HUTCHISON
New Container Terminal Project at Yantian Port

DEC, 04.2008

 

Shenzhen Yantian Port Group (YPG) and Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH), have signed a heads of agreement for the joint construction and development of the Shenzhen Yantian East Port Phase I Container Terminal project (East Port Phase I) at Yantian Port.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The East Port Phase I Project covers a total area of 138.56 hectares. It will also have a total quay length of 1,442 metres split between 4 deepwater berths (2 of 6,600-TEUs and 2 of 9,500-TEUs berths). In order to optimise the use of resources and lower operational costs, Yantian International Container Terminals (YICT) will manage East  

Canning Fok, Group Managing Director of HWL

 

Port Phase I along with existing facilities at West Port, phases I, II, and III, and the expansion project of Yantian Port.

• Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) is the world's leading port investor, developer and operator with interests in a total of 292 berths in 47 ports, spanning 24 countries throughout Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, the Americas and Australasia. The company also owns a number of transportation-related service companies. In 2007, the HPH Group handled a combined throughput of 66.3m TEUs worldwide.