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[[Image:Container Terminal 9 from Tsing Yi Peak.jpg|thumb|float|right|300px|Container Terminal 9 from Tsing Yi Peak, Tsing Yi Island, Hong Kong]]

'''Container Terminal 9''' or '''CT9''' (九號貨櫃碼頭) is the 9th [[container terminal]] in [[Hong Kong]]. It locates on the [[Tsing Yi Island]], facing [[Rambler Channel]]. It was the part of [[Kwai Tsing Container Terminals]]. The whole site area is 1.5 square kilometres and the terminal itself is of area 0.68 km² and as long as 1.9 kilometres. Rest of land is for [[logistics]] and storage. The terminal was built with sea bed dug deeper to accomodateaccommodate the largest container vessels.

CT9 is with 6 berths and has capacity of 3 million [[TEU]]s. The terminal was developed by 3 operators, [[Modern Terminals Limited]] (MTL), [[Hong Kong International Terminals Limited]] (HIT), and [[Asia Container Terminals Limited]] (ACT). ACT gots two [[berth]]s from MTL for two berths in exchange for contribution in CT9. Current, the HIT has 2 berths in CT9 and MTL owns the rest 4. The berth are completed by the year 2005.