Wan Chai Cargo Handling Basin

The Wan Chai Cargo Handling Basin () is situated in

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, Hong Kong Island,

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. A prime site along

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, it is adjacent to the

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and located between the

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and the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club. The site has been earmarked under the

Central and Wan Chai Reclamation Central and Wan Chai Reclamation is a project launched by the government of Hong Kong since the 1990s to reclaim land for different purposes. This includes transportation improvements such as the Hong Kong MTR station, Airport Express Railway ...

project for the construction of a highway linking Central with

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, aimed at easing traffic congestion along the northern coast of Hong Kong Island. As its name implies, the basin was formerly used as a public cargo handling area. Mid-stream operators transferred goods from ocean-going ships onto barges. They then sailed to the Wan Chai Cargo Handling Basin, where they transferred the goods onto trucks. In 2003, the basin's cargo-handling activities were relocated to the

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. The breakwater of the basin is currently used as a helipad by the

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to replace the Central Helipad at Fenwick Street. Wan Chai North Transport in Hong Kong {{HongKong-stub