Hong Kong box traffic drops 2.6 percent
Container throughput at the Port of Hong Kong (China) in January-July of 2012 totaled 13.7 million TEUs, a 2.6-percent decline compared with the same period last year, the Port Authority statistics said.
Shipments of containers through Kwai Tsing, the port's largest container terminal rose 1.6% to 10.27 million TEUs, container traffic at other terminals fell by 13.3% to 3.45 million TEUs.
In July, handling of containerized imports / exports declined by 7.1% to 2.07 million TEUs. Monthly volume of containers at Kwai Tsing fell 1.2% to 1.54 million TEUs, with a 20.9% container throughput drop at other terminals, to 530,000 TEUs.
Port of Hong Kong is one of the busiest container ports in the world. In 2011, overall container throughput at the Port of Hong Kong totaled 24.4 million TEUs. The port is able to handle 456,000 ships a year.