Container throughput of the port of Hong Kong in January-October, 2011 increased by 3.6% compared to the same period last year, to 20.25 million TEUs, the Port Authority statistics said.
The largest Kwai Tsing terminal handled 14.51 million TEUs, up 2.5 percent year-on-year, while other terminals’ box volume rose 6.6% to 5.73 million TEUs.
In October, Hong Kong container trade increased by 8.1% to 2.06 million TEUs. Kwai Tsing container volume grew by 8.3 percent to 1.51 million TEUs. Other terminals lifted 550,000 TEUs, up 7.7 percent from a year earlier.
Port of Hong Kong is one of the busiest ports in the world. In 2010, Hong Kong port's container trade totaled 23.69 million TEUs. The port is able to handle 456,000 ships a year.