Meanwhile the Yangtze River Delta ports rebounded to grow by 10.2% recovering from sluggish 4.1% growth the month before.Meanwhile at the group's other terminals on the Southeast Coast and in the Pearl River Delta, growth slowed to 0.6% from 1.8% and moderated its decline to 2.1% from 3.4% previously respectively.
At the key Pearl River Delta ports, which next to the Bohai Rim constitute Cosco Pacific's highest volumes, throughput fell between 0.9% to 8.2%, with the last figure showing from the Guangzhou South China Oceangate terminal was especially hard-hit. At the Hong Kong joint venture terminal Cosco-HIT Terminal, growth also fell 6.6% in April.On the whole throughput rose 0.6% for all of the group's terminals in April.
Finally, Cosco-Pacific's previously well-performing overseas terminals also saw a sharp decline in volumes, falling 4.9% overall in April from a 10.9% rise in March. The Piraeus Container Terminal and Suez Canal Container Terminal saw falls of 13.2% and 20.4% respectively.
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