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Mid-stream operation is the operation of loading and unloadingcargo containers from acontainer ship while at sea, withbarges or dumb steellighters performing the transfer,distribution or landing of containers topiers nearby.
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.
Mid-stream operation has been abandoned almost everywhere exceptHong 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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