The biggest component of the decline once again came from the non-Kwai Tsing terminals, which fell by more than a quarter to 380,000 teu from 519,000 teu previously.
The main Kwai Tsing terminals however actually saw a slight 1.5% increase to 1.48m teu from 1.46m teu previously. Month-on-month overall throughput fell 3.9% from 1.93m teu in July.
Year-to-date till August, overall throughput fell 6.9% to 14.53m teu.
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