▁Island ▁and ▁was ▁renamed ▁to ▁K w ai ▁T sing ▁Container ▁Term inals . ▁ ▁It ▁has ▁been ▁the ▁e ighth - bus iest ▁container ▁port ▁in ▁the ▁world ▁since ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁just ▁after ▁Shang hai , ▁Singapore , ▁N ing bo - Z h ous han , ▁ ▁Sh enz hen , ▁Gu ang z hou , ▁Bus an ▁and ▁Q ing da o . ▁ ▁History ▁The ▁Container ▁Committee ▁was ▁appointed ▁by ▁the ▁Governor ▁Sir ▁David ▁T rench ▁on ▁ 1 2 ▁July ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁to ▁advise ▁the ▁government ▁on ▁the ▁container isation ▁revolution ▁in ▁cargo ▁handling . ▁In ▁early ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁the ▁committee ▁declared ▁that ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁had ▁to ▁build ▁the ▁capacity ▁to ▁handle ▁containers , ▁l est ▁the ▁territory ' s ▁economy ▁would ▁suffer ▁and ▁its ▁port ▁would ▁get ▁by pass ed ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁Singapore ▁and ▁Japan . ▁The ▁committee ▁recommended ▁the ▁site ▁at ▁K w ai ▁Ch ung . ▁Two ▁former ▁islands ▁on ▁the ▁R amb ler ▁Channel , ▁Mong ▁Ch au ▁and ▁P ill ar ▁Island , ▁were ▁level led ▁and ▁buried ▁under ▁the ▁port . ▁ ▁While ▁the ▁port ▁was ▁under ▁construction , ▁a ▁main ▁road ▁K w ai ▁Ch ung ▁Road ▁was ▁built ▁to ▁connect ▁K w ai ▁Ch ung ▁and ▁K ow lo on . ▁Container ▁Port ▁Road , ▁a ▁branch ▁road ▁of ▁K w ai ▁Ch ung ▁Road , ▁links ▁the ▁port ▁with ▁major ▁industrial ▁areas ▁in ▁Hong ▁Kong . ▁ ▁The