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Information about Site Visit

Name of Company	Hongkong International Terminals
Location of Company	Kwai Tsing
Date of Visit	07 April 2014
Schedule	1.Breif Introduction 2.In-depth Presentation 3.Q&A Session 4.Container Yard Visit

 

Hongkong International Terminals (HIT) is a member of HPH Trust, the first Singapore listed container port business in world. HIT is also a part of Hutchison Port Holding Limited's (HPH) global network of port and logistics operations, and continues to have access to services and resources enjoyed by companies within the HPH Group.

HIT is one of several key container port operations in Hong Kong. HIT is located at the Kwai Tsing container port area of Hong Kong that is one of the world’s busiest container ports. HIT operates twelve berths in Terminals 4, 6, 7 and 9 and two by setting up a joint venture with COSCO Pacific Limited in Terminal 8. HIT and COSCO-HIT handle most of of Kwai Tsing's container port traffic, over 50 per cent.

 

Control Tower
This is the heart of operations, controlling every aspect of operations and delivering high-quality service.

 

 

 

 

nGen System

Next generation terminal management system (nGen) is a self-developed system by HIT. It shows all real-time situation of the terminal.

 

Shuttle Bus Travel

 

Quay Crane

A quay-side view of a quay crane

 

RMGC

 

A container yard view of a rail mounted gantry crane (RMGC).

 

 

Rest Room

Here is where staffs take rest and refuge under bad weather

In the brief introduction, we learnt a lot of useful basic information of HIT and Kwai Tsing container port, such as location, facility, etc…

During the Q&A session, we have obtained many insiders’ information of HIT, for example, contingency plan under extreme weather, Hong Kong port’s actual competitiveness.

In the control center, we learnt how nGen to perform in real-time situation, how to perform it cargo allocation planning and how to optimize the utility of container yard.

During the shuttle travel, we had a valuable opportunity to sight-see the real container port, observe that operation process.

Rather than reading on paper, it is better to visit the site personally in order to learn the real operation in real business world. Eventually, we have a practical and thorough understanding in term of terminal operation and logistic related topic.

 

 

 

 

Reference

HIT, n.d., Company Profile, Available from: <http://www.hit.com.hk/en/About-Hit/Company-Profile.html>