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UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONGLIBRARY

This book was a giftfrom

The Director of Marine,

Hong Kong.

IF YOU SAIL OR SHIP GOODS to Hongkong this spring, chances are your ship will dock at themost spectacular marine pier and shopping centre in the Far East — the Ocean Terminal.

The Terminal will have all things for all people. There will be passenger niceties — suchas telescopic gangways that lead directly from the ships into the 360,000 sq. ft. air conditionedshopping centre. And there will be shipping necessities including a fully mechanized cargohandling system. ..a transit shed for 35,000 measured tons of cargo. . .and a drive-in lane,running the length of the pier, for trucks carrying export cargo.

But fast turnaround and modern services aren't limited only to the 4 berths at the OceanTerminal. You will also get excellent service at the Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf & GodownCompany's 8 presently operating berths. We also offer a radio-telephone controlled fleet of85 motorized junks and lighters, and over 100 godowns capable of storing 300,000 measuredtons of cargo.

In Hongkong, your ship, cargo and passengers are assured of first class service at all WharfCompany piers and the new Ocean Terminal: opening March 1966.

We sniff for ships in fragrant harbour

Pardon the euphemism. Fact is, the way oursix, fast Lighters scurry around Hong Kong Harbourlooking for ships to bunker, they remind us of apack of Beagle Hounds on the trail. Why, almostbefore you put down the phone to call us (891315)there they are yapping at your gangway.Before you know it, your ship is all fuelled upand ready to sail.

Seriously though, we are proud of our fast bunkeringand oiling service to shipping in Hong Kong. We canoffer both lighterage and shore oiling facilities.

And we don't only do this for big liners. We lookafter cargo ships and tankers, navies and tramp-steamers. We've also got the most modernlaboratories in this part of the world to help out withfuel or lubrication problems. It's a free service too.Chief Engineers think a lot of us for this.

May we suggest that you call us at 891315?Is that barking we hear ?

SHELL FOR SHIFTIER SERVICE TO SHIPPING

DODWELL & COMPANYLIMITED

Agents for liner services

and tramp ship owning companies

Chinese crew recruiting agents

Booking agents for

all sea and air carriers

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANK BUILDING HONG KONG TEL: 237011

SWEDISH EAST ASIA CO., LTD,

GOTHENBURG

SUPER EXPRESS AND EXPRESS SAILINGS TOThe Middle East, Mediterranean, North Continent and Scandinavia.

SUPER EXPRESS SERVICE ACCEPTS CARGO FORAden, Port Said, Genoa, Marseilles, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Antwerp,

Hamburg, Bremen, Gothenburg, Copenhagen and Oslo.EXPRESS SERVICE ACCEPTS CARGO FOR

Aden, Port Said, Casablanca, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Amsterdam,Hamburg, Bremen, Gothenburg, Copenhagen and Oslo.

BOTH SERVICES ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO FOROther Middle East, Mediterranean, Europeanand Scandinavian Ports with Transhipment.

REFRIGERATED STORAGE AND DEEP TANKS AVAILABLE.

Agents 6ILMAN & CO., LTD.Alexandra House, Hong Kong. Tel: 237020, 237026-9

612 Shaws Building, Kowloon. Tel: 805754

KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD., KOBE

("K" LINE)

FAST AND REGULAR EXPRESS SERVICES TO

South and West AfricaEast and West Coast of U.S.A.U.S. Gulf and Great LakesEast Canada

West Coast of Central and South AmericaCaribbean Sea

• Bangkok — Thailand

Bombay — IndiaKarachi — PakistanPersian GulfSingapore and MalaysiaPhnompenh — CambodiaSaigon — South Vietnam

Agents OILMAN & CO., LTD.Alexandra House, Hong Kong. Tel: 237020, 237026-9

612 Shaws Building, Kowloon. Tel: 805754

Chinese Freight Agents:

FUNG LEE HONG LTD.Rooms 41/41 A, New Henry House

Tels: 223492, 237316, 240575 & 240585.

WOOD&

BROWNEMARINE & CARGO SURVEYORS.

GAS SAFETY INSPECTORS.

COMPASS ADJUSTERS.

SWORN MEASURERS.

COTTON CONTROLLERS.

YACHT CONSULTANTS.

STOCKISTS OF YACHT EQUIPMENT.

JABDINE HOUSEROOMS 91-92 9TH FLOOR. TELEPHONE: 232003-4-5

CABLES: CARGOCARE.

ESTABLISHED 1855

GEORGE FALCONER ft CO.,(H.K.) LTD

THE BANK LINE

(CHINA) LTD.

AGENTS FOR

THE BANK LINE LIMITED LONDON

ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL

STEAMSHIP CO..LTD.

KLAVENESS LINEPACIFIC COAST-ASIATIC SERVICE

PAUISEM &

BAYES-DAVY LTD(ESTABLISHED IN SHANGHAI 1871 AND HONGKONG 1952)

CAPTAIN S.C. SMITHCAPTAIN J.D. GARDNERCAPTAIN W.B. JOHNSONMarine Surveyors & Consultants

Ship, Oil & Bulk Cargo Surveyors, General & Particular Average Surveyors

Fire Loss Assessors & AdjustersSurveyors to Lloyd's AgentsSurveyors to Local UnderwritersInspectors of all types of Pre-shipment Cargoes

Surveyors:The West of England S/S Owners Protection & Indemnity Assc. Ltd.The Standard S/S Owners Protection & Indemnity Assc. Ltd.The Britannia Steam Ship Insurance Association, Ltd.The United Kingdom Mutual Steam Ship Assurance Assoc., Ltd.The North of England Protection & Indemnity AssociationThe London Steam Ship Owners Mutual Insurance Assoc. Ltd.The Newcastle Protection & Indemnity AssociationThe Sunderland Steamship Protection & Indemnity AssociationThe Neptune Protecting & Indemnity AssociationThe Oceanus Mutual Underwriting Association Ltd.

Correspondents:The International Inspection & Testing Corporation, U.S.A.Messrs. Dargan & Co. Inc. U.S.A.

404/406 ALEXANDRA HOUSEHONGKONGTELEPHONE 236O96 (3 LINES)

HONG KONG & WHAMPOA

DOCK CO. LTD.

FOUR EXCELLENT DRY DOCKS

Largest takes ships up to 690 feet in length,

87 feet in breadth

and 35,400 tons displacement.

Building berths for vessels up to 250 feet

KOWLOON DOCKS HONG KONG

Telegrams: Kowloondocks Hongkong

Specialists in Survey and Damage Repairs

SHOT BLASTING CHEMICAL CLEANING

WE KNOW THE ROPES

Although everyone knows that Ben Line maintains amodern fleet running fast frequent cargo and passengerservices between Europe and the Far East, some do notknow that they also maintain their own offices ashore tomatch on land the standards of their operations at sea.

There is a Ben Line office in your area, one of a networkthroughout important Far East trade centres.

Our man on the spot is there to help you. He has a wideknowledge of trade and commerce in the Far East andEurope and, as we have no merchant interests of our own,he is entirely free to assist you with your problems.

Your local Ben Line man is a professional ship operatorand you can find him at

YOUR LOCAL BEN LINE OFFICE

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INTRODUCTION

Hong Kong is a major world port.Because of the importance of the port,it is felt that a publication such as thiswill be welcomed by all those con-cerned with shipping, both in HongKong and overseas.

This is the first time the MarineDepartment has produced a compre-hensive and illustrated port handbook,the function of which is to providefactual information on the extensivefacilities and services offered by theport of Hong Kong.

The Department is indebted tothose firms which have so willinglyco-operated by supplying detailedinformation of their activities for in-clusion in this handbook.

J. P. HEWITTDirector of Marine

CONTENTS

History of Hong Kong 10

Geography and Climate . . . . 12

Government, Economy andBanking 14

Administration of the Port . . 16

Port Review 19

Port Services, ImmigrationRegulations, Radio Practique . . 20

Passengers, Anchorages .. . . 22

Pilotage, Buoyage, Port Limits .. 24-25

Load Line Rules, Wharves,Godowns .. .. .. 26

Cargo Handling .. .. .. 29

Bunkering, Water Supplies,Dockyards . . . . . . 30

Ferries, Fisheries, River Trade .. 32

Communications . . . . . . 34

Largest Ships Using the Port .. 37

Chart Agents, Liner Services .. 38

Shipbreaking Industry .. .. 39

Seamen—Recruitment, Welfare,Documents 40-41

Port Procedures, Statistics andCharges ' . . 45-78

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H O N G

THE HISTORY OF HONG KONG

Hong Kong has been a British Crown Colonysince 1842. The Treaty of Nanking, under whichHong Kong Island was ceded to Britain, statedthat it was 'obviously necessary and desirable thatBritish subjects should have some port whereatthey may careen and refit their ships'. At the sametime four additional Chinese ports were opened toforeign vessels and Hong Kong's foundations as atrading port on the ocean routes between Chinaand the rest of the world were quickly laid. It wasa role the Colony was to retain for nearly a century.Through the early years of plague, fire and—once—awave of poisoners, Hong Kong began to thrive.In 1860 and again in 1898 the Colony grew in size,the first time by the cession of Kowloon peninsulaand later by the lease of the New Territories.These acquisitions brought the land area to 398Jsquare miles, but in Hong Kong's early days theland was much less important than the harbour thatlies between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. Itwas here that the ships of every major nation drop-ped anchor, bringing the cargoes of Westernproducts, so much in demand in an awakeningChina, and taking away silk and tea and articles ofivory or jade embodying the timeless skills of stilllittle-known Cathay.

Upon the steeply-rising flanks of Hong KongIsland were erected the first offices of banks andmerchant companies whose names are today knownthe world round. In an era often marked by violentchange, Hong Kong established a reputation forstability, integrity and progress. Chinese immi-grants who had come to the Colony to make theirfortunes stayed to make their homes. The popula-tion, numbering only a few thousand fishermen andpirates when the British came, began to increaserapidly. By the turn of the century it was 100,000;the first census in 1931 showed it to be 840,000.Then, as war flared between China and Japan,came an avalanche of people that threatened tosubmerge Hong Kong. It was estimated that 100,000people entered the Colony in 1937, 500,000 in1938, and 150,000 in 1939. By the end of 1941there was an estimated population of 1,600,000.

The increase has continued in the post-war years.An estimated one million people have entered theColony from China since 1949 and more than108,000 births are recorded annually. The result is apopulation approaching four millions.

In the past 15 years Hong Kong has emerged asa major manufacturing centre and has ceased torely on its role as a trading port. The harbourremains as important as ever it was, however, forall raw materials are brought from overseas andthe finished products must be exported if HongKong is to survive. This new industrial economy,of which the port is an integral and indispensablepart, has generated new prosperity in Hong Kong.This in turn has enabled the Hong Kong Govern-ment to carry out a social programme unequalledin Asia. More than 700,000 people live in Govern-ment-built housing estates (known locally as

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resettlement estates) where rents start as low asHK $10 a month. In the financial year 1964-65,HK $496 million was spent on public works,HK $191 million on education, and HK $136 millionon medical services (the Hong Kong dollar is equalto ls.3d. Sterling, US 17.7 cents). A new school isopened every four days in the Colony and QueenElizabeth Hospital, opened in 1963 is the biggestgeneral hospital in the Commonwealth.

From a huddle of bamboo warehouses at thefoot of Victoria Peak, Hong Kong has become inlittle more than 120 years a dynamic symbol of20th century progress. The pulse of that progresscan be felt in every street of the twin cities ofVictoria and Kowloon as they face each other,appropriately, across the waters of the harbour thathas made it all possible.

This reproduction from an oil painting shows thePort of Hong Kong as it was about 1860 and thepicture below illustrates the dramatic change thathas come about in the past century as Hong Kong

has built up its trade with the world.

GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION

The Colony of Hong Kong lies between: latitude22° 09' north and 22° 37' north; longitude 113° 52'east and 114° 30' east.

GEOGRAPHY

Hong Kong lies just within the tropics on thesouth-eastern coast of China. The Colony consistsof 236 islands and islets, many of them waterlessand uninhabited, and a portion of the Chinesemainland east of the Pearl River estuary adjoiningthe province of Kwangtung. With the exceptionof the southern and north-western parts of theKowloon peninsula, the whole of the territory ismountainous and rugged. Land for buildingpurposes is obtained largely by reclaiming theharbour or by levelling hills.

Hong Kong Island, 11 miles from east to westwith a maximum width of five miles, rises steeplyfrom the sea to a range of hills whose highest pointis 1,823 feet.

The magnificent natural harbour, which isalmost land-locked, has an area of 23 square miles.It varies in width from one to six miles and is oneof the finest and most beautiful harbours in theworld.

SURVEY GRID

All surveys in Hong Kong are plotted on theColony grid which is a Cassini plane rectangularone with a false origin south-west of the Colony.Urban Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and NewKowloon are surveyed at the large scale of 1/600(50 feet to 1 inch) because of the congested andcrowded conditions in the built-up areas.

LEVELS

Principal datum was fixed by HMS Rifleman in1866. Mean sea level is approximately 3.9 feetabove principal datum, and chart datum is 0.48feet below principal datum.

PRINCIPAL PEAKS IN HONG KONG

(Heights to the nearest foot above mean sea level)Tai Mo Shan - 3,140Lantau Peak 3,061Ma On Shan 2,300Castle Peak- 1,908Tate's Cairn 1,889Victoria Peak 1,805Mt. Parker 1,728Lantau (north) 1,523Beacon Hill - - 1,517Jardine's Lookout - 1,415Mt. Nicholson - 1,406Stanley Mound 1,261Mt. Collinson - 1,137Tsing Yi Island 1,094Pottinger Peak - 1,020Brick Hill - 929

The waterfront of Victoria on Hong Kong Island.The city continues to grow—upwards and out-wards—Old buildings are torn down to make wayfor skyscrapers. New office space must be found

as Hong Kong's trade increases.

CLIMATE

Hong Kong's climate is governed by the mon-soons, and although the Colony lies within thetropics it enjoys a variety of weather from seasonto season unusual for tropical countries. The wintermonsoon blows from the north or north-east andnormally begins during September. It prevailsfrom October until mid-March, but can occur aslate as May. Early winter is the most pleasant timeof the year, when the weather is generally dry andsunny with mean daily temperature about 70°F(21.1°C). This is the most popular time of the yearwith tourists. After the New Year the sky is moreoften clouded, though rainfall remains slight;frequently the days are overcast and dull withchilly winds. Coastal fogs occur from time to timein early spring—during breaks in the monsoon—

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when warm south-easterly winds may temporarilydisplace the cool north-easterlies.

The summer monsoon blows from the south orsouth-west and although it can occur from mid-April until September it is not as persistent as thenorth-east monsoon of winter. During this part ofthe year the weather is almost continuously hot andhumid, and is often cloudy and showery withoccasional thunderstorms. Summer is the rainyseason. The annual rainfall has varied between 46inches and 120 inches, but the normal total is 85inches. On average the five dry months from Novem-ber to March yield only nine inches, comparedwith 76 inches spread over the other seven months.

The mean daily temperature ranges from about58°F (14.4°C) in February to over 82°F (27.8°C)in July and the average for the year is 72°F (22.2°C).During the hottest month, July, the mean maximumtemperature is 86.9°F (30.5°C), but the summertemperature often exceeds 90°F (32.2°C). Februaryis the coldest month with a mean minimum tem-perature of 55.6°F (13.1°C), but the temperaturecan be expected to fall to 45°F (7.2°C) in most years.The mean relative humidity exceeds 80 per centfrom mid-February until early September. Novem-

ber is the least humid month with 69 per centrelative humidity, but the lowest reading of 10per cent was recorded in January.

Gales caused by tropical cyclones may beexpected in any of the months from May toNovember, but they are most likely from July toSeptember. The passage of these cyclones severaltimes a year at varying distances from Hong Kongbrings spells of bad weather with strong winds andheavy rain. Gales are experienced once a year onaverage, and less frequently the centre of a maturetyphoon passes sufficiently close to produce windsof hurricane force when damage and loss of lifemay occur. The last occasion when such windswere experienced was in September, 1964 whenthe centre of typhoon Ruby passed over HongKong waters.

The Marine Department has issued a bookletentitled Notice to Ship Masters, Typhoons in HongKong Waters. This remains as a separate publica-tion for easy reference.

NOTE : A gazetteer of place names in Hong Kong, Kowloon andthe New Territories is available at the Government PublicationsBureau, General Post Office, price HK$15.

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HOW HONG KONG IS GOVERNED

The principal features of the constitution areprescribed in Letters Patent, which provide for aGovernor, an Executive Council, and a LegislativeCouncil. The Executive Council, which is presidedover by the Governor, consists of five ex officioand seven nominated members. The nominatedmembers include six unofficial, of whom threeare Chinese and one Portuguese. The main func-tion of the Executive Council is to advise theGovernor, who must consult its members on allimportant matters.

The same five ex officio members serve on theLegislative Council, which is also presided over bythe Governor. In addition there are seven otherofficial members and 13 unofficial members.Of these unofficials, nine are Chinese and oneIndian. Procedure in the Legislative Council isbased on that of the House of Commons.

THE ECONOMY

Although no special benefits are available toindustry by way of profits tax or protective tariffs,the facility with which industry can be establishedand conducted in Hong Kong has proved attractiveto local and overseas investors. Apart from dutieson tobacco, alcohol, hydrocarbon oils, methylalcohol and table waters, Hong Kong is a free port.Throughout its history the Colony has adhered tothe principles on which it was founded and onwhich its prosperity depends—free enterprise andfree trade.

The variety of goods produced by local industryis considerable. Further diversification is likely forthere are many factors favouring industrial develop-ment. The most important of these are low taxation,plentiful productive labour, the advantages of afree port, excellent shipping and commercialfacilities, and freedom from locally-imposed traderestriction. These, in general, more than com-pensate for the absence of raw materials and thescarcity of land suitable for industrial purposes.

BANKING

Hong Kong has been a part of the Sterling areasince August 1941. Exchange Control is adminis-tered under powers conferred by the Defence(Finance) Regulations, 1940. The system ofcontrol is based on that in force in Britain, withsome modifications made necessary by HongKong's position as an entrepot. The BankingOrdinance provides that no institution may engagein banking without first obtaining a licence fromthe Governor in Council, and that each bank mustpublish an annual balance sheet. At the end of1964 there were 88 licensed banks, 50 of whichwere also authorized to deal in foreign exchange.Many of these banks have branches or corre-spondents throughout the world and are thus ableto offer comprehensive banking facilities.

The Legislative Council is seen in session above.The Council is presided over by the Governor.There are twelve official members of the Council,and eight unofficial members. Nine of them are

Chinese and one is Indian.

Modern factories make goods for export in awide range of price and product. Domesticexports in 1964 were $4.428 million. The textileand garment manufacturing industries exported

52 per cent by value of this total.

ADMINISTRATION OF THE PORT OFHONG KONG

The port of Hong Kong is state-owned and theMarine Department is responsible for its adminis-tration. As in other state-owned ports, the MarineDepartment neither controls nor operates any ofthe transit sheds or warehouses in the harbour.These all belong to private companies. All statutoryport dues and charges are collected by the MarineDepartment and credited to general revenue.

The Director of Marine, in addition to beingresponsible for the efficient operation and adminis-tration of the Marine Department, is also principaladviser to the Hong Kong Government on allmarine matters affecting merchant shipping and thewaters of Hong Kong. Under the Merchant Ship-ping Ordinance, 1953 the Director has statutoryfunctions as the Registrar of British Ships in HongKong, and as Superintendent of the MercantileMarine Office. He is also the Emigration Officerunder the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915.

To keep the Hong Kong Government advisedof the commercial and other needs of the port, twoadvisory committees—the Port Committee andPort Executive Committee—meet at regularintervals and submit their recommendations to theGovernment. The Director of Marine is chairmanof both committees.

The Marine Department is organized into threedivisions: Headquarters, Ship Surveys and PortControl. The Headquarters Division is headed byan Assistant Director and comprises the PlanningOffice, the Mercantile Marine Office, the Seamen'sRegistry Office, the Departmental Secretariat, the

The Morse lamp still has its part to play, alongwith radio and telephone, in communicating withships in the harbour. Hong Kong has a highreputation in the shipping world, justly earned,

of being a quick turn-round port.

Accounts and Stores Office and the Registry ofShipping. The Ships Surveys Division is headedby an Assistant Director and is divided into threemain branches dealing with new construction,convention ships and small craft. An importantfunction of this division is conducting examinationsof candidates for certificates of competency ofCommonwealth validity as masters, mates andengineers. The Port Control Division is headed byan Assistant Director and is divided into fivebranches comprising the Port Control Office, theGovernment Dockyard, the Marine LicensingOffice, the Lighthouse Section, and the ExplosivesDepot.

DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES

The port of Hong Kong possesses all the facili-ties required by modern ship operators. Berths atthe Marine Department's buoys and at privatewharves and piers allow ocean and coastal shippingto pass through the port without delay, and moderncargo handling equipment ensures the rapid turn-round vital to shipping economy. All the ancil-lary services essential to the efficient day-to-dayrunning of a ship can be provided at short noticeby ship contractors, repairers and chandlersspecializing in maintenance and painting, victual-ling, watering and refuelling.

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PORT REVIEW FOR THE YEAR ENDING31ST MARCH, 1965

For the twelve months ending on the 31st March,1965, 6,276 ocean-going vessels of 19,882,114 nettons entered the port compared with 5,959 vesselsand 19,278,334 net tons at the corresponding datein the previous year. These vessels brought withthem 7,159,761 tons of import cargo and exported2,290,138 tons, showing an increase respectivelyof 376,583 and 241,395 tons on the figures for theyear 1963/64.

The section of this publication devoted to PortStatistics shows that, in common with other majorports, Hong Kong continues to attract an ever-increasing number of vessels of greater tonnage,carrying more cargoes both to and from the port.To meet the demands likely to be made on theport in the future, emphasis has been put on forwardplanning. A modern ocean terminal is being builtand the harbour's western boundary has beenextended to increase the area of the port from16.1 square miles to 23 square miles.

The terminal comprises a reinforced concrete pier1,250 ft. long and 250 ft. wide, with a three storeybuilding for passenger reception, cargo handling, carparking and restaurants. This terminal is being builtwith the assistance of substantial grants and loansfrom the Government.

Other improvements to port facilities include thecompletion of two modern multi-storeyed godownsequipped for mechanical handling, one in Kowloonand the other at North Point. Two new cranes wereadded to the wharf at North Point to facilitate directdischarging from hold to godown.

In conjunction with the harbour extension, ascheme has been implemented to increase theworking efficiency of the western harbour wherethe majority of ocean moorings are located. Thishas resulted in 10 additional mooring buoys beinglaid during the year and others have been resitedand renumbered while anchorages and fairwayshave been re-aligned and marked in accordancewith the uniform system of buoyage. At the endof the year, 62 mooring buoys were available forocean vessels and the full implementation of thescheme will result in a total of 73 mooring buoysbring available by the beginning of 1968.

During 1964 Hong Kong was affected by anunusually large number of typhoons which, inaddition to causing damage to shipping and propertyin the port, tended also to disrupt port activityduring their passage and thus created some con-gestion. For a 14 day period in September therewere never less than 120 vessels in the harbour,the maximum number of 140 being recorded overa two day period, while during this month rainfallwas about 86% above normal.

Work progresses on the building of a modernocean terminal. The reinforced concrete pier willbe 1,250 ft. long and 250 ft. wide. The terminalbuilding will house facilities for passenger recep-

tion, cargo handling and car parking.

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PORT SERVICESWhen the services of the fire brigade, immigra-

tion, port health or police are required, appropriatesignals should be made in accordance with the listof 'Hong Kong Port Signals'.

POLICEThe Marine Division of the Police is responsible

for internal port security. Its fleet of launchesmaintain constant patrols in Hong Kong's terri-torial waters.

FIRE BRIGADEThe Fire Services Department operates four

fire floats. One of these, the 'Alexander Grantham'is one of the largest and most powerful in the world,being equipped with machinery capable of pump-ing 10,500 gallons a minute at a pressure of 90 Ibs.per square inch through a battery of monitors.This vessel is equipped to deal with any type offire on any size vessel, and is designed to operateboth in the port and at sea.

IMMIGRATIONImmigration formalities take place at the eastern

or western examination anchorages after clearanceby the Port Health authorities. Immigration launchesare on duty from 6.30 a.m. to 11 p.m. in the easternanchorage and from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the westernanchorage throughout the year.

Special night clearance facilities by both Im-migration and Port Health authorities in respectof vessels arriving after 11 p.m. are available bymaking prior application to the Port ControlOffice.

PORT HEALTHThe hours of duty of port health officers in the

examination anchorages are similar to those of theImmigration Department. The Port Health launchexhibits the international code flag 'Q' by day anda red light over a white light at night. The appro-priate quarantine signal should be flown by avessel until the Port Health Officer has completedhis inspection.

IMMIGRATION AND VISA REGULATIONSEntry: No person may enter Hong Kong with-

out:a valid travel document;a valid entry permit or a valid re-entry permitissued under provisions of the regulations.A travel document is not deemed to be valid unlessit establishes the identity of the holder thereof,and bearsi. an indication, either specific or in general

terms, not invalidated by endorsement, thatit is valid for Hong Kong;

ii. an indication that it is still valid according tothe laws of the country by or on behalf ofwhich it was issued;

iii. a photograph of the holder so affixed andauthenticated that the removal of such photo-graph and the substitution therefor of anotherphotograph is unlikely; and

iv. if the holder thereof is an alien, a visa whichwas granted not more than one year prior tohis arrival in Hong Kong, by an officer whois authorized to issue visas in respect of HongKong and which is valid at the date of hisarrival and applicable, either generally orspecifically, to the journey on which he isengaged or which he has completed on hisarrival.

VISASThere are four types of visas in general use,

They are:

Transit Visa: This permits an alien to enterand remain in Hong Kong to enable him to transhipor otherwise arrange his onward journey. It allowshim to enter and remain for not more than 48hours, unless endorsed for a longer period. It maybe extended to a maximum of seven days at thediscretion of the issuing officer.

Group Visa: This type of visa is issued to groupsof not less than 10 persons, who will be permittedto enter and remain in Hong Kong for a maximumperiod of 14 days. It must be clearly understoodthat holders of this type of visa must travel as agroup, which means that they must enter andleave Hong Kong together by the same carriercompany and at the same time.

Visitor's Visa: This permits an alien to enter andremain in Hong Kong for a period not exceedingthree months. Business may be transacted duringsuch a visit, but the holder is prohibited fromestablishing a business, taking employment, orentering a school as a scholar without the permissionof the Director of Immigration. The maximumstay of three months is always allowed on arrival.

Entry Visa: This permits an alien to enter andremain in Hong Kong to take up employment,residence, or to enter a school. An initial stay ofsix months is usually allowed, which may be extendedon application.

RADIO PRATIQUEThe following conditions must be fulfilled before

radio pratique can be granted:The ship must not have called at an infected port

within 14 days prior to arrival at Hong Kong.There must be not more than 24 passengers on

board at the time of arrival, provided that a vesselcarrying more than 24 passengers may, at thediscretion of the Chief Port Health Officer, begranted radio pratique if there is a ship's doctoron board.

The master must furnish the following informationto the Port Health Office not more than 20 hoursand not less than eight hours before his expectedtime of arrival at Hong Kong:

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i. ports of call during the 14 days prior to arrival;ii. number of passengers on board;iii. a statement that all persons on board are

healthy and in possession of valid internationalcertificates of vaccination against smallpox;

iv. a statement indicating whether any case ofinfectious disease has occurred on boardduring the voyage;

v. whether any person on board is sick;vi. the date of issue of the deratting or deratting

exemption certificates.

NOTE 1: Shipping companies or agents must send their applica-tions for radio pratique in writing and, if granted, will be respon-sible for notifying the master concerned.NOTE 2: Maritime declarations of health and passenger andcrew lists must be collected by the shipping companies or agents

A constable of the Marine Division of the HongKong Police at the helm of a Police launch inHong Kong harbour. The Marine Division isresponsible for the security of the port and main-

tains 24 hour patrols.

and forwarded to the Port Health Office within 24 hours of theship's arrival.NOTE 3: Ships granted radio pratique will be required to displaythe following signal on arrival in the quarantine anchorage: Day:International code flag 'T.O.'. Night: Three white lights in avertical line six feet apart.NOTE 4: The master of the ship concerned will be held respon-sible for the accuracy of the statements contained in his cablegramrequesting radio pratique.

PASSENGERS

In recent years Hong Kong has attracted anever-increasing number of tourists and in 1964 thetotal passed 370,000. To cater for those arriving ordeparting by ocean liner, the H.K. & KowloonWharf & Godown Company Ltd. and the Govern-ment together are providing the most spectacularamenity the port has ever known—a $70 millionocean terminal—centrally situated at the tip of theKowloon peninsula. Meanwhile, a temporary ter-minal has been provided in a former naval buildingon Canton Road, Kowloon, until the new terminalis completed in 1966. It will be 1,250 feet long and250 feet wide. The ground floor of the new terminalwill be used as a cargo transit shed, while the firstand second floors will provide first-class facilities forpassengers.

ANCHORAGES

Examination anchorages (quarantine and im-migration) for clearance inwards are situated withinthe harbour limits to cover the entry of shippingfrom east and west. The main dangerous goodsanchorage is located at the western end of theharbour, while others are established next to themajor oil installations.

An anchorage for the discharge of logs wasestablished in 1963. This was necessary becauselogs which were being discharged and storedwithin harbour limits were endangering smallcraft, waterside installations and navigation.

Streamers fly, right, as the Oronsay preparesto leave harbour. This 27,000 ton liner callsregularly at Hong Kong. Below is the temporarypassenger terminal which offers extensive shopping

facilities to travellers and residents.

NAVIGATION AND ANCHORAGESVessels enter the harbour by Lei Yue Mun in

the east with draughts up to 36 feet, by SulphurChannel in the west with draughts of 28 feet, orsouth of Stonecutters Island also with draughts of28 feet. The approaches are reasonably free fromhazards and are well marked by day or night.Additional details relating to navigation within thewaters of Hong Kong may be obtained from ChinaSea Pilot, Volume 1, pages 454-499 (1951 edition).

PILOTAGEAlthough pilotage is not compulsory in the port,

pilots licensed by the Pilotage Board are availableto board ships at either entrance on request. Twocommercial companies, Wang Kee and Co. Ltd.,and the Harbour Pilots Company, provide pilotageservices. The former company employs ninelicensed pilots and three apprentices and the latterseven licensed pilots and one apprentice. Pilotsgenerally board in-bound ships using the easternentrance in the vicinity of the Lei Yue Mun turningbuoy (latitude 22° 16.4' north, longitude 114° 15.3'east) and disembark at the same point from out-ward-bound ships. At the western entrance, pilotsembark and disembark to the west of Green Island.It is a contravention of regulation 3(1) of theMerchant Shipping (Control of Ports) Regulation,1953 for any vessel to pick up or discharge a pilotwithin a distance of 7.5 cables from the centre ofeither the Lei Yue Mun Pass or Sulphur Channel.

A schedule of pilotage dues is included in Page 74of this book.

BUOYAGEThe system of buoyage used in Hong Kong harbour

conforms to the uniform system of maritime buoyageadopted by the lighthouse authorities in Britain.The main stream of flood tide within the harbourlimits is from east to west and buoyage is laidaccordingly. Several terrestrial navigational beaconswithin the waters of Hong Kong are also paintedto conform with the uniform system of maritimebuoyage. In order to improve night navigationwithin the port, it is intended to increase the numberof lighted navigational buoys and to install lightson certain mooring buoys in the central and westernsectors of the harbour during the next two years.A local Notice to Mariners will be issued whenthe additional light buoys are laid and the lightsinstalled.

BOATMENLabour to handle ships' mooring lines when

berthing and unberthing at any of the wharves inHong Kong waters is supplied by the owners ofthe wharf concerned, the cost being included inthe berthing fee. For berthing at a Marine Depart-ment mooring buoy it is usual for the ship's agentto arrange for boatmen to handle the ship's slipwire and anchor cable, unless the ship's crew under-take this task. The services of boatmen are generallyobtained through either Wang Kee & Co. Ltd.,

or the Harbour Pilots Company. The charge atpresent is HK$25 per boat. For night berthingtwo boats are normally required—one to handlethe wire and cable and the other to provide alighted marker for the mooring buoy.

MOORING BUOYSAt 31st March, 1965 the Marine Department

maintained a total of 62 clump block and chainmoorings for the use of shipping. Thirty-six of thesemoorings are classified as 'A' buoys, consisting ofa Lambert and Garland patent reversible buoysupporting two nine fathom lengths of 3^ inchdiameter Bleco cast steel chain with a mooringswivel fitted between the two lengths. These com-ponents are secured to a specially designed 90-tonconcrete block by means of a *D' type end shacklefitted with a forelock. The remaining 26 mooringsare classified as 'B' buoys and have similar com-ponents to the 'A' class mooring except that thesize of the Bleco chain is three inches and theconcrete block is 50 tons.

All ships are required to secure to MarineDepartment mooring buoys by their chain cable.The maximum length of a ship permitted to berthat an 'A' class mooring is 600 feet, the swing circleencompassing each buoy having a radius of 700feet. The maximum length of a ship permitted toberth at a *B' class mooring is 450 feet, the radiusof swing circle around such buoys being 550 feet.It is therefore within the limits of safety for a

vessel, when secured to a Marine Departmentmooring, to slack out to 'one shackle on the wind-lass' and still clear ships berthed at adjacent buoys,except in exceptional circumstances. As all MarineDepartment moorings are of the one-legged type,it is permissible, should circumstances make itnecessary, for a ship, when attempting to secure toa mooring, to drop an anchor at not less than 50feet from the buoy without fouling the mooringchain. It should be noted, however, that mooringssited within the man-of-war anchorage and theHongkong and Whampoa Dock Company's privatemooring H.W.D. No. 1 in Hung Horn Bay areeither of the two or three-legged type, and it istherefore not permissible to use an anchor whenberthing. Charges for the hire of buoys are shownin Page 70.

LIMITS OF PORTThe port limits were extended in 1963 and are

as shown in the harbour plan in this handbookreproduced in Pages 8 and 9.

A ship works cargo in the stream while berthedat an "A" buoy. The Marine Department main-tains 62 clump block and chain moorings in theport. Of these, 36 are "A" Class and the remainder

"5" Class.

LOAD LINE RULES

The maximum depths to which a ship is entitledto be loaded at different seasons in various partsof the world are laid down in Part XI of the LoadLine Rules, 1958, and the various zones and seasonalareas are described in the Third Schedule. TheseRules are extended to Hong Kong by virtue of theMerchant Shipping Load Line Convention (HongKong) No. 1 Order, 1938. A chart of the zones andseasonal areas is reproduced in Page 78, and fromthis it can be seen that Hong Kong is on the borderline of a seasonal tropical and a summer zone. Shipmasters must, therefore, exercise considerable carein loading their vessels so as not to exceed theappropriate marks, taking into consideration theirroute to and from Hong Kong and the season of theyear.

WHARVES AND WHARF CHARGES

The wharves used by commercial shipping werebuilt and are maintained by companies which haveexclusive control of their operation, ownershiphaving been vested in them by lease from theHong Kong Government since 1950. The HongKong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co. Ltd. oper-ates eight ocean berths on the Kowloon peninsula.In addition, an ocean terminal pier to cater forthe large cruise ships visiting Hong Kong is beingconstructed in the same locality. A further two oceanberths are operated on the Kowloon peninsula byHolt's Wharf. Details are given in Page 58.

On Hong Kong Island, North Point WharvesLtd. operate two ocean berths. The Taikoo SugarRefining Co. Ltd. also have two ocean berths at apier in Quarry Bay adjacent to their factory. TheH.K. & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co. Ltd. have acoastal berth at West Point, and the China Mer-chants Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. operate twoberths at a pier in the same locality which are alsoonly suitable for coastal vessels.

Details of these facilities are listed with currentwharf charges. Details are given in Page 58.

GODOWNS

Warehouses and transit sheds are referred toin Asia as godowns. The total godown capacityavailable for the storage of goods in Hong Kong isamong the most commodious of any port in theworld. Apart from general cargo, there are facilitiesfor the storage of grain, sugar, flour, refrigeratedgoods and dangerous goods. Details are given inPage 74.

The eight ocean berths of the Hong Kong &Kowloon Wharf Of Godown Co. Ltd. are alwaysbusy. All wharves and berths used by commercialshipping are maintained by companies which have

exclusive control of their operation.

Above, a Blue Funnel ship's "jumbo" derricklands a coach made in a British factory for theKowloon-Canton Railway. Heavy lifting gear,capable of lifts up to 150 long tons, is available

in the port.

CARGO HANDLING (GENERAL)Most cargo handled in Hong Kong is at some

stage transported by lighter. Several hundredlighters and junks are used for this purpose andmore than 700 have engines. This mechanisedfleet is expected to continue growing, as it is a typeof transport particularly suited to the handling anddelivery of the small parcels of cargo which makeup a considerable proportion of the tonnagehandled in the port. Details of lighters available,their hire rate and lighterage charges are showntogether with a list of marine and cargo surveyors,compass adjusters and sworn measurers. See Pages38 and 72.

The following table shows the average handlingrates per gang hour:

CARGO

GeneralGeneralBale or bagBale or bag

PLACE

WharfStreamWharfStream

LOAD TONSPER GANG

HOUR

12

10

2015

DISCHARGE

TONS PERGANG HOUR

15

12

2520

CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENTUsually ship's gear is used for loading or

discharging cargo alongside wharves or in thestream, but heavy lifting gear is available in theport when required. The wharf and godown com-panies are fully alive to the advantages and increasedefficiency resulting from mechanisation and themost modern equipment is available for the rapidand safe movement of goods between godowns,ships and lighters. Details are given in Pages 62—65.

DANGEROUS GOODSDangerous goods on board ships in Hong Kong

are controlled by the Marine Department underthe provisions of the Dangerous Goods Ordinance,1956. The Dangerous Goods (Shipping) Regula-tions, 1964 control, among other things, the move-ments of three different types of vessels and theprecautions required in the loading, dischargingor conveying of dangerous goods while thesevessels are in Hong Kong waters. The procedurefor reporting dangerous goods on board, and thepenalties for the contravention of, or non-compli-ance with, the regulations are also prescribed. Allsubstances considered dangerous are classified inthe Dangerous Goods (Classification) Regulations1964. Categories in these regulations are basedupon recommendations made from time to timeby the British Ministry of Transport.

Mechanical cargo handling equipment is usedextensively by the wharf companies for theefficient and safe movement of goods betweenship and godown. Storage space is adequate for

all types of cargo.

BUNKERINGExcellent facilities exist for bunkering vessels

with fuel oil and coal. Fuel oil can be obtainedeither at the wharves adjacent to the oil installation,or from harbour oilers owned and operated by theoil companies. Fuel oil from these vessels can bepumped on board without impeding cargo opera-tions. Adequate stocks of good quality bunker coalsuitable for coal-fired marine boilers are maintainedin the port. Details of fuel oil and coal supplies aregiven in Pages 56 and 61.

WATERFresh water is available but the supply is some-

times limited, depending on the storage levels inHong Kong's reservoirs. The supply to ships ismade at commercial wharves and from water boats,details of which are given in Page 61.

DOCKYARDS, DRYDOCKS, SHIPBUILDINGAND REPAIRS

Hong Kong's shipbuilding and repairing in-dustry is world famous. The Colony's shipyardscan build dry cargo vessels, tankers and generalpurpose passenger and cargo vessels up to 500feet in length to suit any trade in any part of theworld.

Hong Kong has excellent berths, wharves,drydocks and slipways. Ships of up to 35,500tons deadweight in the case of tankers, and 750 ft.length and 88 ft. beam, in the case of passenger

and cargo ships, can be dry docked or slipped.

The two main shipyards are the H.K. & WhampoaDock Company Ltd., and the Taikoo Dockyard &Engineering Ltd.

In addition to their building berths, they haveexcellent and extensive facilities for the repair, main-tenance and drydocking or slipping of all classes andtypes of vessels up to 35,500 deadweight tons inthe case of bulk oil tankers, or 750 feet in lengthand 88 feet beam in the case of passenger liners andlarge dry cargo vessels.

The Colony's smaller yards are equally well-equipped to undertake repairs to small vessels andcan build specialized craft, including pleasure yachts.Notable among these firms are the Cheoy LeeShipyard, the Wing On Shing Shipyard, the HongKong Shipyard and American Marine Limited.

Hong Kong's customers have become accustom-ed to first-class workmanship, reasonable pricesand early delivery. Drydock and slipway facilitiesand charges are shown in Page 60.

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one of the world's largest.

Two companies operate a fleet of ferries betweenHong Kong and Kowloon and outlying districts.At top right, a ferry approaches the tall buildingsof the waterfront while at bottom right a "Star"

ferry is under way in mid-harbour.

FERRY SERVICES, FISHERIES ANDRIVER TRADE

Pearl River trade cargoes are transported mainlyby towed lighters or junks and a flourishing tradeexists with Macau and adjacent Chinese ports. Theprincipal imports from these ports consist ofbuilding materials, vegetables and fruits, seaproducts and foodstuffs, while the chief exports arefertiliser and foodstuffs. Internal trade in the watersof Hong Kong takes place between the harbourarea and outlying districts. Sand for buildingpurposes is the chief commodity carried inwards,while outward bulk cargoes are mainly buildingmaterials, cotton bales, dangerous goods andfoodstuffs.

Fisheries: There are approximately 9,400vessels actively engaged in fishing and about twothirds are mechanised. These comprise more than2,000 trawlers, 1,500 long liners, 1,100 hand liners,1,300 seine netters and 2,400 gill netters. Themechanised section of the fleet lands more than 80

per cent of the annual catch, and with the continuedtrend towards mechanisation this percentage willgrow.

Ferry Services: Hong Kong Island is dividedfrom Kowloon by the harbour and passenger andvehicle ferries play a vital role in communications.The ferries are operated by private companies butthe Government has regulatory powers exercisedby the Marine Department to ensure safe andefficient operation. There are two large ferrycompanies and four minor ones each having afranchise to operate a designated route or routes.

The H.K. & Yaumati Ferry Company is thebiggest operator and runs a fleet of 65 moderndiesel-engined ferries. In 1964 the company carried138 million passengers and 3.6 million vehicles.The Star Ferry Company operates 12 modernvessels across the shortest stretch of the harbour,a distance of three-quarters of a mile, and at peakperiods a ferry leaves from each side of the harbourevery three minutes. The company carried 50.6million passengers in 1964.

COMMUNICATIONSSignal Stations. Four signal stations operated by

the Marine Departrnent are situated in the easternand western approaches to, or within, the harbourlimits as follows: Eastern approaches: WaglanIsland, (latitude 22° 11' north, longitude 114° 18.Veast). Western approaches: Green Island (lati-tude 22° 17.1' north, longitude 114° 06.5' east).Harbour limits: Marine Department Head-quarters (latitude 22° 17.3' north, longitude 114°09.1' east). Harbour limits: North Point SignalStation (latitude 22° 17.7' north, longitude 114°11.8'east).

These stations are manned 24 hours a day through-out the year and contact can be made by meansof international code flags or the internationalMorse code by flashing. An inter-departmentalradio link, in addition to a normal land telephoneline, provides communications between thesestations.

It is mandatory for the master of every shiparriving within signalling distance of any of theabove signal stations to hoist the national coloursand (if one shall exist) the house flag and the signalletters of the ship, and to identify the vessel to thesignal station by visual signals if requested. Onrecognition of a ship in the approaches to HongKong, the name is immediately relayed to the PortControl Office of the Marine Department, and theship's owners or agents can be notified on request.

Wireless Telegraphy: Radio communicationapparatus on board a merchant vessel is not per-mitted to be used while the vessel is within HongKong territorial waters except in the followingcircumstances:

When a vessel is proceeding through Hong Kongterritorial waters such apparatus may be used tocommunicate on minimum power with the nearestcoast station or, if communication with the nearestcoast station is impracticable and the safe navigationof the vessel so requires, with a more distant coaststation or another vessel;

For the purpose of summoning assistance on anoccasion of danger to the life of any person or tothe vessel;

For the purpose of carrying out experimentaltests for which permission in writing must first beobtained.

A maritime VHF radio-telephone system (portoperations and information service) has not yetbeen established in Hong Kong.

Harbourphones: Cable & Wireless Ltd. willinstall and maintain VHF radio-telephones onships at buoys in the harbour for the duration of aship's stay in port. Calls may be made between anytwo ships so equipped, and between a ship andany telephone number on the Hong Kong orKowloon exchanges. A completely new system,introduced in November 1962, gives greatly im-proved performance and automatic dialling facilitiesboth inward and outward. The charges for thisservice are $45 a day with a minimum charge of$90. The charge for each call is 40 cents.

Maritime VHF Radio-telephone Service(Hague Plan): This service operates in Hong Kongon two international channels, Nos. 16 and 26.Channel 16 (156.8 mc/s) is the simplex distress andcalling frequency on which contact is made betweenshore and ship before changing over to the publiccorrespondence channel, No. 26. The latter is aduplex channel and Hong Kong transmits on161.9 mc/s and receives from ships on 157.3 mc/s.

Local connection to the service is via the HongKong Telephone Company and is made in thesame way as for overseas radio-telephone calls bydialling '00'. The local operator should then beinformed that a telephone call is required on 'theMaritime VHF Hague Plan Service'. The operatorwill ask for details of the call, such as the name ofthe ship and the person required, and will thenconnect the call via Cable & Wireless. Calls canalso be sent from ship to shore. The range is about50 miles and the service is available at all times ofthe day and night.

Charges are as follows: Calls to and fromBritish Commonwealth ships: $6 (7/6d) minimumcharge for three minutes. The charge for eachadditional minute or part of a minute is $2 (2/6d).A cancelled call report charge of $1.60 (2/-) isapplicable.

Calls to and from foreign flag ships: $12 (15/-)minimum charge for three minutes. The chargefor each additional minute or part of a minute is$4 (5/-). The report charge is $3.20 (4/-).

Broadcasting arrangements—Typhoon Warn-ings: After the hoisting of local storm signal No. 5or above, Radio Hong Kong and CommercialRadio will extend their hours of operation andsimultaneously broadcast typhoon warnings inEnglish and Chinese at two minutes to the hourand half past the hour precisely, throughout theday and night. Warnings in English will be broad-cast by an announcer at each station; warnings inChinese will be broadcast by a Chinese announcerfrom the Radio Hong Kong booth at the RoyalObservatory. On certain occasions these arrange-ments will come into force should local stormsignal No. 3 remain hoisted at the time when theradio stations normally close. The foregoing arrange-ments continue until the signal drops below No. 5once again.

Frequencies: Radio Hong Kong (EnglishService) 860 kc/s, 91 mc/s; (Chinese Service) 640kc/s, 94 mc/s, short wave 3940 kc/s; CommercialRadio (English Service) 1530 kc/s, 196 mc/s; (ChineseService No. 1) 1050 kc/s; (Chinese Service No. 2)1170 kc/s.

Shipbuilding is a major industry. This ferry, theMan Bong, built by the Hong Kong & WhampoaDock Company has now joined a fleet whichcarried 138 million passengers and 3.6 million

vehicles across the harbour in 1964.

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The Cathay, above, and the Rotterdam, right,two big passenger liners, contrast sharply withthe traditional junk in full sail across the harbour.The Rotterdam, 38,645 tons, is one of the biggest

ships to use the port.

LARGEST SHIPS USING THE PORT

Below is a list of the largest vessels calling regularlyat Hong Kong. In the case of tankers, those with thedeepest draught are shown.

LINERS

NAME

Oriana

Rotterdam

Caronia

Iberia

Orsova

Orcades

Oronsay

Kungsholm

Oslofjord

FLAG

British

Dutch

British

British

British

British

British

Swedish

Norwegian

GROSS

TONS

41,915

38,645

34,172

29,614

28,790

28,369

27,632

21,164

16,923

LENGTH

804'

748' 1"

715'

718' 8"

722' 10'

708' 8"

708' 8"

600'

577'

DRAUGHT

32'

29' 8"

31' 7"

so' si"30'11J"

31' J"

3i' r27' I"

26' 1"

TANKERS

Ferncraig

FrancineMaersk

LeslieJ. Thompson

Norwegian

Danish

British

22,286

17,103

16,206

681' 10"

622' 7"

614' 8"

35' 9"

34' I"

32' 9f"

ADMIRALTY CHART AGENTS

Messrs. Walter Dunn and Company of ManYee Building, Hong Kong, maintain ample stocksof Admiralty charts, nautical publications andnavigational instruments.

Messrs. George Falconer and Company (H.K.)Ltd., of 903, Prince's Building, Hong Kong, main-tain ample stocks of Admiralty charts and nauticalpublications. In addition, they repair surveying,navigational and meteorological instruments and havea chart correction service.

CLASSIFICATION SOCIETIES

The following Classification Societies with Britishtechnical committees are represented by their ownexclusive officers in Hong Kong:—

Lloyds' Register of Shipping, P. & O. Building,Hong Kong;

The American Bureau of Shipping, Li Po ChunChambers, Hong Kong;

Society for the Bureau Veritas, Li Po ChunChambers, Hong Kong;

Det Norske Veritas (Oslo), China EmporiumBuilding, Hong Kong.

MARINE AND CARGO SURVEYORS,COMPASS ADJUSTERS ANDSWORN MEASURERS

Messrs. Anderson and Ashe, Union House,Hong Kong.

The following services are available: Cargosurveys including outward shipments; general andparticular average; supervision of inward andoutward bulk oil shipments; supervision of -shipand engine repairs; and supervision of new vesselconstruction. Fees for the above services will begiven on request.

Messrs. Carmichael and Clarke, Union House,Hong Kong.

The following services are available: Cargosurveys including outward shipments; general andparticular average; supervision of ship repairs;supervision of building and repairs to all typesof small craft; control of raw cotton imports; super-vision of inward and outward bulk oil shipments;issue of gas free certificates in accordance withthe Hong Kong Dangerous Goods (Shipping)Regulations, 1956; compass adjusting; and gyroand radar servicing. Fees for the above services willbe given on request.

Messrs. Paulsen and Bayes—Davy, AlexandraHouse, Hong Kong.

The following services are available: Cargosurveys including outward shipments; general andparticular average; supervision of inward andoutward bulk oil shipments; marine consultants andsurveyors; and fire loss adjusters and assessors. Feesfor the above services will be given on request.

This firm also represents the following associations:The West of England Steamship Owners' Protec-tion and Indemnity Association Ltd; the BritanniaSteamship Insurance Association Ltd; the UnitedKingdom Mutual Steamship Assurance AssociationLtd; the North of England Protection and Indem-nity Association; the London Steamship Owners'Mutual Insurance Association Ltd; the NewcastleProtection and Indemnity Association; the Sunder-land Steamship Protection and Indemnity Asso-ciation; the Neptune Protection and IndemnityAssociation; and the Oceanus Mutual UnderwritingAssociation Ltd.

Sworn Measurers' and Weighers, P. & O.Building, Hong Kong.

The following services are available: Measuringand weighing export and import cargoes of all typesof commodities; compilation of freights used by allfreight conferences and coastal shipping lines;issue of gross, tare and net certificates for bankingand selling purposes; deadweight surveys; testingaccuracy of weighing scales; and the issue of detailedcertificates for any commodity. Charges are basedon the amount of work involved and will be furnishedon request to Sworn Measurers' and Weighers.

Messrs. Wood and Browne, Jar dine House,Hong Kong.

The following services are available: Cargosurveys including outward shipments; general andparticular average; supervision of ship repairs;supervision of building and repairs to all typesof small craft; control of raw cotton imports; super-vision of inward and outward bulk oil 'shipments;issue of gas free certificates in accordance with theHong Kong Dangerous Goods (Shipping) Regula-tions 1956; and compass adjusting. Fees for theabove services will be given on request.

Messrs. P. Younghusband, Ltd., Prince'sBuilding, Hong Kong.

The following services are available: Cargosurveys including outward shipments; and super-vision of inward and outward bulk oil shipments.Fees for the above services will be given on request.

This firm represents the following organisations:General Superintendence Co. Ltd., Geneva; CargoSuperintendents (London) Ltd., London; FarEast Superintendence Co. Ltd.; Universal Testingand Superintending Co. Inc.; Amalgamated MarineSurveyors; and Springbok Drydock and Ship-building Co. (South Africa) Pty. Ltd., Durban.

LINER SERVICESMany well-known and old-established shipping

companies maintain regular and frequent servicesto Hong Kong, bringing the raw materials essentialto Hong Kong's rapidly expanding industries andtaking the finished products to markets aroundthe world. Details of liner services, principal ship-ping companies and their agents in Hong Kong aregiven in Pages 46—52.

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SHIPBREAKINGShipbreaking is an important industry in Hong

Kong because the market for scrap is geared to thebuilding industry, where the demand for mildsteel bars may be as high as 16,700 tons a month.To meet this demand as many as 30 vessels each

averaging 7,000 gross tons may be in process ofdemolition at any one time. In addition, there isa demand in south-east Asian countries for mildsteel rods and bars, and this is met in part by HongKong.

Firms engaged in the shipbreaking industry are:

Chiap Hua Manufactory Co., (1949) LtdChung Hing Enterprises Co.Dah Chong Hong LtdFar East Metal Industry Corp.H.K. Iron & Steel Works, LtdH.K. Rolling Mills LtdH.K. Salvage & Towage Co., LtdKowloon Steel & Iron WorksLeung Yau Ship-breaking Co.Luen Hop LoongUnited Oversea Enterprises LtdPatt Manfield & Co., LtdSaigon Shipping & Trading Co.Shiu Wing Co., LtdSun Sun EnterprisesShun Fung Ironworks LtdFour Seas Enterprises LtdMan Lee Iron WorksTeh Hu Steamship Co., LtdAgencia Comercial "Progresso" LtdLee Sing Co.Sigma Shipping Co., Ltd

Fung House, 9th floor, Hong Kong.811, Central Building, Hong Kong.77, Des Voeux Road, Central, Hong Kong.Kun Tong Road, Kowloon.932, Union House, Hong Kong.1437, Union House, Hong Kong.Union House, 7th floor, Hong Kong.L.S.O. 151-1766-50, Fok Wing Street, Kowloon.518, Li Po Chun Chambers, Hong Kong.K.M.L.-84, Waterloo Road, Kowloon.101, Yu To Sang Building, Hong Kong.Prince's Building, Hong Kong.1609, Central Building, Hong Kong.86, Jardine House, Hong Kong.China Building, Hong Kong.605, Fu House, Hong Kong.336, Wang Hing Building, Hong Kong.112, Connaught Road, Central, Hong Kong.1608, Hang Seng Bank Building, Hong Kong.Alexandra House, 4th floor, Hong Kong.170, Wing Lok Street, West, 2nd floor, Hong Kong.1202, Central Building, Hong Kong.

PUBLICATIONS

The following marine publications are usuallyobtainable at the Government Publications Bureau,G.P.O. Building, Hong Kong:Carriage of Goods by Sea (Cap. 46) $1.00Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1953 $3.00Marine Insurance Ordinance, 1961 $2.00Merchant Shipping (Life Saving

Appliances) Regulations, 1961 $1.50Merchant Shipping (Engineers Certificates)

Rules, 1953 $0.60Merchant Shipping (Control of Ports)

Regulations, 1953 $1.50Merchant Shipping (Explosives)

Regulations, 1953 $0.50

Merchant Shipping (CrewAccommodation) Regulations, 1961 $4.00

Dangerous Goods Ordinance, 1956 $1.00Tide Tables for Hong Kong $2.00Harbour Plan, Hong Kong $1.00International code flags, including

port signals $1.00Dangerous Goods (General)

Regulations, 1964 $3.00Dangerous Goods (Shipping)

Regulations, 1964 $1.00Dangerous Goods (Classification)

Regulations, 1964 $1.00Other Government publications are also availableat the bureau.

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SEAMEN'S TRAVEL DOCUMENTS

The Hong Kong Government Seaman's Dis-charge Book (issued by the Marine Department)is basically a record of employment, but it is alsoaccepted as a travel document in connection withthe holder's profession as a seaman. Whenever theholder is being returned to Hong Kong and hedoes not possess a Hong Kong Government Sea-man's Identity Book (see following paragraph), thebook must be valid, and must also contain a validvisa for entry to Hong Kong. The visa can be issuedor extended by any British visa officer withoutreference to the Immigration Department in HongKong.

The Hong Kong Government Seaman's IdentityBook is issued by the Immigration Departmentand enables the holder to return to Hong Kongwithout a visa during the validity of the book

(initially three years, with three-year renewals),and also within 12 months after the expiry of thevalidity of the book.

A Seaman's Certificate of Nationality andIdentity is issued at the Immigration Departmentonly to seamen of British nationality, whereas theSeaman's Discharge Book and the Seaman'sIdentity Book may also be issued to alien seamen.It is the equivalent of a British passport and no visais required for return to Hong Kong.

ENGAGEMENT, RECRUITMENT ANDWELFARE OF SEAMEN

All formalities connected with the engagement anddischarge of seamen on board British ships, andon foreign ships whose flag is not represented by aconsular officer resident in Hong Kong, are required

by law to be conducted at the Mercantile MarineOffice. Hong Kong continues to be one of the mainrecruitment centres of Asian seamen and a Seamen'sRegistry Office, which is an adjunct to the Mercan-tile Marine Office, maintains records of all HongKong seamen. The methods of recruiting seamen inHong Kong were investigated by a committee whichsubmitted a report on its findings on 6th March,1964. Arising from this report it is anticipated thatin the near future a Seamen's Recruiting Office willbe established to control the recruiting of all seamenengaged in Hong Kong.

PORT WELFAREThe provision of welfare facilities for visiting

seamen is the main concern of the Port WelfareCommittee. Four organisations offer social andrecreational facilities to seamen of all nationalities,

This model gives an impression of what the newocean terminal will be like when it is completedearly in 1966. Over 370,000 tourists visited theColony in 1964 and the terminal will make a

significant contribution to passenger facilities.

races and creeds at the Sailors' Home and Missionsto Seamen, the Norwegian Seamen's Mission,the Apostleship of the Sea, and the MerchantNavy Sports Club.

Ships are visited on arrival by the port chaplainswho, in addition to offering spiritual care, arrangelaunch picnics and tours, receive the many sea-farers who come to stay as guests at the missions,organise barbecues and swimming parties orsporting activities at the Merchant Navy Club andarrange for dances to be held on board visiting ships.

An ever-increasing number of ships call at thePort of Hong Kong—6,276 during the fiscal year1964/65—and the harbour, wharves, docks andgodowns are always busy as trade with the

world expands.

PROCEDURES

STATISTICS

AND CHARGES

LINER SERVICES OCEAN AND COASTAL AND PRINCIPAL SHIPPING COMPANIESAND THEIR AGENTS IN HONG KONG

Shipping company or line

American Mail Line, Ltd

American Export Isbrandt-sen Lines

American Pioneer Line

American President Lines,Ltd

Australia- West Pacific Line

Bank Line Ltd

Barber- Wilhelmsen Line

Barber Line

Ben Line Steamers Ltd

Blue Funnel Line

Blue Sea Line

British India S.N. Co., Ltd

Burma Five Star Line

Agents

Everett Steamship Corporation,S/A, Union House, Chater Road,Central

Hother Trading & Steamship Co.(1957) Ltd, Room 501, Grand Bldg.,Connaught Road, Central

United States Lines Co.,Room 616, Union House, ChaterRoad, Central

American President Lines,Prince's Bldg., Chater Road,Central

Dodwell & Co., Ltd, H.K. &Shanghai Bank Bldg., Queen'sRoad, Central

The Bank Line (China) Ltd,Room 1125, Alexandra House,Des Voeux Road, Central

Thoresen & Co., Ltd,Union House, 18th floor, ChaterRoad, Central

Thoresen & Co., Ltd,Union House, 18th floor, ChaterRoad, Central

The Ben Line Steamers Ltd,Chartered Bank Bldg., 2nd floor,Des Voeux Road, Central

Butterfield & Swire (H.K.) Ltd,Union House, 9, Connaught Road,Central

Butterfield & Swire (H.K.) Ltd,Union House, Chater Road,Central

MacKinnon, MacKenzie & Co. ofH.K. Ltd., P. & O. Bldg., DesVoeux Road, Central

Sun Hing & Co., Rooms 905-906,Takshing House, Des VoeuxRoad, Central

Liner service

Pacific ports of Canada & U.S.A.

New York, Norfolk, Baltimore,Puerto Rico & Philadelphia, SanFrancisco, Los Angeles.

U.S.A. Atlantic ports via Panama.

East bound via Japan, Honoluluto U.S.A. east & west coast ports.West bound via Thailand, Malay-sia, Mediterranean & U.S.A.Atlantic ports.

Australia and New Guinea ports.

S & E Africa/Malaysia/Bangkok/Japan/ and Return by Philippines/Sabah/Thailand/Malaysia.

via Malaysia to Mediterraneanports thence to Belgium, Holland,Germany, Denmark, Norway &Sweden.

U.S.A. east & west coast ports viaPanama.

U.K./Continent/Malaysia/Philippines/Japan.

U.K./Continent/Malaysia/Japan/China.

Jamaica/U.S. Atlantic & Gulf ports.

Japan/ India/Pakistan/Persian Gulf.

Japan/ Singapore/Rangoon.

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Capricorn Corp.

Central Gulf Lines

Chandris Line

CTO Line Service

Compagnie General Trans-atlantic (French Line)

China Navigation Co., Ltd

China Merchants SteamNavigation Co., Ltd

China Union Lines

Crusader Line

Cunard Line

Dominion Line

E.A.C. Lines (East AsiaticCo., Ltd)

Eastern Shipping Corp.

Eastern & AustralianSteamship Co., Ltd

Ellerman & Bucknall S.S.Ltd

Agents

Pacific Marine (H.K.) Ltd, Room1207, Central Bldg, Queen's Road,Central

H.K. & Eastern Shipping Co., Ltd,Rooms 131-136, Jardine House,20, Pedder Street, Central

Harley Mullion & Co. (H.K.) Ltd,P. & O. Bldg., Des Voeux Road,Central

Compagnie Maritime DesChargeurs Reunis (CMCR),Room 1717, Central Bldg.,Queen's Road, Central

Compagnie Des MessageriesMaritimes, Room 122, UnionHouse, Chater Road, Central

Butterfield & Swire (H.K.) Ltd,Union House, 9, ConnaughtRoad, Central

China Merchants Steam NavigationCo., Ltd, Rooms 160-161,Connaught Road, West

China Union Lines (Agencies) Ltd,Hang Cheong Bldg.



Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd,Jardine House, Pedder Street,Central

The East Asiatic Co., Ltd,Union House, 10th floor, ChaterRoad, Central

H.K. & Eastern Shipping Co., Ltd,Rooms 131-136, Jardine House,20, Pedder Street, Central

MacKinnon, MacKenzie & Co. ofH.K. Ltd, P. & 0. Bldg., DesVoeux Road, Central


Liner service

Manila/H. K. /Australia.

H.K./U.S./Gulf and Atlantic ports.

H.K., Greece, Australia.

South and West African Service.North Europe & MediterraneanPorts Service.

France/U.S. A. /Central America.

Australia/New Zealand/NewGuinea/South Pacific/Okinawa/Korea/ Japan/ Formosa/ Shanghai /Singapore/Bangkok.

Canton/Tsingtao/Hai Phong.

Pacific service to U.S. Gulf andeast coast ports.

World Service.

.World Service.

Japan/Formosa/New Guinea/Australia.

Italy/France/Belgium/Holland/Germany/Denmark/Norway/Sweden/Finland.

Malaysia/Burma/India.

Borneo/East Australian Ports/Tasmania.

U.K. /Europe/South and EastAfrica.

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Everett- Orient Line

Everett Siam Line

Fern-Ville Lines

Glen Line, Ltd

Gold Star Line, Ltd

Holland East Asia Line

Impala Line

Indo-China Steam NavigationCo., Ltd

Isbrandtsen SteamshipCo., Inc. (A division ofAmerican Export Lines)

Japan Lines, Ltd

Jebsen & Co.

Jebshun S.S. Co., Ltd

Johnson Line

Joint German Service,(Hamburg Amerika Linie,Norddeutscher Lloyd)

Agents

Everett Steamship Corporation,S/A, Room 230, Union House,Chater Road, Central

Everett Steamship Corporation,S/A, Room 239, Union House,Chater Road, Central

Thoresen & Co. Ltd, UnionHouse, 18th floor, Chater Road,Central

Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd,Jardine House, Pedder Street,Central

Sun Hing Co., Rooms 903-906,Takshing House, Des Voeux Road,Central

Royal Interocean Lines,219-232, Prince's Bldg., Des VoeuxRoad, Central

Sun Hing Co., Rooms 903-906,Takshing House, Des VoeuxRoad, Central

Jardine Matheson & Co., Ltd,Jardine House, Pedder Street,Central

Hother Trading & SteamshipCo. (1957) Ltd, Room 501,Grand Bldg., Connaught Road,Central

Regent Marine Agencies, Ltd,21st floor, Prince's Bldg.,Chater Road, Central

Jebsen & Co.,Upper ground floor,Prince's Bldg.,Des Voeux Road, Central

Jebshun S.S. Co., Ltd,68, Bonham Strand West

Everett SteamshipCorporation, S/A, Room 230,Union House, Chater Road,Central


Liner service

Japan/Korea/Okinawa/Japan/Bangkok.

Malaysia/Burma/India/Pakistan/Persian Gulf.

Pacific coast ports of Canada andU.S. A. /Panama/Venezuela.

U.K. /Europe/Malaysia/Japan/China.

East, South and West Africaservice.

Red Sea/Mediterranean/Belgium/Holland/Germany.

Japan/H.K./Singapore/SouthAfrica.

Japan/China/North Borneo/NewGuinea/Malaysia/Burma/Calcuttaand Chittagong.

Round the world service toFormosa/Korea/Japan/U.S.A./West Indies /Italy /Egypt/Pakistan/India and Malaysia.

H.K./Japan/California/U.S. westand east coast ports/Caribbean/South America/Straits/Colombo.

Bangkok/ Japan/ Australia/ Kunak.

Bangkok/ Swatow/ Shanghai/Tsingtao /Tientsin .

Japan/Malaysia/India/Pakistan/Persian Gulf.

Europe/Mediterranean/Malaysia/Japan.

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J.I.P. Line

Jugolinija, Rijeka,Yugoslavia

"K" Line (Kawasaki RisenKaisha)

Kie Hock Shipping Lines

Kobe Sekiyu Senpaku Kaisha

Klaveness Line, A.F.Klaveness, & Co. A/S,Oslo

K.P.M. Lines

Knutsen LineOrient Service

Kyosei KisenKabushiki Kaisha

Korea Shipping Corp., Ltd

Lloyd Triestino, Societaper azionidi Navigazione

Lykes Lines (Lykes Bros.Steamship Co., Inc.)

M.C.P. Line,(Maritime Company ofThe Philippines)

Agents

Oilman & Co., Ltd,Alexandra House, 7th floor,Des Voeux Road, Central

Wallem & Co., Ltd, H.K. &Shanghai Bank Bldg., Queen'sRoad, Central


Kie H6ck Shipping (H.K.) Co.,Ltd, 81, Connaught Road, Central

Japan Lines, Ltd, Room 1430,Union House, Chater Road,Central



MacKinnon, MacKenzie & Co.of H.K. Ltd, P. & O. Bldg.,Des Voeux Road, Central

H.K. & Eastern Shipping Co.,Ltd, Jardine House, 13th floor,Pedder Street, Central

Oceanic Lloyd Ltd, Room 1207,Central Bldg., Queen's Road,Central

Dodwell & Co., Ltd,Freight Department:H.K. & Shanghai Bank Bldg.,3rd floor, Queen's Road, Central

American President Lines, Ltd,Prince's Bldg., Chater Road,Central

Cosmos Development Co.,Room 402, Luk Hoi Tung Bldg.,Queen's Road, Central

Liner Service

Singapore/Karachi/Khorramshahr/Basrah/Kuwait/Bahrain.

Japan/Malaysia/Aden/Egypt/Italyand Rijeka.

U.S. Atlantic & Pacific Coast,Canada & U.S. Great Lakes/ WestCoast of C. & S. America/Caribbean/South and West Africa/India & W.Pakistan & Persian Gulf, Singapore,Saigon, Bangkok and Phnompenhservices.

Indonesia/Malaysia/Thailand/Borneo/China/Japan.

Japan/H.K. Phnom Penh.

Philippines & Pacific coast portsof Canada and U.S.A.

China/H.K. /Indonesia.

Singapore/West Australia/Pacificcoast ports of Canada and U.S.A.

Manila/Cebu.

Korea/Japan/Formosa.

Malaysia/India/Pakistan/Egypt/Greece/ Italy.

Formosa/Korea/Japan/MexicanGulf ports.

U.S. Pacific coast, Mexican Gulfand U.S. Atlantic coast ports.

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Maersk Line (Moller A.P.)

Marchessini Lines

Manners Navigation Co., Ltd

Messageries Maritimes Cie.,Des, M.M. Line

Mollers' (H.K.) Ltd

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd

N.Y.K. Line (NipponYusen Kaisha)

Nedlloyd Lines

Nedlloyd & Hoegh Lines

Norwegian Asia Line

Ocean Services Inc.

Oriental Overseas Line

Agents


P.D. Marchessini & Co.(Far East) Ltd, Rooms 1101-1102,Grand Bldg., Connaught Road,Central

Manners Navigation Co., Ltd,Union House, Chater Road,Central

Messageries Maritimes Cie,Des, M.M. Line, Union House,Connaught Road, Central

Mollers' (H.K.) Ltd,Union House, Chater Road,Central

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd,Hang Seng Bank Bldg., 13thfloor, Des Voeux Road, Central

Nippon Yusen Kaisha(H.K. Branch), P. & O. Bldg.,Des Voeux Road, Central


Royal Interocean Lines,219-232, Prince's Bldg., Des VoeuxRoad, Central, Getz Bros. & Co.,Inc., Edinburgh House, Queen'sRoad, Central

Thoresen & Co., Ltd,Union House, 18th floor,Chater Road, Central

Pacific Marine (H.K.) Ltd, Room1207, Central Bldg., Queen's Road,Central

H.K. Export Lines, Ltd,Chartered Bank Bldg.,Des Voeux Road, Central

Liner service

U.S.A. east & west coast portsservice includes Halifax, Southand West African service. India/Pakistan/Persian Gulf serviceIndonesia service.

U.K./Europe/U.S.A. Atlanticports.

World Wide Tramping.

Japan/Thailand/Malaysia/North Africa and Europe service.

World Wide Agency.

New Zealand/S. & W. Africa/East Africa Bay of Bengal/NewYork/E. of Canada & GreatLake U.S. Gulf Japan/India/Bangkok/Pakistan.

U.K. /Continent/Near East andBlack Sea service. Latin Americaand Caribbean service. South andEast Africa service. Malaysia/Burma/Pakistan/India/PersianGulf service.

Red Sea/Mediterranean/Belgium/Holland/Germany/Panama/U. S.Gulf Ports/New York/WestCoast/S. America/Canada.

Philippines/Malaysia/India/Pakistan/Persian Gulf.

Japan/Thailand/North Borneo/Malaysia/Burma/Pakistan/India.

H.K./Japan/U.S.A./Europe.

New York/Baltimore/Houston/Charleston/New Orleans.

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P. & O. S.N. Co.,(Peninsular and OrientalSteam Navigation Co.)

P. & O.— Orient Lines

P. & O./B.I. Joint Services

Pacific Far East Line Inc.

Polish Ocean Lines

Pacific Star Line

Pakistan National ShippingCorp.

Royal Interocean Lines

Sankyo Kaiun Co., Ltd

Shun Cheong S/N Co., Ltd

Scindia S/N Co., Ltd

Showa Lines

States Steamship Co.

Shipping Corp., of IndiaLtd

Swedish East Asia Co., Ltd

Agents




United States Lines Co.,Room 616, Union House,Chater Road, Central

Dodwell & Co., Ltd,H.K. & Shanghai Bank Bldg.,3rd floor, Queen's Road, Central

Sun Hing Co., Rooms 903-906,Takshing House,Des Voeux Road, Central




Shun Cheong S/N Co., Ltd,24, Connaught Road, West



Jardine Matheson & Co. Ltd,Jardine House, Pedder Street,Central



Liner service

U. K. /Continent/ India/Malaysia/Japan.

U. K. /Continent/India/Malaysia/Japan.

Japan/Malaysia/West coast India/Persian Gulf service.

Okinawa/Japan/U.S.A. Pacificports.

Japan/Thailand/Malaysia/Continent/Poland.

New York/Port Newark/Boston/Norfolk/Baltimore/Philadelphia.

Pakistan/China Ports.

Japan/Malaysia/Indonesia/Mauritius/East, South and WestAfrica/South America/Fiji/Australia/New Zealand.

Manila/Cebu/Iloilo.

Malaysia/Thailand/China.

India/U.S.A./Europe, H.K.

Japan/H.K. /Straits/Colombo/PacificNorth West Ports.

H.K./Pacific coast of U.S.A. &Canada via Honolulu.

India/H.K. /Japan.

Philippines/Malaysia/Aden/Egypt/Mediterranean/Continent/Scandanavian ports.

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Shofuku Line

States Marine Line, Inc.

Swedish America Line

Thai Line

Tokyo Senpaku KabushikiKaisha

Union of Burma Fiv£ StarLine Corp.

United Philippine Lines

United Yugoslav Lines

Waterman S.S. Co.

Wallem & Co., Ltd, A/S

Wilhelmsen Lines

World-Wide (Shipping)Ltd

Yamashita SteamshipCo., Ltd

Zim Israel NavigationCo., Ltd

Agents


H.K. Maritime Co., Ltd,Room 610, Li Po Chun Chambers,Connaught Road, Central



Nippon Yusen KaishaH.K. Branch, Liu Chong HingBank Bldg., Des Voeux Road,Central

Sun Hing Co.,Rooms 903-906, Takshing House,Des Voeux Road, Central

C.F. Sharp & Co.,1, Duddell Street, Central

Wallem & Co., Ltd, H.K. &Shanghai Bank Bldg., Queen'sRoad, Central

Everett S.S. Corp., S/A,Room 230, Union House,Chater Road, Central

Wallem & Co., A/S,H.K. & Shanghai Bank Bldg.,Queen's Road, Central

Thoresen & Co., Ltd,Union House, 18th floor,Chater Road, Central

World-Wide (Shipping) Ltd,Prince's Bldg.,Des Voeux Road, Central

Great Southern SteamshipCo., Ltd, Rooms 1605-1608,Hang Seng Bank Bldg.,Des Voeux Road, Central

Sun Hing Co., Room 905-906,Takshing House,Des Voeux Road, Central

Liner service

Phnom Penh.

Long Beach/ Los Angeles /NewYork/Newark/Boston/Philadelphia/Baltimore/NewOrleans & Houston.

Cruise Liner — Yearly.

Bangkok/H.K. /Japan.

Japan/H. K. /Philippines/Indonesia.

Moji/Kobe/Osaka/Rangoon/Singapore.

Philippines, Japan, U.S. east andwest coast ports.

Adriatic/India/H.K./Japan/U.S.Pacific coast.

Philippines/Japan/U.S. Pacificcoast service.

Europe/Far East.

Malaysia/Egypt/Mediterranean/Continent/ Scandinavia.

World-Wide Operations.

Japan/Malaysia/Pakistan/U.S.A.east coast ports. •

Japan/Malaysia/Middle East.

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ENTRY AND CLEARANCE PROCEDUREAND PORT SERVICES

The following documents/forms must be sub-mitted for inspection and/or retention on arrivaland departure of a ship.

MARINE DEPARTMENT (ARRIVAL.)

Marine Department Shipping Report (Form MO144).

Certificate of Registry.Passenger ship: Safety Certificate.Passenger or cargo ship: Load Line Certificate.Cargo ship: Radio Certificate.Cargo ship: Safety Equipment Certificate.Ship's Articles of Agreement with the crew (if the

ship is British, or is a foreign ship belonging toa nation not represented by a consul in HongKong).

Deratting Certificate or Deratting ExemptionCertificate.

One copy of the ship's passenger list (if specificallyrequested).

Clearance certificate from the last port.One copy of the import cargo manifest (if speci-

fically requested).Three copies of the dangerous goods manifest

(if applicable).NOTE: All the above documents I forms must be submitted to thePort Control Division of the Marine Department within 24 hoursof a ship's arrival.

MARINE DEPARTMENT (DEPARTURE)

Application for Port Clearance (Form MO 7).Three copies of the ship's export dangerous goods

manifest (if specifically requested).One copy of the ship's export cargo manifest

(if specifically requested).

PORT HEALTH OFFICER (ARRIVALONLY)

Maritime Declaration of Health.One copy of the ship's passenger list.One copy of the crew list.Deratting Certificate or Deratting Exemption

Certificate (whichever is applicable).International Vaccination Certificate against small-

pox for each passenger and crew member onboard.

NOTE : The above documents I forms must be produced for the in-spection of the Port Health Officer on boarding at the quarantineanchorage.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ANDINDUSTRY (ARRIVAL ANDDEPARTURE)

One copy of the ship's import/export cargo manifest.Two copies of import/export statement in respect

of dutiable goods (Form 26).Four copies of the declaration in respect of dutiable

stores required during a vessel's stay in port(Form 27).

IMMIGRATION OFFICER (ARRIVALONLY)One copy of the ship's passenger list.One copy of the crew list.NOTE: The above forms must be produced for the inspection of theImmigration Officer on boarding after the ship has been 'cleared'by the Port Health Officer.

POST OFFICE (ARRIVAL ONLY)One copy of the ship's mail manifest.

HONG KONG POLICEOne copy of the list of arms on board (if applicable).

DUTIABLE COMMODITIESThere is no general import tariff in Hong Kong

and only five groups of commodities—alcoholicliquors, tobacco, hydrocarbon oils, table waters andmethyl alcohol—whether imported or manufacturedlocally, are subject to excise duty. All firms engagedin the import, export, or sale of dutiable commoditiesmust be licensed.

Ship's stores: Dutiable goods which are importedas transit cargo or which are to be used as ship'sor aircraft stores must, while the ship or aircraft isin Hong Kong, be kept in a secure place under thecustody and control of the master or person incharge of the ship or aircraft. Goods so importedmust not be landed unless the landing is speciallyauthorized by the Director of Commerce and Industryin writing. The issue of permits to export anydutiable commodities as ship's or aircraft stores isat the absolute discretion of the Director of Commerceand Industry, or any person authorized by him.

The master or officer-in-charge of any ship, onthe arrival of the vessel in Hong Kong, shouldcomplete Form C. and I. 303, which is a declara-tion in respect of dutiable stores on board. Thisform should be completed in duplicate. It is designedto assist the ship's master to comply with the pro-visions of the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance,1963. It should be handed over to the officer-in-charge if a Preventive Service party boards thevessel for the purpose of checking sealing stores inwhich dutiable commodities are kept. One copy,endorsed, will be returned to the ship's master.

Applications for ship's stores: Applicationsfor supplies of ship's stores should be made to theDirector of Commerce and Industry on Forms C.and I. 301 and/or C. and I. 302. Ships on regularschedules between Hong Kong and river or coastports will only be allowed dutiable stores once amonth. Provisional applications may be submittedin advance by the ship's agents where the vesselwill be in port only a few hours, or over holidays,on the understanding that replacement forms signedby the master or officer-in-charge can be obtainedbefore the departure of the vessel.

The transfer of dutiable stores direct from oneship to another should be covered by an exportpermit (Form C. and I. 306).

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In-Port Duty-Free Consumption: The issueof stores will be based on the scheduled stay inport or seven days, whichever is the shorter period,and calculated as follows:

Tobacco: 30 cigarettes or five cigars or twoounces of pipe tobacco per person per day.

Liquor: Quarter pint of spirit or one pint of tablewine or three quarts of beer or stout per person perday. In addition, for officers and saloon passengers,a quarter pint in all of port, sherry, liqueur.

Duty-free allowances for disembarking pas-sengers: Passengers from ports other than Macaodisembarking in Hong Kong may be exemptedduty on one quart of wine or spirit, and one halfpound of tobacco, or 200 cigarettes, or 50 cigars.

For members of any vessel and passengers indirect transit through the Colony the duty freeallowance is 20 cigarettes or two ounces of pipetobacco per person on disembarkation.

Dutiable goods allowed in possession ofpassengers and crews: No passenger in or crewmember of any ship or aircraft, while such ship oraircraft is in Hong Kong, without the permissionof the Director of Commerce and Industry, shallhave in his possession, custody or control on boardsuch ship or aircraft any dutiable liquor or tobaccoin excess of the quantities stated hereunder:

Officers and saloon passengers: (i) liquors—spirits one opened quart bottle, or table wine onequart, or beer or stout four quarts and in additionport or sherry or liqueur one pint; (ii) tobaccoone-half pound, or 50 cigars, or 200 cigarettes;

Crew members and deck passengers: tobaccoone-half pound, or 200 cigarettes.

Provided that quantities in excess of the aboveamounts which are the property of any officer,crew member or passenger and are stored in theplace provided for the safe custody of stores underthe provision of Regulation 7 of the Dutiable Com-modities Regulations, 1963 and are shown on therecord required by the same Regulation and areincluded in the Import and Export Statementand in any application for ship's or aircraftstores shall be permitted and shall not be liablefor forfeiture.

PAYMENT OF DUTYDuty shall be paid upon dutiable goods:if imported and not removed to a general bonded

or licensed warehouse, before the goods are removedfrom the ship, aircraft or vehicle on which theywere imported or, as the case may be, from therailway premises;

if grown, produced or manufactured in theColony, other than beer, and not removed to aGeneral bonded or licensed warehouse, beforethe goods are removed from the premises on whichthey were grown, produced or manufactured;

in the case of beer, if produced in the Colony,when the worts are collected in collecting or ferment-ing vessels;

if in a general bonded pr licensed warehouse andnot removed for export or to another general bondedor licensed warehouse before the goods are removedfrom the warehouse.

Provided that the Director of Commerce andIndustry may, in his absolute discretion—

allow a reasonable time not exceeding 16 weeks inthe case of beer and in any other case six weeks, orsuch other period as the Director of Commerce andIndustry may allow after the duty becomes payable,for payment of the duty; and

as a condition precedent to the granting of suchtime require the person to whom the time is grantedto furnish a bond, with such cash or security as theDirector of Commerce and Industry so requires,for the payment of such duty.

Charges are shown in Page 55.

IMPORT AND EXPORT STATEMENTSThe owners, charterers or agents of every ship,

aircraft or vehicle, in which dutiable goods areimported or exported, or the master of every suchship, the person in charge of every such aircraftor the driver of every such vehicle shall, withinseven days or such longer period as the Directorof Commerce and Industry may specify, after thearrival in or departure from the Colony of suchship, aircraft or vehicle furnish to the Directorof Commerce and Industry at the office of theDirector of Commerce and Industry an accurateand complete statement of all such goods.

The owners, charterers or agents of every shipor aircraft which arrives in or departs from thisColony having on board no dutiable goods, or themaster of every such ship or the persons in chargeof every such aircraft, shall, within 12 hours aftersuch arrival or within 24 hours after such departurefurnish to the Director of Commerce and Industrya statement that no such goods were carried in theship or aircraft.

Every statement furnished in accordance with theprovisions of this section shall be in the prescribedform, signed by the party furnishing it, and shallcontain such particulars, if any, as may be prescribedby regulations and such further particulars as theDirector of Commerce and Industry or otherprescribed officer may require.

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DUTIABLE COMMODITY CHARGES

LIQUORHong Kong

Origin

$ per gallon

Common-wealthOrigin

$ per gallon

OtherOrigin

$ per gallon

Liqueurs, Brandy, Whisky, Gin, Rum, Vodka and other spirituousliquors

Champagne and other sparkling wineStill wines above 15 % alcohol by volumeStill wines not more than 15% alcohol by volumeStill wines above 15% alcohol by volume imported in casksStill wines not more than 15 % alcohol by volume imported in casksCider and Perry and other similar beveragesBeer, except Cider and Perry, not exceeding 1055° original gravity...

and in addition for every degree by which the original gravityexceeds 1055°

Intoxicating liquors in this Part above the strength of 22° underproof, for every degree above such strength, in addition to theduties specified above

Non-European-type winesNon-European type spirits including Chinese type spirits, Sake,

Arrackand in addition for every one per cent by which the alcoholicstrength by volume exceeds 30%

Ethyl alcohol, and admixtures containing ethyl alcoholand in addition for every one per cent by which the alcoholicstrength by volume exceeds 30%

$65.00

1.60

0.04

0.5010.00

6.50

0.266.50

0.26

$65.0036.0020.0016.0010.00

8.002.001.80

0.04

0.5010.00

6.50

0.266.50

0.26

$73.0044.0025.0020.0015.0012.002.502.20

0.05

0.6012.00

7.50

0.307.50

0.30

TOBACCOUNMANUFACTURED TOBACCO $perlb. MANUFACTURED TOBACCO $perlb.

Unstripped tobacco containing:

(a) 10 % or more of moisture by weight:tobacco of Commonwealth originother tobacco

(b) less than 10% of moisture by weight:tobacco of Commonwealth originother tobacco

Stripped tobacco containing:

(a) 10 % or more of moisture by weight:tobacco of Commonwealth originother tobacco

(b) less than 10% of moisture by weight:tobacco of Commonwealth originother tobacco

$5.706.00

5.736.03

5.856.15

6.006.30

Cigars:of Commonwealth origin and manu-

factureof Commonwealth manufacture onlyother cigars

Cigarettes:of Commonwealth origin and manu-

factureof Commonwealth manufacture onlyother cigarettes

Other manufactured tobacco includingsnuff and cigar cuttings:

of Commonwealth origin and manu-facture

of Commonwealth manufacture onlyChinese prepared tobaccoother varieties

$6.757.509.25

7.408.008.90

5.456.052.506.95

HYDROCARBON OILS $per gallon

TABLE WATERS

Light oils:motor spiritother light oils

Heavy oils:diesel oil for public omnibuses owned

and operated by the China Motor BusCo., Ltd, and by the Kowloon MotorBus Co., (1933) Ltd, respectively ...

diesel oil for other road vehiclesother diesel oil and other heavy oils not

specified above

$1.500.10

0.501.00

0.10

48 cents per gallon.

METHYL ALCOHOL

$7.50 per gallon and in addition, for every oneper cent by which the strength of methyl alcoholby volume exceeds 25 per cent, 30 cents per gallon

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PORT OILERS

Company

Shell Co. (H.K.) Ltd

Caltex Asia Ltd

Mobil Oil HongKong Ltd

H.K. Oil Co.

Esso Standard Oil(H.K.) Ltd

Vessel

M.V. Fung Wong Shan

M.V. Lung Shan

M.V. Lin Fa Shan

Fu Yung Shan

Shih Tou Shan

Koon Yam Shan

Shell Shun Fung

Caltex 54

Caltex 82

Caltex 111

Caltex 133

M.V. Mobil Meishan

M.V. Mobil Mei Ping

M.V. Mobil Mei An

Barge 101

Barge 102

M.V. Esso Tsuen Wan

M.V. Esso Tsing Yi

M.V. Esso Hok Un

Grade of oil

Boiler fuel or Marine diesel

White oil



Boiler fuel or Marine diesel orwhite oil

White oil



Gas Oil

Gas Oil

Gas Oil


Light oil

Light oil

Boiler fuel

Marine diesel or petrol



Boiler oil

Capacity-productlong tons

280

340

250

750

750

230

1,500

400

120

80

250

920

100

100

675

511

800

1,500

1,500

OIL. INSTALLATIONS

Company

Shell Co. (H.K.) Ltd

Caltex Asia Ltd

Mobil Oil HongKong Ltd

H.K. Oil Co.

Esso Standard Oil(H.K.) Ltd

Location

Kwun Tong

Tai Kok Tsui

North Point

Tsuen Wan

Lai Chi Kok

Tsuen Wan

Ngau Ying Chau

North Point

Lengthof berth

575'

180'

140'

300'

600'

600'

820'

40'

Depth alongside(Chart Datum)

— 33'

— 10'

— 10'

— 31'

— 31'

— 31'

— 42'

— 10'

Grade of oil

Boiler fuel

Marine diesel fuel

Boiler fuel

Marine diesel fuel

Gas oil

Boiler fuel

Marine diesel fuel

Boiler fuel

Mobil diesel

Kerosine

Boiler fuel

Marine diesel fuel

Boiler fuel, Marinediesel and Gas oil

Gas oil

Capacity(water tons)

60,000

9,800

610

70

133

18,600

2,800

36,000

19,000

11,000

21,740

1,055

153,500

80

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Delivery rate perhour in water tons

270

270

160

450

450

160

900

60

30

30

50

300

30

30

200

100

300

300

300

Notes

The m.v.'s Fung Wong Shan and Lin Fa Shan have bulk tanks for various grades of marinelubricating oils with pump delivery rated at 15 gallons per minute.

Lubricating oils are carried only as and when required for delivery to ships.

The Mobil Mei Ping segregates approximately 50 tons each of boiler fuel and marine dieselfuels. The Mobil Mei An segregates three light oils in capacities of 40/30 and 30 tonsrespectively. Lubricating oils are delivered to ships as required, either packed in drumsor in bulk.

No lubricating oils are carried on these barges. Lubricating oil deliveries are made bytranshipping launches in package.

Deliveryrate

350

220

70

25

12

800

200

500

300

300

150

150

900

12

Hoseconnection

8"

8"

6"

6"

6"

8"

6"

12"

10"

8"

12"

12"

8" & 10"

4"

Notes

One tug is normally required for ships berthing and unberthing. A shore telephoneis available at the berth. Shore electrical supply is not available. Fresh water availablefrom shore and by lighter.Berthing facilities available only for small coasters, ferries and harbour craft*

One tug is normally required for ships berthing and unberthing. A shore telephone isavailable at the berth. Shore electrical supply is not available. Fresh water availableby lighter only.Two tugs are normally required for berthing and unberthing. A shore telephoneis available at the berth. Shore electrical supply is not available. Fresh water availableby lighter only.

One tug is normally required for ships berthing and unberthing. A shore telephone isavailable at the berth. Shore electrical supply is not available. Fresh water availableby lighter only.One tug is normally required for ships berthing and unberthing. A shore telephonewill be available at the berth in early 1966. Shore electricity supply is not available.Fresh water available by lighter only.

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WHARVES

Company

China MerchantsS.N. Co. Ltd

Holt's Wharf

H.K. & KowloonWharf & Godown Co.Ltd

North Point WharvesLtd

The Taikoo SugarWharf

Location

West Point

Blackheads Point

Kowloon

West Point

North Point

Quarry Bay

Berth number

No. 1(E)

No. 2(W)

No. 1(E)

No. 2(W)

No. 1(S & Inner)

No. 1(N & inner)

No. 1(S & outer)

No. 1(N & outer)

No. 2(S)

No. 2(N)

No. 3(S)

No. 3(N)

No. 4(S)

No. 4(N)

No. 5(S)

No. 5(N)

No. 1

No. 1(E)

No. 2(W)

No. 1(E)

No. 2(W)

Length

350'

350'

470'

450'

Overall length ofpier No. 1 is1250'.

722'

722'

600'

600'

700'

700'

800'

800'

320'

700'

630'

410'

410'

Depth at outerend (Chart Datum)

— 35'

— 35'

— 30'

— 30'

— 35'

— 32'

— 32'

— 30'

— 33'

— 33'

— 33'

— 34'

— 34'

— 21'

— 30'

— 30'

— 30'

; 29'

WHARFAGE AND BERTHING CHARGES

Company

Holt's Wharf



West Point Wharf

Berthing charge

$400

Wharfage — per day

Cruise shipsper gross ton

20 cts.

20 cts.

Minimumcharge

$3,000

$3,000

Passenger shipsper gross ton

15 cts.

15 cts.

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Berthing scheme

Day

—

—

Code flag N.

To be allocated

Code flag W

B

N

H

„ J

sE

G

—

N

N

—

—

Night

—

—

—

2 Red lights

2 Green ,,

3 Red

3 Green „

4 Red „

4 Green ,,

5 Red

5 Green ,,

—

—

—

—

—

Notes

These berths are suitable for coastal shipping.

Ocean terminal under construction. Berthing signals will be ex-hibited on the signal station on top of the Kowloon Star Ferry pier.Code flag Y by day and one green light over red light at nightindicates anchor and await instructions. Crossed bamboo poles onwhich are displayed code flags N and B, when sited at the end ofa pier denotes that the vessel is required to berth stern to the prayawall. Telephones are available at all alongside berths for installa-tion on board ship. Applications for telephones should be madeto the H.K. Telephone Co. Ltd. Fresh water from hydrants isavailable from shore connections at all berths. Vessels' cargo gearmust be used for working cargo at all alongside berths.

Oil fuel is not available from shore connections at any of theseberths but there are no restrictions on harbour oilers supplyingbunker fuels to ships alongside wharves.

This pier is not public and is used primarily in taking delivery ofshipments of bulk sugar.

or part thereof

Minimumcharge

$1,750

$1,750

All other vesselsper gross ton

10 cts.

10 cts.

Minimumcharge

$850

$850

$600

$400

Notes

If a vessel5 a.m. andan hour ofis chargeab

The $600wharfage.

is scheduled to depart between8 a.m. and does not sail withinthe time notified, stand-by timee at $50 per hour.

minimum charge refers to

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DRYDOCKS

Company

Taikoo Dockyard &Engineering Ltd

H.K. & WhampoaDock Co. Ltd

Location

Quarry Bay

Hung Horn

Hung Horn

Hung Horn

Tai KokTsui

Number

1

1

2

3

4

Totallength

787'-0"

700'-3"

433'-9"

271'-!"

471 '-4"

Lengthon

blocks

750/-0'/

682/-5//

427/-0//

265/-0//

464'-4"

Width at entrance

Top

93'-4"

93'-10"

73'-5"

48'-9"

85'-4"

Bottom

88'-6"

88'-0"

60'-5"38'-0"

62'-l"

Minimumdepth ofwater at

L.W.O.S.T.

25'-10"

21 '-6"

lO'-lO"^

6'-6"13 '-9"

Rangeof

tide(approx.)

8'-0"

8'-0"

8'-0"

8'-0"

8'-0"

In addition to ship and engine maintenance and repair work, the dockyards have facilities for many mis-cellaneous services such as are provided by modern dockyards. These include physical tests on materialssuch as anchors and cables, for which test certificates can be supplied, chemical analysis, drawing officerequirements, chemical cleaning of engines and boilers, shot and sand blasting, zinc spraying to name buta few.

PATENT SLIPWAYS

Company


H.K. & WhampoaDock Co. Ltd

Cheoy Lee Shipyard

Location

Quarry Bay

Hung Horn

Ngau ChiWan

Number

1

2

3

1

2

1

2

Maximumlength of

vessel

340/-0//

430'-0"

310'-0"

240'-0"

200/-0//

200'-0"

220'-0"

Maximumdisplacement

in tons

3,000

4,000

2,000

700

600

600

1,100

Max. draught of vessel

For'd

14'-9"

14'-8"

15'-6"

4'-6"

2'-6"

7/-0//

8'-10"

Aft

25/-9"

28'-3 "

25/-4//

11 '-6"

7/-6//

14'-0"

18'-0"

DOCKING AND SLIPPING CHARGES

Gross tonnage

500— 1,499

1,500— 2,999

3,000— 5,999

6,000— 8,999

9,000—11,999

12,000—14,999

15,000—26,000

First 24 hours

$600+ 55c. per grosston over 500

$l,150+55c. per grosston over 1,500

$l,975 + 50c. per grosston over 3,000

$3,475 + 50c. per grosston over 6,000

$4,975 +45c. per grosston over 9,000

$6,325+45c. per grosston over 12,000

$7,675 +40c. per grosston over 15,000

Subsequent 24 hourperiods

$220+ lie. per grosston over 500

$330+ lie. per grosston over 1,500

$495 + lie. per grosston over 3,000

$825 + 6c. per grosston over 6,000




Notes

Charges are common to bothTaikoo Dockyard & EngineeringLtd and H.K. & Whampoa DockCo. Ltd. Underwater repairs maybe done concurrently withoutextra dock charges. There will be anextra charge if a special make-upis required or should bilge blocksrequire to be fitted owing to thepresence of cargo or extra ballast onboard the vessel. Removal of heavymarine growth scaling on bottom orboot-top, and application of touch-up coats will be charged for accord-ing to labour involved.

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WATER BOATS

Company

Leung Tai KeeWaterboat Co. Ltd

Union WaterboatCo. Ltd

Vessel

Taikee No. 1

Taikee No. 2

Taikee No. 3

Taikee No. 5

Tai Yat No. 1

Tai Yee No. 2

Tai Sam No. 3

Tai Sze No. 4

Tai Ng No. 5

Tai Kau No. 9

Capacity

150 long tons

120 long tons

320 long tons

250 long tons

270 tons

290 tons

300 tons

300 tons

295 tons

270 tons

Delivery

180 tons/hr.

180 tons/hr.

180 tons/hr.

180 tons/hr.

150 tons/hr.

150 tons/hr.

150 tons/hr.

150 tons/hr.

150 tons/hr.

150 tons/hr.

Charge

S3. 05 per long ton

S3. 25 per long ton

WATER TAXI HIRE CHARGES

Hire period up to:

30minutes

$4.80

45minutes

$7.20

60minutes

$9.60

Every subsequent15 minutes or partthereof.

$2.40

Waiting time withengine shut off.Every 15 minutesor part thereof.

$1.20

COAL BUNKERS

Company

H.K. Coaling Agency

Stocksin long tons

4,000to

5,000of

bunkercoal.

Price

$103 per long tonplus delivery chargeof $150 (approx.) perfive tons.

Notes

Bunker coal from Fushun, North China.

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MECHANICAL. CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT

CRANES

Company

Cheoy Lee Shipyard

Holt's Wharf



Type

Diesel travelling

Steam travelling

Steam floating

Diesel mobile

Mobile electric

Portal electric

Mobile diesel

Floating steam

Mobile diesel

No.

1

3

1

1

1

1

5

1

1

4

1

1

2

1

1

3

2

1

5

1

Capacity

12 long tons

3 long tons

3 long tons

5 long tons

20 long tons

3 long tons

4 long tons

1J tons

1-2 tons

3 tons

5 tons

15 tons

2 tons

3J tons

5 tons

6 tons

10 tons

2 tons

5 tons

20 tons

Radius

26'

17'

ir

Location

Ngau Chi Wan

Tsim Sha Tsui

Tsim Sha Tsui

North Point

FORK-LIFTS

Company

Holt's Wharf

Type

Diesel

Electric

No.

1

12

4

1

Capacity

14,000 Ibs

4,000 Ibs

3,000 Ibs

2,240 Ibs

Location

Tsim Sha Tsui

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FORK-LIFTS—Contd.

Company


North PointWharves Ltd

Type

Diesel

Electric

Diesel

No.

12

9

33

4

1

2

5

5

7

11

Capacity

2,000 Ibs

3,000 Ibs

5-6,000 Ibs

10,000 Ibs

12,000 Ibs

2,000 Ibs

2,500 Ibs

3,000 Ibs

2,000 Ibs

4,000 Ibs

Location

Tsim Sha Tsui

North Point

OTHER MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT

Company

Holt's Wharf

H.K. & KowloonWharf & GodownCo. Ltd


Equipment

Elevating platform trucks (electric)

Tractors (diesel)

Cargo lifts (electric)

Tractors (diesel)

Winches (diesel)

Wall cranes (electric)

Hoists travelling (electric)

Cargo lifts (electric)

Sack hoists

Conveyors (electric)

Monorails

Trailer-tractors

Wall cranes

Side loaders

Belt elevator

Tow trucks

No.

1

8

12

8

9

18

1

4

6

2

37

1

8

6

2

1

2

2

3

8

1

1

6

Capacity

800 Ibs

3 ton pull

2 tons

7,000 Ibs

20 ton pull

40 ton pull

1,300 Ibs

2,240 Ibs

1^ tons

3 tons

1^ tons

4 tons

2 tons

60 tons/hr.

40 tons/hr.

60 tons/hr.

2 tons

1\ tons

6 tons

\\ tons

5 tons

12,000 Ibs

Location

Tsim Sha Tsui

North Point

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MECHANICAL CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENTCRANES (HEAVY LIFTS)

Company

H.K. & WhampoaDock Co. Ltd(Kowloon Docks)


Universal EngineeringCo.

Type

Electric hammer headElectric travellingElectric jibElectric cantileverElectric jibSteam mobileDiesel-electric mobileMobileMobileMobileElectric hammer headElectric travellingElectric travellingElectric travellingElectric travelling

Barge "Titan"Barge "Endeavour"

No.

1

4

2

1

3

4

1

1

1

4

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Capacity

100 long tons40 long tons10 long tons10 long tons7 long tons5 long tons6 long tons6 long tons5 long tons2 long tons

1 50 long tons10 long tons25 long tons30 long tons15 long tons

120 long tons80 long tons

Workingradius

70'

50'

28'

28'

68'

16'

12'

15'

30'

8'

85'

60'

77'

60'

54'

40'

50'

Location

Hung Horn

Fitting-out berthSeawall and drydock

No. 1 and No. 2slipways

HARBOUR TOWAGE CHARGES

Company



Vessel

s.s. Taikoo

s.s. Taikoo Shun O

s.s. Taikoo Fu

Taikoo Launch

m.t. Whampoa

s.t. Hongkongdocks

m.t. H.W.D. Gertrude

m.t. Edith

Kowloon Docks Launch

To tow from any point topoint within the harbcvessels with gross tonnage

Up to5,000

$810

$525

$345

$230

$680

$525

$345

$345

$230

5,001 to10,000

$955

$630

$400

$260

$785

$630

$400

$400

$260

any other>ur limits

Over10,000

$1,110$ 735

$ 460

$ 295

$ 945

$ 735

$ 460

$ 460

$ 295

To tow from streamto dockyard or viceversa or movements

about a dockyard

$140

$140

$130

$130

$140

$140

$130

$130

$130

Company

China Provident Co.Hop Yick Stevedores

Tug hire per hour

$200$ 40

Motor boat hireper hour

$ 50$ 40

Towage of lighterswithin harbour limits

$25 per trip—

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Charges for heavy lifts Notes

Up to 10 tons SI 80 per lift11 to 15 tons $ 18 per ton16 to 20 tons $ 20 per ton

Lifts are undertaken entirely at owners' risk. The rates shown includethe slinging of the lifts but do not include the provision of strongbeamsor porter bars.

21 to 40 tons $ 22 per ton41 to 60 tons $ 24 per ton61 to 80 tons $ 26 per ton81 to 100 tons $ 28 per ton

Charges are available on request. Lifts up to 150 long tons can be undertaken.

$350 per dayS350 per day

To swing a vessel for compass adjustment ; to assist a vesselberth or unberth at any wharf; supply steam to a vessel any-

where in the harbour other than at a dockyard

First hour or partthereof

$385

$250

$160

$145

$350

$250

$160

$160

$145

Each extra hour orpart thereof

$285

$190

$125

$ 60

$230

$190

$125

$125

$ 60

Notes

The following charges are common to both

Use of tug's tow rope in all cases: $30 perrope.When charges are made on a time basis,time is calculated from the time of tug'sdeparture from the dockyard until its returnon completion of service.These charges also apply to the use of tugsstanding by or idling.Double rates will be charged for service oftugs and launches between 10 p.m. and6 a.m.These charges do not apply to any operationoutside of the harbour limits.

Notes

The following companies do not specify any harbour towage charges:

China Merchants S.N. Co. Ltd; Cheoy Lee Shipyard; Dairy Farm, Ice & Cold Storage Co. Ltd; H.K. &Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co. Ltd; Tak Kee Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd; United Delivery Co. Ltd;Kung Lee Transportation Co.

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TOWAGE

Company



Hong Kong Salvage &Towage Co. Ltd

Oriental Stevedore &Freight Corp.

China Provident Co.Ltd


Cheoy Lee Shipyard

Vessel

s.s. Taikoo

s.s. Taikoo Shun O

s.s. Taikoo Fu

s.t. Hongkongdocks

m.t. H.W.D. Gertrude

m.t. Edith

m.t. Whampoa

Golden Cape

Ajax

Atlas

China Provident 2

China Provident 3

China Provident 4

China Provident 5

Fei Sing

Win Co.

Win Yip

Win Hap

Type

ocean-going

harbour

ocean-going

ocean-going

ocean-going

motor tug

towinglaunch

Length

165'

105'

65'

105'

80'

60'

90'

143'

148'

148'

B.H.P.

(I.H.P.)1,800

(I.H.P.)1,000

(I.H.P.)200

(I.H.P.)1,000

270

600

1,165

1,900

1,250

1,250

320

90

240

240

132

62.4

62.4

150

Notes

The s.s. Taikoo isfully equipped forsalvage work. BothTaikoo Dockyard &Engineering Ltd andH.K. & WhampoaDock Co. Ltd. tugsare suitable for thetowage of foreign-going ships.

Fully fitted for salvagework.

All the tugs listedhere are suitable fortowing lighters in theharbour.

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Company


Hop YickStevedores

Tak Kee Shipping &Trading Co. Ltd

United Delivery Co.Ltd

Wang Kee & Co. Ltd

Kung Lee Transpor-tation Co.

Yau Wing Co. Ltd

Wing Hing MotorBoat Co.

Vessel

Gannet

Chei Cheuk

Curlew

Heron

Penguin

Cormorant

Kowloon

Hop Yick No. 4

Hop Yick No. 6

Tak Kee No. 1

Tak Kee No. 2

Tak Kee No. 3

Luen Hop 14

Luen Hop 16

Yauley

Glorley

Canley

Chunley

Stanley

Kung Lee

Yau Wing No. 17

Yau Wing No. 23

Yau Wing No. 25

Wing Lee Choy

Wing Lee Loy

Wing Lee Fat

Type

motor tug

steam tug

motor tug

towing launch

motor tug

towing launch

towing launch

motor tug

steam tug

steam tug

towing launch

towing launch

towing launch

B.H.P.

114

132

152

152

(I.H.P.)200

240

450

80

160

72

150

145

72

84

320

240

152

72

76

100

720

750

750

200

152

95

Notes

All the tugs listedhere are suitable fortowing lighters in theharbour.

This launch is usedexclusively in theTolo Harbour area.

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QUARANTINE AND PREVENTION OF DISEASE

Sulphur dioxide fumigation Rate Notes

Ships and buildings—

First 100,000 cubic feet or part thereof 350

Every 10,000 cubic feet over the first 100,000 and up to 200,000cubic feet ' ... 40

Every 10,000 cubic feet over 200,000 cubic feet 30

Cargo in lighters or cargo in compartments based on cubic capacity—

1 ton of 40 cubic feet 0.30

Minimum charge 100

Hydrogen cyanide fumigation Rate

Ships and buildings—

First 100,000 cubic feet or part thereof 450

Every 10,000 cubic feet over the first 100,000 and up to 200,000cubic feet 40

Every 10,000 cubic feet over 200,000 cubic feet 30

Cargo in lighters or cargo in compartments based on cubic capacity—

1 ton of 40 cubic feet 0.40

Minimum charge 150

For each extra dosage above normal dosage of 2 ozs. per1,000 cubic feet 50% surcharge for the first 500,000 cubicfeet 60% surcharge thereafter.

Notes

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Rate

Dis-insecting by spray or powder insecticides:(crews' quarters,) storerooms, etc ................... 130

Disinfection of ships crews' quarters, bedding and clothing, ships'cabins, hospitals, crews' quarters, lavatories, etc ............. 100

Bathing ships' crews and passengers and disinfecting their clothingand effects by steam:

Passengers (per person) ........................ 6

Crews (per person) ........................... 4

Minimum charge ...... ........................ 150

Disinfection of personal effects, bedding, etc. by steam sterilizer:

First 'load' ................................. 150

Every subsequent 'load' ........................ 30

De-ratting exemption certificates issued when justified by sanitaryconditions disclosed by inspection of vessels :

Vessels (not exceeding 2,500 net tons) ............... 100

Oil tankers ................................. 100

Vessels exceeding 2,500 net tons .................. 130

Work done outside official hours :

1 hour overtime or part thereof ..................... 35

Bill of Health ... . .......................... 15

Notes

These charges do not applyin cases where dis-insectingis carried out after a quaran-tinable disease.

These charges do not applyin cases where dis-infectionis carried out after a quaran-tinable disease.

No additional fee shall bepayable for the issue of aderatting certificate after thefumigation of a vessel.

Charge to be based onactual overtime worked.

Note: Other Marine Department charges for the survey of vessels, engagement of seamen, etc. are included in theHong Kong Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations, 1965.

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PORT CHARGES

Port and light charges

(a) Vessels exceeding 20 tons and plying exclusivelywithin river trade limits, not being a class I, II orIII launch or ferry vessel within the meaning ofthe Merchant Shipping (Launches and FerryVessels) Regulations 1965: —

Per registered ton on each occasion of entry to thewaters of the Colony

(b) For each mechanised fishing vessel per annum : —

(i) exceeding 20 tons but not exceeding 40tons

(ii) of 40 tons but not exceeding 60 tons

(iii) of 60 tons or over

(c) All other vessels : —

Per registered ton on each occasion of entry to thewaters of the Colony.

Rate$

0.03

24.00

48.00

72.00

0.08

Notes

Port and light dues are levied forthe use of the facilities of the portand navigational aids. Vesselsseeking shelter owing to stressof weather and other exceptionalreasons pay at the discretion ofthe Director of Marine.

Mooring buoy charges

For each day or part of a day that a buoy is occu-pied or reserved: —

(a) a Class A buoy

(b) a Class B buoy

Rate$

75.00

50.00

Notes

A buoy may be reserved up to amaximum of 48 hours in advanceof a vessel's anticipated time ofarrival. Where in the opinion of theDirector of Marine it is essentialbecause of the length or draft of aparticular ship that adjacent buoysbe left vacant, the owner, agent ormaster of the ship can be chargedthe hire rate appropriate for eachbuoy so left vacant. Vessels over450 feet in length are required touse a Class A buoy.

Anchorage charges

For a ship lying at anchor, per 100 tons (registered)or part thereof, per day : —

(a) Whilst lying within the harbour limits of the Portof Victoria.

(b) Whilst lying elsewhere in the waters of the Colony.

Rate$

2.00

0.50

Notes

Exemption from the payment ofthese due is granted in respect ofany day a vessel lies at a navalanchorage, a government or privatemooring buoy or private wharf orshipyard while it undergoes repairsor survey, and in respect of com-pleting an initial 30 days at anchoreither in the port or in the watersof the Colony.

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PORT LIGHTERS

Company



Cheoy LeeShipyard

Holt's Wharf


Hop Yick Stevedores

Rung Lee Trans-portation Co.

Sunny Eng. &Transp. Co. Ltd

Tay Kee & Co.

Number

2

2

2

3

1

17

7

15

1

1

1

1

8

22

6

14

3

5

7

10

2

1

1

1

5

2

1

1

1

2

5

1

3

3

2

6

1

Type

steel

steel

steel

steel

steel

hatched

open

hatched

steel

steel

steel

steel

wood

wood

wood

steel

wood

steel

steel

steel

steel

steel

steel

steel

steel

steel

wood

steel

steel

steel

steel

steel

steel

steel

steel

steel

steel

Capacity inmeasure-ment tons

180

250

350

400

500

100

100

150

100

300

350

350

50

75

100

100

120

200

250

300

100

200

300

350

100

300

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

500

100

400

Notes

Eighteen of these lighters are licensedfor the carriage of dangerous goods, fourare fitted with one-ton derricks, ten arefitted with two-ton derricks and nine arefitted with three-ton derricks.

Fitted with a twenty-ton derrick.

In addition to this total, the companyoperates two ash lighters and one cranelighter, together with five mechanisedcargo junks.

These five lighters are used exclusivelyin the Tolo Harbour area.

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PORT LIGHTERS—CONTD.

Company

United Delivery Co.Ltd

Wang Kee & Co.Ltd

Number

3

1

1

1

2

8

14

Type

steel

wood

wood

steel

steel

steel

steel

Capacity inmeasure-

ment tons

60

80

120

120

245

100

150

Notes

The above is a list of some of the major companies operating lighters in the port area. At 1st June,1965 a total of 733 motor cargo boats were registered with the Marine Licensing Office. Alsoregistered were 846 dumb steel lighters, 111 dumb wooden lighters and 593 sailing cargo boats.

LIGHTERAGE CHARGES

Company



Cargo

General

Machinery, steel,dangerous goods,etc.

General

Chargeper ton of40 cu. ft.

$5.60

$7.20

$7.20

Chargeper ton of20 cwts.

$6.00

$7.20

$8.40

Demurrage

$3.60 perton space

$3.60 perton space

$4.20 perton weight

Notes

In all cases whereeither of these twocompanies is instruct-ed to collect lighter-age charges fromconsignees, and in allcases where thesecompanies are in-structed to handlecargo by lighter onbehalf of or by con-signees, lighter over-time rates will becharged extra.

LIGHTER HIRE CHARGES

Company


Lighter —capacityin tons

100

120

150

200

250

350

Chargeper day

$210

$240

$280

$340

$360

$480

Notes

Charges for lighters are subject to altera-tion without previous notice.

A day ends at midnight, double rates willbe charged during typhoon conditions andextra towage will be charged to and fromvessels discharging outside the harbourlimits.

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LIGHTER HIRE CHARGES- :ONTD.

Company


Wang Kee & Co. Ltd

Lighter —capacityin tons

100

120

150

200

250

350

100

120

150

Chargeper day

$210

$240

$280

$340

$360

$480

$210

$240

$280

Notes

SUNDAY CARGO WORKING FEES

Nett tonnage

Up to 400 tons

401 tons but not exceeding 700

701 tons but not exceeding 1,000

1,001 tons but not exceeding 1,500





Over 5,000 tons

Permit AMidnight to0600 hours

$

35.00

45.00

55.00

65.00

75.00

90.00

110.00

130.00

155.00

Permit B0600 to

1800 hours

$

70.00

90.00

110.00

130.00

150.00

180.00

220.00

260.00

310.00

Permit C1800 to

2400 hours

$

35.00

45.00

55.00

65.00

75.00

90.00

110.00

130.00

155.00

Cargo does not include ship's stores, bunkers, mail, personal luggage, perishable goods or livestock.

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PILOTAGE DUES

Inwards

Outwards

Shifting berth

Green Island to Tsuen Wan

Junk Bay to Tsuen Wan

Victoria Harbour toTolo Harbour

Detention

Vessel's gross tonnage

Under3,000

$ 80

$ 50

$ 40

$150

$225

$400

$ 10

3,001to

10,000

$120

$ 80

$ 60

$150

$225

$400

$ 10

10,001to

15,000

$150

$100

$ 75

$150

$225

$400

$ 10

15,001to

20,000

$180

$120

$ 90

$150

$225

$400

$ 10

Over20,000

$210

$140

$105

$150

$225

$400

$ 10

Notes

All dues are payable tothe pilot. Dues for pilot-age inwards is inclusive ofthe period during whicha vessel may be anchoredin the quarantine anchor-age. The charges shownare for pilotage betweensunrise and sunset.Charges are doubled be-tween sunset and sunrise.

GODOWNS

Company

Asia Cold StorageCo. Ltd

Chiap HuaFlashlights Ltd

China Cold Storage& Engineering Co.Ltd

China Egg ProduceCo. (H.K.) Ltd

China Merchants S.N.Co. Ltd


Dairy Farm, Ice &Cold Storage Co. Ltd

Far East Godown Co.Ltd

H.K. Cold Storage &Food Industry Ltd

Location

North Point

Hung Horn

North Pointand

Quarry Bay

Hung Horn

West Point

West Point

Causeway Bay

Tsuen Wan

North Point

Type

Refrigerated

General

Refrigerated

Grain

Dangerous goods

Refrigerated

Refrigerated

General

Refrigerated

General

Grain

Dangerous goods

Refrigerated

General

Refrigerated

NetCapacity inCubic feet

399,890

968,000

440,000

242,000

10,710

150,000

62,016

752,426

555,000

2,437,776

2,100,788

133,000

1,014,597

671,880

180,000

Notes

Deep freezing installationcapable of quick freezing10,000 Ibs of marine prod-ucts daily.

Freezer storage 0°F. only.

This firm operates also anice making plant of 50 tonsdaily capacity.

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GODOWNS- IONTD.

Company

H.K. Flour MillsLtd


H.K. RefrigeratingCo. Ltd

Holt's Wharf

Hop Cheung Co.

Jardine, Matheson &Co. Ltd

Kader Industrial Co.Ltd

Kwong Sun Hong Co.Ltd

Liu Chong HingGodown Ltd

Lui Hing HopCheung Kee BankLtd

Manners, John & Co.Ltd

Nam Tai Hong Co.Ltd

Nanyang Godown Co.Ltd

Location

West Point

Tsim Sha Tsui

Tsuen Wan

West Point

Kennedy Town

Quarry Bay

Blackhead Point

Lai Chi Kok

Lai Chi Kok

Kwai Chung

Causeway Bay

North Point

Kennedy Town

Kennedy Town

West Point

West Point

West Point

Quarry Bay

Kwun Tong

Kennedy Town

To Kwa Wan

Tsuen Wan

Kowloon Camber

Type

Flour andGrain

General

Dangerousgoods

General

General

Grain

Grain

Refrigerated

General

Dangerous goods

General

General

General

General

Grain

Refrigerated

General

Grain

Grain

General

General

Refrigerated

Grain

General

General

General

General

General

General


833,442

10,657,680

92,880

1,081,480

338,520

1,164,520

175,640

180,000

2,351,440

177,080

149,940

126,000

853,260

1,871,648

464,752

52,800

658,600

307,104

233,910

1,288,757

98,470

301,200

162,900

201,050

827,334

112,628

204,000

403,200

297,750

Notes

A fixed pneumatic grainhandling plant capable ofunloading lighters with amaximum draught of 9 feet,at the rate of 80 tons perhour is available.

A sprinkler fire protectionsystem is installed.

This godown comprises 16cold stores with tempera-tures ranging from 15°Fto 40°F.

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GODOWNS CONTD.

Company

North PointWharves Ltd

Premier DevelopmentCo. Ltd

Safety Godown Co.Ltd

Techsen Shui HingGodown Ltd

Tien Chu Ve-TsinChemical Industries(H.K.) Ltd

Wang Kee & Co. Ltd

Wing Dah Hong(H.K.) Ltd

Wing On Godown Co.Ltd

Location

North Point

West Point

Kwun Tong

Kowloon Camber

Repulse Bay

To Kwa Wan

West Point

North Point

West Point

Type

General

Dangerous goods

Refrigerated

General

Grain

Dangerous goods

General

General

Refrigerated

General

Dangerous goods

General

General

General

Grain


5,487,899

133,212

200,000

514,500

126,450

495,000

854,658

199,168

283,500

325,000

15,000

51,000

516,000

568,000

92,000

Notes

Lighters can berth in closeproximity to godown.

The above is a list of some of the majortion on godown accommodation may be

PORT STATISTICS

godown operators in the port area. Additional informa-obtained from the Marine Department.

A Selection of Port Statistics compiledby the Marine Department.

Number of ocean-going vessels enteredNumber of ocean-going vessels clearedTonnage of ocean-going vessels entered (net)Tonnage of ocean-going vessels cleared (net)Number of passengers disembarkedNumber of passengers embarked (including

emigrants)Quantity of cargo discharged (dead-weight)Quantity of cargo loaded (deadweight)Quantity of bunkers loaded (fuel-pil)Number of marine casualties reported

(all classes of vessels)Number of seamen engagedNumber of seamen dischargedNumber of visits and inspections in connection

with the survey of shipsQuantity of cargo discharged from junks and

launches (dead-weight)Quantity of cargo loaded by junks and launches

(dead-weight)Number of passengers transported by the

principal ferry companiesNumber of vehicles transported by the principal

ferry companies

1962/63

5,9865,913

19,251,21619,001,483

30,88537,843

5,901,6681,928,775

317,884200

36,28234,45310,715

1,392,112

171,460

178,684,073

2,587,192

1963/64

5,9595,938

19,278,33419,151,595

31,29935,862

6,783,1782,048,743

334,171311

37,24732,38711,366

1,659,771

225,057

180,916,275

3,201,886

1964/65

6,2766,276

19,882,11419,872,581

34,43236,983

7,159,7612,290,138

365,777242

40,75936,16411,707

1,673,426

129,435

204,418,495

3,727,100

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CONSULAR OFFICERS AND TRADECOMMISSIONERS IN HONG KONGArgentina Consul-General, Flat 301, 'Hillview',

21, Macdonnell Road.

Australia Senior Trade Commissioner, 9th floor,Union House, Connaught Road C.

Austria Consul-General, Rooms 407-9, RegentHouse, 84, Queen's Road C.; TradeCommissioner, Room 1203, ShellHouse, Queen's Road C.

Belgium Consul-General, 18th floor, P. & O.Building, Des Voeux Road C.

Bolivia Honorary Consul, 312, Chartered BankBuilding, Des Voeux Road C.

Brazil Consul-General, 1106, Shell House,28, Queen's Road C.

Britain Trade Commissioner, 7th floor, ShellHouse, Queen's Road C.

Burma Honorary Consul, Rooms 701-6, NewJardine House, 14-16, Pedder Street.

Cambodia Consul-General, Rose Court, 12thfloor, 115, Wongneichong Road.

Canada Trade Commissioner, llth floor,P. & O. Building, Des Voeux Road C.

Ceylon Honorary Trade Commissioner AsiaGeneral Agency, 312, Mercantile BankBuilding.

Cuba Consul-General, St. Louis Mansions,20, Macdonnell Road, ground floor.

Denmark Honorary Consul, 209, CharteredBank Building, Des Voeux Road C.

Dominican Consul - General, 54A, MacdonnellRepublic Road, upper ground floor.

Ecuador Honorary Consul, 603, Hong Kong &Shanghai Bank Building, Mong Kok,Kowloon.

El Salvador Honorary Consul, Union House, 6thfloor, Connaught Road C.

Finland Honorary Consul, Messrs, Caldbeck,Macgregor & Co. Ltd., 225, UnionHouse, 2nd floor, Connaught Road C.

France Consul-General, Room 1208, HangSeng Bank Building, 77, Des VoeuxRoad C.; Trade Commissioner, 1203-4,Hang Seng Bank Building.

Germany Consul-General, Caxton House, 5thfloor, 1, Dud'dell Street C.

Greece Honorary Consul-General, 535, Alex-andra House, HA, Des Voeux Road C.

Guatemala Honorary Consul, Room 630, UnionHouse, 6th floor, Connaught Road C.

Honduras Honorary Consul, American Inter-national Assurance Co. Ltd., AmericanInternational Building, 18, Queen'sRoad.

India Commissioner, Tower Court,floor, 30, Hysan Avenue.

llth

Indonesia Consul-General, Caroline Mansion,3rd and 4th floors, 14, Yun Ping Road.

Israel Honorary Consul, 516, AlexandraHouse, HA, Des Voeux Road C.

Italy Consul-General; Trade Commissioner,Room 705, Chartered Bank Building,Des Voeux Road C.

Japan Consul-Ceneral, Takshing House,15th floor, 20, Des Voeux Road C.

Korea Consul-General, 833-5, Man YeeBuilding, Queen's Road C.

Laos Consul, 68A, Macdonnell Road, 2ndfloor, Flat C.

Monaco Honorary Consul, Banque Nationalepour le Commerce et 1'Industrie,Central Building.

Nether- Consul-General, 15th floor, Centrallands Building, 3, Pedder Street C.

New Trade Commissioner, 1506-8, UnionZealand House, Chater Road C.

Nicaragua Honorary Consul, Room 1302, CentralBuilding, Pedder Street C.

Norway Consul-General, 1320-21, Prince'sBuilding, Des Voeux Road C.

Pakistan Trade Commissioner, Rooms 533-5,Man Yee Building, Des Voeux Road C.

Panama Consul-General, 54, Macdonnell Road,1st floor.

Peru Consul-General, Kam Yuen Mansion,3, Old Peak Road, Flat C. 4.

Philippines Consul-General, Rooms 901-2, TowerCourt, 30, Hysan Avenue.

Portugal Consul-General, Room 1407, CentralBuilding, 3, Pedder Street C.

Republic Trade Commissioner, 1502, Centralof South Building, 15th floor, 3, Pedder Street C.Africa

Spain Honorary Vice-Consul, 908-910,Prince's Building, Des Voeux Road C.

Sweden Consul, 1108, Hang Seng Bank Building, Des Voeux Road, C.

Switzer- Consul-General, 403-4, Shell Houseland 24-28, Queen's Road C.

Thailand Consul-General; Trade Commissioner,On Lok Yuen Building, 4th floor,25, Des Voeux Road C.

United Arab Consul-General, Flat B, 53, ConduitRepublic Road, 2nd floor.

U.S.A. Consul-General, American Consulate,26, Garden Road.

Uruguay Consul, 113, Robinson Road, Flat B,10th floor.

Venezuela Consul, Room 309, Yu To SangBuilding, 37, Queen's Road C.

Vietnam Consul, Room 1301, Chartered BankBuilding, Des Voeux Road C.

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CHART OF ZONES AND SEASONAL AREAS

BETWEEN LATITUDES 40° NORTH AND 40° SOUTH ANDLONGITUDES 82° EAST AND 178° EAST

82° 120 East Longitude 160°

Lat. IO°N. Long. I45°E.

CHINA SEA21st Jan. to 30th Apr. (Tropical) (1st May to 20th Jan. (Summer)

BAY OF BENGAL16th Dec. to 15th Apr. (Tropical)16th Apr. to 15th Dec. (Summer)

82 120° East Longitude 160°

LOAD LINE RULES, 1941, AS AMENDED BY THE LOAD LINE(AMENDMENT) RULES, 1958.

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