HWL's port development and operations expertise stems from its flagship company in Hong Kong, where Hongkong International Terminals (HIT) is the world's busiest independently owned container terminal operator.

HIT's container terminal operations were established in 1969 by the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company (HWD) - Hong Kong's first registered limited company with roots dating back to the mid-19th century. A major ship construction and repair company for over a century, HWD diversified into cargo handling and then container operations in the 1960s.

HWD merged with Hutchison International in 1977 to become Hutchison Whampoa Limited.

In 1991, HWL acquired the United Kingdom's busiest port, the Port of Felixstowe. Reflecting HWL's global expansion and internationalisation, Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) was formally set up in 1994 to hold and manage HWL's ports and related services worldwide. Since 1994, HPH has expanded globally to strategic locations in 24 countries throughout Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and the Americas. Today, HPH is the world's leading port investor, developer and operator with interests in a total of 292 berths in 47 ports.

In 2007, HPH handled a combined throughput of 66.3 million TEU worldwide.

The HWL Group also has an interest in HUD Group and Hongkong Salvage & Towage (HKST).

Hutchison Port Holdings
Terminal 4, Container Port Road South
Kwai Chung, Hong Kong
Telephone: (852) 2619 7557
Fax: (852) 2612 0083
Email: gca@hph.com
Website: www.hph.com

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