Modern Terminals Limited (Modern Terminals or MTL), is the second largest container terminal operator in Hong Kong, just after Hongkong International Terminals Limited.[3] It operates terminal 1, 2, 5 and 9 (South) in Kwai Tsing Container Terminals in Hong Kong, and also sets up joint-venture in container terminals in Shenzhen, Guangdong and Taicang, Jiangsu in Mainland China.[4]

Modern Terminals Limited
現代貨箱碼頭有限公司
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryContainer port operator
Founded1969; 55 years ago (1969)
Headquarters,
Hong Kong
Area served
Hong Kong
Key people
Chairman: Stephen Ng[1]
Group Managing Director: Horace Lo[2]
ParentThe Wharf (Holdings)
WebsiteModern Terminals Limited

In the 1990s, MTL's largest shareholders were the Wharf (Holdings), China Merchants Holdings (International) and Swire Pacific.

Swire Pacific sold all the shares of MTL to the Wharf (Holdings) and China Merchants Holdings (International) in 2003.[5] It is now the subsidiary of Wharf (Holdings) and its shareholders China Merchants Holdings (International) and Jebsen Group.[6]

On March 4, 2021, CCN reported that Modern Terminals, the second-largest container terminal operator in Hong Kong, joined the TradeLens project, a blockchain-enabled technological solution developed by Maersk and IBM.[7]

References

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  1. ^ The Wharf Holdings - Mr. Stephen Ng
  2. ^ Modern Terminals Limited - Message from Group Managing Director
  3. ^ "Modern Terminals in talks on port deal". Archived from the original on 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
  4. ^ "Modern Terminals Limited - Equipment List". Archived from the original on 2008-04-21. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
  5. ^ SWIRE PACIFIC LIMITED - Sale of shares in Modern Terminals Limited
  6. ^ "Modern Terminals Limited - History". Archived from the original on 2005-01-05. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
  7. ^ https://www.ccn.com/hong-kongs-2nd-largest-terminal-operator-adopts-blockchain-to-document-logistics-data/ [bare URL]
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