Slow August sees HK port volumes fall 2.9%

Volumes at the main Kwai Tsing terminals fell 1.4% to 1.46m teu while at the smaller subsidiary terminals throughput fell 7.7% to 420,000 teu.

Overall volumes also fell 5.1% from the 1.98m teu moved the month before. At the Kwai Tsing terminals throughput fell 6.4% from the 1.56m teu they handled in July.

For the year-to-date, overall volumes were up 3.0% to 15.05m teu while at the Kwai Tsing terminals they rose 6.5% to 11.98m teu.

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