Mid-stream operation

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Mid-stream operations in Hong Kong, at the North Lamma Anchorage, near Lamma Island. Small barges with cranes offload containers. Midstream3.jpg
Mid-stream operations in Hong Kong, at the North Lamma Anchorage, near Lamma Island. Small barges with cranes offload containers.
The waters of Hong Kong viewed from space Hong Kong from Space.jpg
The waters of Hong Kong viewed from space

Mid-stream operation is the operation of loading and unloading cargo containers from a container ship while at sea, with barges or dumb steel lighters performing the transfer, distribution or landing of containers to piers nearby.

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Mid-stream operation has the significant advantage of low cost, but has been criticized for the danger and difficulty of transferring cargoes between two ships at sea.

Hong Kong operations

Mid-stream operation has been abandoned almost everywhere except Hong Kong, where land is insufficient and the fees for using the container pier are quite high. In Hong Kong, mid-stream operations occur at 12 different locations occupying a total land area of 34.6 hectares and water frontage of 3,513 metres.

Operators include:

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