Containerization and the port of Hong Kong in the 1970s

1 November 1978

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Australian Geographer

Vol. 14 (2) , 98-111
https://doi.org/10.1080/00049187808702746

Abstract

The traditional focus of Far Eastern liner shipping routes and a classic entrepôt among the world's ports, the port of Hong Kong, with characteristic adaptability, moved quickly to become one of the major container ports of Southeast Asia. This paper examines the issues and events which conditioned the decision to construct the Kwai Chung container terminal, the characteristics of shipping and cargo flows using this and other terminals of the port at the time of the introduction of full container capability and the impact of the new technology on the operational and morphological aspects of the port.

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Some geographical implications of adaptation to technological innovation : a study of containerisation in the port of Hong Kong
Published by The University of Hong Kong Libraries ,2012