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SCMP Reporter

LAND reclamation work has begun on the Shantou International Container Terminals (SICT) facility in the Shantou Special Economic Zone in southern Guangdong province.

  SICT is a joint venture between Hutchison Delta Ports (HDP), a subsidiary of the Hutchison Whampoa group, and the Shantou Port Authority.

  It was set up in April last year to build and operate two container berths in Zhu Chi port capable of accommodating 25,000 deadweight tonne ships.

  The amount of money being invested in the terminal, covering 4.58 million square feet, has not been disclosed.

  SICT, one of the largest Sino-foreign joint ventures in the zone, will have an annual capacity of 500,000 20-foot equivalent units.

  Under a contract signed in January, Tianjin Waterway Bureau of the Ministry of Communications was appointed to reclaim the site.

  Revetment work began in June and is expected to be completed next month. Reclamation work is expected to be completed by September.

  The first berth is scheduled for completion towards the end of 1996, while terminal construction is expected to be completed by the middle of 1997.

  The two berths will have a total quay length of 460 metres, with initial depth alongside of 9.5 metres, to be increased later to 10.5 metres.

    HDP general manager Matthew Chan said SICT would provide a much needed modern container terminal to serve the rapidly growing needs of the eastern Guangdong region.

  'As China's economy continues to expand and demand for containerisation increases, land transportation will continue to be adversely affected by congestion and cost disadvantages,' he said.

  'The need for efficient river and coastal container ports in China is apparent.'   HDP also operates ports in San Shan in Nanhai, and two in Zhuhai.

  Mr Chan said the four ports would form an efficient 'Hutchison Delta Port Network' to facilitate imports into and exports from southern China.

  HDP, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hutchison International Port Holdings, was set up last year to hold and manage the group's river and coastal ports in China.



Reclamation work begins on Shantou terminals