Rambler Channel is a body of water in Hong Kong that separates Tsing Yi Island from Tsuen Wan and Kwai Chung in the New Territories . The channel separates the two landmasses by 900 metres at its widest point.
7-401: Kwai Tsing Container Terminals is the main port facilities in the reclamation along Rambler Channel between Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island , Hong Kong. It evolved from four berths of Kwai Chung Container Port ( Chinese : 葵涌貨櫃碼頭 ) completed in the 1970s. It later expanded with two berths in the 1980s. Two additional terminals are added adjoining to Stonecutters Island in the 1990s and
14-491: The Governor Sir David Trench on 12 July 1966 to advise the government on the containerisation revolution in cargo handling. In early 1967 the committee declared that Hong Kong had to build the capacity to handle containers, otherwise the territory's economy would suffer and its port would be bypassed in favour of Singapore and Japan. The committee recommended the site at Kwai Chung. Two former islands on
21-527: The Rambler Channel, Mong Chau and Pillar Island , were levelled and buried under the port. While the port was under construction, a main road, Kwai Chung Road , was built to connect Kwai Chung and Kowloon . Container Port Road, a branch road of Kwai Chung Road, links the port with major industrial areas in Hong Kong. The first container vessel to call on the new terminal, on 5 September 1972,
28-633: The channel was known as Tsing Yi Mun (青衣門) and Tsing Yi Channel (青衣海峽). The current name of the channel likely originates from the HMS Rambler , one of the naval survey ships which charted the waters of this area. The shoreline of the channel has changed rapidly in the last several decades, owing to the development of Tsuen Wan New Town and the Kwai Chung Container Port . Before extensive reclamation , Gin Drinkers Bay
35-417: Was located along the eastern shore of the channel, and Tsing Yi Bay was located along the western shore. Three islands ( Nga Ying Chau , Pillar Island and Mong Chau ) once stood in the channel as well. Six road bridges and one rail bridge span the channel: 22°21′56″N 114°5′59″E / 22.36556°N 114.09972°E / 22.36556; 114.09972 This Hong Kong location article
42-410: Was renamed Kwai Chung Container Terminals . In the 2000s, Container Terminal 9 on Tsing Yi Island was completed, and the entire facility was renamed as Kwai Tsing Container Terminals . It has been the eighth-busiest container port in the world since 2019, just after Shanghai , Singapore , Ningbo-Zhoushan , Shenzhen , Guangzhou , Busan and Qingdao . The Container Committee was appointed by
49-889: Was the Tokyo Bay . Thanks to the success of the Kwai Chung Port, Hong Kong overtook the Port of New York and New Jersey in 1986 as the world's second-busiest port. In 1987 it won the title of world's busiest port from Rotterdam. The sunken remains of the hull of the RMS ; Queen Elizabeth are currently buried beneath the reclaimed land on which the port stands. The port consists of nine container terminals and their operators: ^ HIT terminals 4, 6, 7 and 9 (North): 14.2 to 16.0 metres 22°20′29″N 114°7′29″E / 22.34139°N 114.12472°E / 22.34139; 114.12472 Rambler Channel Historically,
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