Hong Kong is one of the busiest ports in the world in terms of container throughput, vessel arrivals, and cargo and passenger throughput. As the port administrator, the Marine Department serves the people of Hong Kong and visitors to the port by enhancing its role as a world-class port. The Department ensures that conditions exist to enable ships to enter the port, work their cargoes and leave as quickly and as safely as possible. It is responsible for various aspects of safety standards for all classes and types of vessels, from the largest tankers to the smallest passenger-carrying sampans. It also maintains aids to navigation and mooring buoys for ocean-going ships, manages two cross-boundary ferry terminals and administers eight public cargo-working areas. The Department's web site (http://www.info.gov.hk/mardep) provides a wide range of information on the port and the Hong Kong Shipping Register.