Update on supplies from Mainland
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A spokesperson for the TLB said that the "Sea Express" water transportation service from the Mainland to Hong Kong has been fully launched and its capacity is rising to increase the supplies of fresh food, other daily necessities and manufacturing materials. The current supply of fresh food from the Mainland is stable.
The spokesperson said today (November 10) that Shenzhen operated 48 cargo vessel trips and transported around 4 840 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of cross-boundary supplies by water yesterday (November 9), equivalent to about 21 420 tonnes of goods, of which around 10 TEUs (about 20 tonnes) were fresh food and around 4 830 TEUs (about 21 400 tonnes) were non-fresh food, according to information from the Mainland authorities.
Since the launch of services from the three ports in Shenzhen since February 18 to yesterday, a total of around 1 202 960 TEUs of cross-boundary supplies have been transported, equivalent to about 5 695 260 tonnes of goods, of which around 2 670 TEUs (about 22 550 tonnes) were fresh food and around 1 200 290 TEUs (about 5 672 710 tonnes) were non-fresh food.
Meanwhile, to avoid a spillover of the epidemic, the Transport Department (TD) arranges for dedicated staff to conduct rapid nucleic acid tests, using nasopharyngeal swabs for specimen collection, for cross-boundary goods vehicle drivers at various land boundary control points. Only drivers with a negative result are allowed to enter the Mainland. A total of 3 609 rapid nucleic acid tests were conducted yesterday, among which five cases that tested preliminarily positive or indeterminate were found. The TD has passed the cases to the Department of Health for follow-up.
The TLB will closely monitor the situation and co-operate with the Mainland authorities to facilitate and implement various measures to ensure both smooth cross-boundary land transport and a stable goods supply to Hong Kong, while reducing the risk of epidemic transmission in both the Mainland and Hong Kong.
Ends/Thursday, November 10, 2022
Issued at HKT 18:00
Issued at HKT 18:00
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