BMT and HKCTOA look to enhance Hong Kong’s position

BMT Asia Pacific (BMT) and the Hong Kong Container Terminal Operators Association (HKCTOA), have submitted reports aimed at enhancing Hong Kong’s position as an International Maritime Centre (IMC) and to improve the competitiveness of Kwai Tsing Container Port respectively.

The BMT strategic study, carried out on behalf of the Hong Kong Transport and Housing Bureau, plots a development roadmap and strategy to enable Hong Kong to remain a successful IMC in an increasingly competitive region.

The city’s role as an IMC is supported in China’s 12th National Five Year Plan and by Hong Kong’s chief executive, CY Leung, who recently reinforced his pledge to further strengthen the city’s position by ‘developing quality and international maritime services’.