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With Hong Kong Harbour being one of the busiest ports in the world, up-time and speed of data collection were crucial and Maxiflex's ability to provide multiple full duplex parallel communications paths (Conet/s) for each of the 18 outstations. Being the junction of two different forms of maritime transport - the large ocean-going vessels from the Pacific Ocean and the smaller, coastal and river trade craft from the Pearl River - and the only modern, fully developed deep water harbour between Singapore and Shanghai, Hong Kong is the focal point of all maritime trading activities in Southern China. In 1999, Hong Kong handled a total of 169 million tonnes of cargo through its port and 16,2 million TEUs, making it the busiest container port in the world for the sixth consecutive year. With its local distributor, Omniflex has ensured the ready availability of spares, technical support and maintenance back-up for the system.
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