive Vessel Traffic Service (VTS), with radar surveillance and tracking capabilities as well as a fully integrated data handling sub-system, covers 95 per cent of Hong Kong waters used by sea-going vessels and ferries. The VTS offers advice on the activities of other vessels and gives navigational information to mariners through a sectorised VHF network. This ensures the safety standard and traffic efficiency of the port. An upgraded VTS system, which can track 4 000 moving vessels plus 1 000 stationary targets in real time, has been in operation since early 2002. It provides the latest VTS technology such as AIS, ECDIS, CCTV, new VHF-direction finders and modern communications systems to further improve navigation safety and operation efficiency. Marine Department patrol launches maintain a watch on shipping, traffic separation schemes, fairways, navigational channels, typhoon shelters and cargo-working areas. They provide on-scene support to the Vessel Traffic Centre (VTC) and are in continuous radio contact with the VTC and local marine traffic control stations located at Ma Wan and Kwai Chung Container Port. The VTC is thus able to promptly initiate and co-ordinate actions required to facilitate safe navigation in the port. Dangerous goods are moved in the waters of Hong Kong strictly in accordance with the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code. Their movements must be recorded in Marine Department’s Dangerous Goods Information System. Fire-fighting vessels operated by the Fire Services Department are kept in a state of readiness at all times. The Marine Department’s pollution control vessels are on 24-hour standby to deal with oil spills. To facilitate transfer of cargo between vessels and the shore, and cargo to and from Pearl River ports, the Marine Department provides and manages some 7 756 metres of public cargo-working sea frontage in various parts of Hong Kong. Bulk handling facilities for coal and oil are provided at the power generating stations at Tap Shek Kok in Castle Peak and at Po Lo Tsui on Lamma Island. The Hydrographic Office (HO) of the Marine Department surveys Hong Kong waters and produces nautical charts to facilitate safe navigation within the busy port. It functions with reference to the standards laid down by the International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO). Notices to Mariners are promulgated fortnightly to update the bilingual nautical charts. A Differential Global Positioning System correction signal is broadcast continuously on 289 kHz to assist mariners using GPS navigation to position-fix their vessels more accurately. Tidal stream predictions and real-time tidal information are available on HO’s website at http://www.hydro.gov.hk. The Director of Marine is the Pilotage Authority. Pilotage is compulsory for ships of 3 000 gross tonnes and above and gas carriers of any tonnage. Quarantine and immigration facilities are available on a 24 hour basis. Advance immigration clearance and radio pratique may be obtained by certain vessels on application. Cyclone Catarina, a rare South Atlantic tropical cyclone viewed from the International Space Station on March 26, 2004. ... The East Lamma Channel (東博寮海峽) is a sea channel in Hong Kong. ... Tathong Channel, also known as Nam Tong Hoi Hap, refers to the eastern sea waters in Hong Kong leading into Victoria Harbour through Lei Yue Mun. ... VHF radio is radio transmission in the 30-300 MHz frequency range, as a means of short-range, line-of-sight verbal communication. ... A harbor (or harbour) or haven is a place where ships may shelter from the weather or are stored. ... Water police, also called harbor patrols, port police, marine police, or river police, are police officers, usually a department of a larger police organisation, who patrol in water craft. ... Fire Services (Chinese:消防) is a Hong Kong football club. ... Search and Rescue (acronym SAR) is an operation mounted by emergency services, often well-trained volunteers, to find someone believed to be in distress, lost, sick or injured either in a remote or difficult to access area, such as mountains, desert or forest (Wilderness search and rescue), or at sea... The South China Sea, showing surrounding countries and neighbouring seas and oceans The South China Sea is a marginal sea, part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from Singapore to the Strait of Taiwan of around 3,500,000 km². It is the largest sea body after the five... A Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) is a marine traffic monitoring system established by harbor or port authorities, similar to air traffic control for aircraft. ... Very high frequency (VHF) is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz (wavelength 10 m) to 300 MHz (wavelength 1 m). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... AIS can stand for. ... ECDIS (Electronic Chart Display and information system) INTRODUCTION Electronic Chart (including charting systems for land or recreation use) is very broad term to describe the data, the software and the electronic system, capable of displaying chart information, which may or may not be equivalent to the paper chart required by... CCTV can stand for: China Central Television Closed-circuit television This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Very high frequency (VHF) is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz (wavelength 10 m) to 300 MHz (wavelength 1 m). ... VTC = The Venerable Tagging Crew ... Ma Wan (馬灣) is an island of Hong Kong, located between Lantau Island and Tsing Yi Island. ... Kwai Tsing Container Terminals is the main port facilities in the reclamation along Rambler Channel between Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island, Hong Kong. ... VTC = The Venerable Tagging Crew ... The are two Pearl Rivers: The Pearl River (China) (See also the Pearl River Delta) The Pearl River in the U.S. states of Mississippi and Louisiana Pearl River is also the name of some places in the United States of America: Pearl River, Louisiana Pearl River, Mississippi Pearl River... Castle Peak is the name of several mountains in the United States: Castle Peak in Californias Sierra Nevada range. ... Lamma Island Power Station and Hung Shing Ye beach Lamma Island (南丫島; pinyin: nán yā dÇŽo; Jyutping: Nam4 Nga1 Dou2), also known as Pok Liu Chau (博寮洲) or simply Pok Liu (博寮), is the third largest island in Hong Kong and part of the Islands District, Hong Kong. ... The Marine Department of the Hong Kong Government is responsible for maintaining the harbour (Port of Hong Kong) and monitor shipping traffic. ... Table of geography, hydrography, and navigation, from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. ... 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Hong Kong shipping register

Hong Kong is a major centre of ship owning and management. Ships owned or managed in Hong Kong amount to 34 million gross tonnes. Hong Kong has been recognised by the international shipping sector as a first-rate ship registration centre, where registration of ships is entirely voluntary. At the end of 2001, 653 ships have registered in Hong Kong, with a total gross tonnage of 13.7 million tonnes – a 32 per cent growth over the previous year. The Hong Kong Shipping Register operates independently in its maritime policy and administration. The HKSAR Government issues related certificates under its own legislation in the name of ‘Hong Kong, China’. As a quality shipping register, Hong Kong adopts all major international conventions promulgated by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO). As an associate member of the IMO, the HKSAR Government ensures that ships registered in Hong Kong are maintained to the highest international safety and marine environmental protection standards. A Flag State Quality Control (FSQC) System was introduced in 1999 to monitor the performance of authorized classification societies and to maintain the quality of ships on the Hong Kong Shipping Register. Any Hong Kong-registered ship whose quality standard is found to be declining or which is detained by a port state for serious deficiencies will be subject to FSQC inspections by Marine Department surveyors. The department regulates the safety standards of all locally licensed vessels, currently numbering over 10 000. Marine Department surveyors also carry out surveys of new vessels being built abroad for licensing in Hong Kong. Examinations are held regularly for the issuance of both foreign-going and river-trade certificates of competency for masters, deck officers and engineers. In addition, local certificates of competency are issued to coxswains and engineers of locally licensed vessels, which operate within the waters of Hong Kong. An inspection and advice service is provided to promote safe working practices in ship-repairing, ship-breaking, cargo-handling on ships and safety afloat. A tonne (also called metric ton) is a non-SI unit of mass, accepted for use with SI, defined as: 1 tonne = 103 kg (= 106 g). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Hong Kong (香港; Cantonese IPA: ; Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2; Yale: heūng góng; pinyin: Xiānggǎng; Wade-Giles: Hsiang-kang) is one of the two Special Administrative Regions of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Headquarters of the International Maritime Organisation in Lambeth, adjacent to the east end of Lambeth Bridge Headquarters building taken from the west side of the Thames Headquartered in London, U.K., the International Maritime Organization (IMO) promotes cooperation among governments and the shipping industry to improve maritime safety and to... The three-letter abbreviation IMO may have several meanings, depending on context: In My Opinion - USENET and internet chat slang. ... Master Mariner is the official title of someone qualified to command a ship; the qualification is colloquially called a Masters Ticket. The term was introduced in the mid 19th century, and is usually held by the chief officer/first mate as well as the captain). ... Engineering is the application of scientific and technical knowledge to solve human problems. ...

Seafarers

Hong Kong is a centre for employing good quality seafarers. Some 1 200 Hong Kong officers and ratings serve on board more than 420 sea-going ships of 12 different maritime nations. The Mercantile Marine Office registers Hong Kong seafarers, regulates their employment on board ships of all flags and supervises the employment and discharge of seafarers on Hong Kong ships and foreign ships not represented in Hong Kong by a consulate office. sea-farer A type or kind of adventurer or sailor, who takes to the sea for purposes of exploration, to see how he will do on the open sea; or, one who pays his own way to board a ship; a paying passenger. This page is a candidate to be... sea-farer A type or kind of adventurer or sailor, who takes to the sea for purposes of exploration, to see how he will do on the open sea; or, one who pays his own way to board a ship; a paying passenger. This page is a candidate to be... sea-farer A type or kind of adventurer or sailor, who takes to the sea for purposes of exploration, to see how he will do on the open sea; or, one who pays his own way to board a ship; a paying passenger. This page is a candidate to be...

See also

• Economy of Hong Kong
• Transportation in Hong Kong

The economy of Hong Kong has often been cited by people such as Milton Friedman and the Cato Institute as an example of the benefits of laissez-faire capitalism. ... The territory of Hong Kong has a highly developed and sophisticated transportation network, encompassing both public and private transport. ...

External links

• Hong Kong Port Development Council
• Arrival/Departures in Hong Kong's port - Real-time
• Port and Maritime Statistics
• Asia Container Terminals Ltd
• COSCO Information & Technology (H.K.) Ltd
• Dubai Port International Ltd
• Hongkong International Terminals Ltd
• Modern Terminals Ltd