River Trade Terminal Explained

River Trade Terminal
香港內河碼頭
Type:Privately owned company
Foundation:1996
Location City:Hong Kong
Key People:Director and General manager: Mr. Paul Chan[1]
Area Served:Hong Kong
Industry:Container terminal
Parent:Hutchison Port Holdings
Sun Hung Kai Properties

The River Trade Terminal (RTT) is the only container terminal in Hong Kong for river cargo. The operator is known as River Trade Terminal Company Limited. Located in Siu Lang Shui / Pillar Point, within Tuen Mun Town, Tuen Mun District, it mainly handles and consolidates container and bulk cargo from upstream prior to dispatch to Kwai Tsing Container Terminals and vice versa.[2]

The company was established in 1996 and the terminal was completed in 1999.[3] The terminal occupies a site in Tuen Mun with 49 berths along 3000m (10,000feet) of quay front. Its shareholders include Hutchison Whampoa and Sun Hung Kai Properties.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.taxreform.gov.hk/submissions/2266.pdf HAFFA Study on "Goods and Services Tax"
  2. http://www.hph.com/globalbusiness/business.aspx?gid=64 River Trade Terminal
  3. http://www.rttc.com.hk/eng/about_us_com.html River Trade Terminal Co. Ltd. ("RTT")
  4. http://www.shkp.com/en/scripts/other/other_ports.php River Trade Terminal
  5. http://www.hph.hk/business/ports/hong_kong/rtt.htm River Trade Terminal